Fall 2020 New Play Readings Program

THE INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATER PRESENTS:

NEW PLAY READINGS FEATURING PLAYS BY:

Emma Olsen Toni Osborne Tori Osborne Jennifer Reardon Amarae Robinson Essica Whitsett Maggie Williams DECEMBER

BOTH NIGHTS

3-4, 2020

AT 7:00 PM

THTR 232: Playwriting Playwriting Teacher: Professor Arthur Feinsod Course Teaching Assistant: Carsyn Wayland

Why do play readings?

Play readings are a chance for playwrights to hear their work performed by actors, solicit feedback

from an audience, and hear audience members' responses to their in-progress play(s). Playwrights

can then take this feedback and apply it as they continue to develop their work.

Since these pieces are still in process, there will be a discussion period of ten-minutes or less after

each play reading, at which time audience members can offer feedback for the student playwrights.

The host for the feedback sessiosn is course TA, Carsyn Wayland.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT THE The Thursday evening play readings are co-sponsored by the Swope Art Museum.

"America's Sins" by Toni Osborne Inspired by Billy Morrow Jackson’s Stars and Bars

GEORGE...........................................................David Stokes AMERICA.................................................Amarae Robinson DEREK..............................................................Tori Osborne Stage Directions.............................................Emma Olsen

"Slow Night" by Essica Whitsett Inspired by Edward Hopper’s Hotel Lobby

MARY.......................................................Amarae Robinson AMANDA...................................................Maggie Williams SAMUEL.........................................................Ethan Perisho Stage Directions.............................................Emma Olsen

"Ends of the Earth" by Emma Olsen Inspired by David Roger Cox’s White Cloud and Paul Jenkins’ Phenomena Near Baber Woods

NOAH.............................................................Ethan Perisho VANYA.............................................................Tori Osborne Stage Directions............................................Dakota Allen

INTERMISSION

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT THE

"Them" by Amarae Robinson Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Runaway

BOY............................................................Carsyn Wayland OFFICER.........................................................Ethan Perisho WAITRESS................................................Jennifer Reardon SERVER...........................................................David Stokes Stage Directions............................................Dakota Allen

"Hear the Sea" by Maggie Williams Inspired by Dornith Doherty’s Acoustics and Pierre Bonnard’s Young Woman Writing

CATHERINE................................................Carsyn Wayland BARBARA.........................................................Emma Olsen JANE...........................................................Essica Whitsett MAID........................................................Jennifer Reardon Stage Directions...........................................Toni Osborne

"Love that Forgives" by Tori Osborne Inspired by Billy Morrow Jackson’s Tattooed Man

CHOIR..............................................................Dakota Allen UNCLE SAM...................................................Ethan Perisho AUDIENCE MEMBER.........................................Emma Olsen CAROL (MICKEY)....................................Amarae Robinson CAROLE.....................................................Maggie Williams CYNTHIA.....................................................Toniya Osborne ADDIE MAE.................................................Essica Whitsett SARAH.......................................................Carsyn Wayland Stage Directions....................................Jennifer Reardon

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AT THE

NEW THEATER

"Public Service" by Amarae Robinson

WAITRESS.................................................Essica Whitsett MAN..............................................................Ethan Perisho WOMAN...................................................Maggie Williams STAGE DIRECTIONS.......................................Toni Osborne

"Monologue from Untitled One Act Play" by Jennifer Reardon

ASHLEE............................................................Emma Olsen MOM.......................................................Amarae Robinson Stage Directions.....................................Essica Whitsett

"A Religious Endeavor" by Maggie Williams

GIRL........................................................Amarae Robinson MAN..............................................................Ethan Perisho Stage Directions...........................................E.mma Olsen

"Where to?" by Toni Osborne Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

TOMMY......................................................Essica Whitsett JHONNY..........................................................David Stokes JIMMY.............................................................Tori Osborne SEMA......................................................Amarae Robinson Stage Directions....................................Maggie Williams

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AT THE

NEW THEATER INTERMISSION

"Monologue from 'Sinners'" by Amarae Robinson

WANDA.....................................................Carsyn Wayland VOICE...............................................................Emma Olsen Stage Directions...........................................Tori Osborne

"Field of the Host" by Emma Olsen

LYRA...............................................................Tori Osborne FREYJA....................................................Maggie Williams Stage Directions.....................................Carsyn Wayland

"I Promise" by Tori Osborne Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s Untitled

MR. JOHNSON..................................................Emma Olsen KENA......................................................Amarae Robinson SAM...............................................................David Stokes Stage Directions..........................................Toni Osborne

SPECIAL THANKS TO: The Swope Art Museum

Sami Ginoplos

Ethan Perisho

David Stokes

Alicia Jay