The play will be staged in various buildings of the Inverell Pioneer Village to capture the feeling of the late nineteenth century.

“It’s going to take place within buildings of that era, at the Pioneer Village, and I think that will be spooky,” director Stephanie Marshall said.

Lizzie Borden was an American woman who was tried and found not guilty of the 1892 axe murders of her father and her stepmother.

The murders were never solved.

Drama Dreams is a company of teen actors, aged 12 to 18 and Stephanie said the young performances had embraced the subject of the legend of Lizzie Borden.

She said many people did not know Lizzie was 32 at the time of the murders, acquitted due to insufficient evidence, and had endured a difficult childhood.

“The play will centre on Lizzie’s difficult childhood, the bullying she endured,” Stephanie said.

“Her middle name is Andrew, her father wanted a boy.

“They had no relationship, her and her stepmother at all, in fact they never ate together; it was a big deal.”

Stephanie said the scenes where Lizzie is bullied are stark in their realism.

"The bullying scenes are the ones that are the most vivid in their performance because they all know that feeling,” she said.

Stephanie found it interesting in the play how Lizzie as the bullied became a bully in an exchange of the power dynamics.

“In this play, she is the victim, as well as the perpetrator,” she said.

Emma Kastelein and Emily McCausland share the role of Lizzie

“I think they bring some of their personal (history) into the scenes and it makes them quite poignant sometimes,” Stephanie said.

“Both of them are very good actresses in that sense they are method actors.”

Little Girl Lost: A Tale of Lizzie Borden will play at 6pm to finish at sundown on both Friday and Saturday nights, November 27 and 28.

The performance may not be suitable for young children.

Tickets are now on sale for $20, cash only, at the Inverell Tourism Centre.