ACT II: Steve Married to Lindsey. Buying the home in Clybourne Park, he and Lindsey plan to tear it down and start from scratch, building a newer, bigger home in its place. Steve is less concerned with being politically correct and more concerned with getting to the heart of the issue, for better or for worse. Because of this, he brings all the tension to the surface.
ACT I: Albert Black, in his thirties, married to Francine. Albert comes by to pick up Francine and offers to help bring down an old trunk from upstairs, against Francine’s wishes. He has good intentions, but his presence is mostly ALBERT / KEVIN unwelcome. ACT II: Kevin Married to Lena. Kevin is a nice, laid-back guy, but he loses his temper after Steve insults Lena.
ACT I: Betsy White, in her later twenties, married to Karl. Betsy is completely deaf and eight months pregnant. Karl brings her along for his visit. She has trouble keeping up with conversation, especially as tensions escalate. BETSY / LINDSEY ACT II: Lindsey Married to Steve and pregnant. The antithesis of Steve, she tries very hard to be politically correct and polite.
ACT I: Karl White, in his thirties. Married to Betsy. Karl invites himself over to talk to Russ and Bev about selling their home and, more importantly to Karl, the family (the Youngers) they sold their home to.
KARL / STEVE
I n t h e Cla s s r o o m Double Casting As you may have noticed, the same seven actors play multiple characters. In theatre, we call this double casting. Sometimes double casting can be a director’s choice, but in this case, Bruce Norris wrote the play to be double cast. What effect does the double casting have? Is there a relationship or connection between the different character a single actor plays (i.e. between Russ and Dan, Francine and Lena)? In the Script/After the Show Did you notice any other through lines in the show? For example: repeated lines, actions, themes?
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