Performance Information

Rehearsals and Performance Info = 

READ THRU: Monday Jan. 12th 6-10pm

REHEARSAL: January 13th-Feb 5th

TECH/DRESS: Feb 6th-11th

• Friday Feb 6th-Sunday Feb 8th

• Tuesday Feb 10th& Wednesday Feb 11th

• Exact times will be posted at callbacks

PERFORMANCES: Feb 12th-14th @ 7:30 p.m. // Feb 15th @ 2:00PM, Theatre 2 

About the Roles: 

Young Woman (Helen) A young woman who initially lives with her mother and works for a wealthy businessman named George H. Jones. Helen is characterized as “soft” and “tender,” a person unfit for the hard “mechanical” world she lives in.

Husband (George) A successful businessman who falls in love with Helen and asks her to marry him. George is a simple man obsessed with making money and prospering in a straightforward, capitalist fashion.

Mother An old woman primarily concerned with her daughter’s (Helen’s) wellbeing and financial stability. Because of this preoccupation, she encourages Helen to marry George, who she argues must be a good man because he is the vice-president of the company

Mr. Roe Helen’s secret lover, whom she meets in a speakeasy shortly after giving birth to George’s child. When Helen’s coworker, the telephone girl, takes her to the speakeasy, the two young lovers quickly make a connection

Telephone Girl One of Helen’s coworkers in George’s office. Chipper and young, the unnamed telephone girl takes Helen with her to a speakeasy to meet Mr. Roe.

Adding Clerk One of Helen’s coworkers in George’s office. The unnamed adding clerk is accustomed to office life, a dull and sardonic man who, along with the other office workers, speculates aloud about Helen’s engagement to Mr. Jones.

Filing Clerk The Filing Clerk. An immature adolescent boy who works in George's office with Helen and the rest of her colleagues

Stenographer The unnamed stenographer—who works in George’s office—is proper and judgmental, clearly looking down on Helen for arriving late to work.

Doctor and a Men at the speakeasy The doctor and overseeing Helen’s health after she gives birth.

Nurse and The Woman at the speakeasy Helen’s nurse after she gives birth to her and George’s child. Though she wants to help Helen, the nurse recognizes Helen lack of agency when it comes to her own life and health.

Defense Lawyer and Prosecutor The lawyer who cross-examines Helen when she’s on trial for murder. The Lawyer for Prosecution easily unearths the flaws in Helen’s story about the night George died.

Ensemble Actors who will play double roles

• Mr. Smith (Mr. Roe’s friend)

• Boy at the Bar

• Man Behind Bar

• Girl

• Man

• The Priest who reads prayers for Helen before she’s led to the electric chair.

• The Judge who oversees Helen’s trial.

• Three reporters who cover Helen’s trial

• Two barbers employed by the prison.

• The Jailer

• A guard who oversees Helen when she’s in prison.

ABOUT INTIMACY AND DANCE CHOREOGRAPHIES: 

The play does involve intimacy between certain characters including kissing, but there are no overtly sexual interactions.  The production will have some choreographies of the 1920s dances, such as Charleston and others.