Get a behind the scenes look at our first read-through for January’s all-woman show: “Talking With…”
When: Dec 12 5:00pm - Dec 13 7:00pm
Where: Out Front on Main
1511 E. Main Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
»
View map
Adopt a Sailor
By Charles Evered
Adopt a Sailor A play by Charles Evered
Tag line: A comedy about war, love, thumbsuckers and hankerings
Synopsis: A sailor from the Ozarks finds himself docked in New York City during “Fleet Week” and directed to the elegant apartment of Richard and Patricia, a dysfunctional but successful Upper West Side couple. When Arkansas ingenuousness meets East Coast sophistication, sparks inevitably fly. By the evening’s end, these th
ree very different people find they have far more in common than they might have ever imagined.
Characters:
*Richard - 50s - husband to Patricia, is a filmmaker – that is, he thinks about making films. Films, not movies – movies make money and his do not. Fiercely intimidating in his intellectual superiority, he is obsessed with his own weakness and how to define masculinity in this modern world.
*Patricia - late 40s – 50s - runs an art gallery, her artists filling the void of her childless marriage. Cold and waspish, yet full of repressed passions, she pines for the fieriness of youth. Her income supports the couple’s elaborate lifestyle.
The Sailor - early 20s - who remains nameless, is quiet, honest and almost other-worldly genuine, a poster boy for the most endearing and admirable qualities of small town America. What he is not is stupid. Rather, he radiates an alluring serenity – a country boy Buddha with a taste for Cocoa Puffs. His persona is a mirror in which others cannot fail to see themselves in a new light.
*(These characters are already cast.)
Presented by Out Front On Main
1511 E. Main St.
Murfreesboro, TN
Produced by George W. Manus, Jr Directed by Bob Fish
Auditions: Sunday, Dec. 18, 5-7 PM
Monday, Dec. 19, 7-9 PM
12 Performances: Feb. 3 - 20, 2011... See full description
Talking With…
Directed for the stage by George W. Manus, Jr.
January 13-30, 2011
Tickets $10 / $5 Students + Faculty
Talking With… by Jane Martin is a delightful set of emotional monologues. This play shows some in-depth emotion on various topics. Simply speaking, this play seems to show many lessons that were learned by each of the
women portrayed in the scenes. The dramatic question is somewhat different from other plays. That means there seems to be a lesson to be taught rather than a question to be answered. Each monologue has its own topic and each character must teach the lesson that she once learned.
Each of the ten monologues has only one character. Each of the women in this play is very well characterized by both their dress and their speech/delivery manner. Because of the way in which each woman delivers her lines you can determine how well she taught herself and the audience the lesson. Each of them relates a very painful lesson that she had learned earlier in her life. It seems that each of them is relating the tale of life well learned by convincing themselves as well as the audience that life is worth living.
Monologue + Cast List
- Clear Glass Marbles…Deanna Payne
- Audition…Shara Connell
- Rodeo…Kelly Northcutt Hayes
- Handler… Alexius DeAnn
- French Fries…Cheryle Zachery Smith
- Marks…Sherry Sunday-Booth
Adopt A Sailor: Cast List
-
Patricia — Kelly Northcutt Hayes
-
Sailor — Nathan Leavitt
-
Richard — John Mack Green
Directed by Bob Fish
February 10–27, 2011
Auditions: Adopt a Sailor
