Playreading Event
Saturday, June 14, 7-9pm
Cedar House in Patterson Park
Join us for a playreading of the new one-act play, "11 Stages of Happiness," followed by a discussion with Baltimore playwright Jim Sheehan. We need both readers and an audience!
In this contemporary retelling of Homer's classic "Odyssey", a young couple ventures into the dark heart of their own marriage to find the surprising range of what we call happiness. With richly layered language, eccentric characters, and lyrical advice from the likes of Emily Dickinson and Ernest Hemingway, this short play takes us through 11 stages of separation, challenge, and resiliency—as each of them travels a very different road home.
Sign up at link below to be a reader by May 19 (4-12 readers needed; details below), and audience members can sign up by June 12.
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Call for Readers
The play has 5 female and 6 male characters, plus a reader of the stage directions (i.e., the stage manager). A minimum of 2 female and 2 male readers is needed.
There will be no group rehearsal, so your commitment would be for the playreading evening on Saturday, June 14, from 6:15-9 p.m.
Sign up to be a reader by Monday, May 19, and the play script will be emailed to you within a day.
By Monday, May 26, please email Azura (azurah1203@gmail.com) your 2-3 preferred roles and any questions for the playwright.
The cast list will be created based on the available readers, and parts will be assigned in order of receipt of readers' preferred roles information.
The cast of readers will be notified of their assigned role(s) by June 1, and readers will receive a video message from the playwright, sharing his thoughts about the play and answering cast members' questions.
Thank you for your interest in What's Next first playreading evening! We look forward to seeing you in the audience or "on stage" on June 14!
Organized by Azura Hassan and Barkley Murray