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Breakdown
2016 SEASON
For any role listed as CAST, actors will be considered as possible replacements.
MY JANE
by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Dir: Knud Adams
Runs 6/29 – 7/10
1st reh: 6/6
WORLD PREMIERE
The sweeping drama of Charlotte Brontë’s beloved novel Jane Eyre is given a contemporary twist as the story of Jane’s journey from Victorian hardship to independence and happiness works its magic on readers today.
Mr. Rochester/Interviewer
Male, Any ethnicity, 30s-40s, intelligent, rugged, both private and charismatic. Ability to switch between roles
Jane/Reader
Female, Any ethnicity, 20’s, intelligent, private. Ability to switch between roles
Narrator/Reader:
Female, Any ethnicity, 30’s-50’s, thoughtful. Ability to engage with audience and switch between roles
Multiple Roles/Reader:
Female, Any ethnicity, any age. Ability to play across a broad range of roles
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OH GOD
by Anat Gov
Dir: Guy Ben-Ahron
Runs: 7/14 – 7/24
1st reh:7/6
It’s no joke when God becomes so depressed he’s ready to end it all—“all” being humankind, his greatest and most disappointing creation. Can Ella, a therapist with doubts about her own faith, talk him out of it in a single session? God only knows.
God:
Role CAST. Male, Any ethnicity, intelligent, proud, boastful, confused, 40’s-60’s
Ella:
Role CAST. Female, Any ethnicity, therapist, mother, intelligent, full of both doubt and desire to believe
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SISTER PLAY
by John Kolvenbach
Dir: Daniel Elihu Kramer
Runs: 8/3 – 8/14
1st reh: 7/11
Lily, a lost dreamer, drifts from one bad relationship to another. Anna tries so hard to protect Lily she’s making her sister’s life miserable. Malcolm, Anna’s husband, is wittiest when he’s talking to himself. Enter a dust-covered drifter. This family outing is about to take a detour.
Malcolm:
Male, Any ethnicity, 40ish, intelligent, a writer, supportive, defers to his wife Anna
William Casy:
Male, Any ethnicity, age unclear: 30’s-40’s?, thoughtful, guarded but talkative
Anna:
Female, Any ethnicity, late thirties, older sister, loving, domineering, intelligent, takes no nonsense
Lilly:
Female, Any ethnicity, early-mid thirties, younger sister, intelligent, risk-taking, doesn’t want to grow up
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THE MOUNTAINTOP
By Katori Hall
Dir: Collette Robert
Runs: 8/18- 8/28
1st reh: 7/25
April 3, 1968. In a drab room at the Lorraine Motel, an exhausted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wants two things; a cup of coffee and a cigarette. What he gets instead is Camae, a brash, irreverent maid who forces King to confront his legacy as a leader and a man.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Male, African-American, late 30’s, civil rights leader, charismatic, tired
Camae:
Female, African-American, 20’s – early 30’s, hotel maid, has a mission of her own
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