04/21/2024
While in the Birmingham area…
I need help with something fun, a AL local playwright who is a friend sent me a play they wrote in 2015, I directed a reading of it in NYC with a new plays group. Due to the setting and the time period along with a few topics that are too sensitive now, I asked my friend if they could think about changing the setting and time of the play to a modern time and then they could address current social and political topics in new this gut punching comedy.
They took my advice and now I would like to hold a (Zoom) reading of the play while here in Alabama. I may produce a local AL production later this summer, but I have my sights set on a NY production in the fall directed and produced by myself.
I am seeking local Birmingham actors (or community actors) to assist us on April 15th, 2024. I really would not mind if men wanted to play the roles as gender non specific is a hot topic now. Please let me know if you see this and want to be involved. Private message me or text me if you have my cell.
Here is the cast list.
Mattie Mae – (Mid 40’s) Third of the five sisters, outspoken, critical, and pushy
Vestal – (Late 40’s) Second of the five sisters, soft-spoken and empathetic, fearful of what others think
Gladys – (Mid 50’s) Eldest of the five sisters, kind and motherly
Dixie – (Mid to Late 30’s) Fourth of the five sisters, educated, well spoken, reserved
Betty Ann- (Mid to Late 20’s) Youngest of the five sisters, pregnant, religious and judgmental
Judy Jean- (24 years old) plain, eccentric/mentally unstable cousin to the sisters
Sheriff Ward/Tommy Bob – (Late 30’s to 60, Tommy Bob plays Mid to late 40’s) Both are good ole boys, both from the south. Tommy Bob is a soft-spoken youthful gay man
The reading will be one night this week April 22-25 around 6:30pm. Location: Online
