Auditions: Location: Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 South Walnut St, Wooster
Dates: Sat January 4th from 10am-12pm
Mon Jan 6th from 6:30-8:30pm
Thurs January 9th from 6:30-8:30pm
Description: Cast size: 21 (some roles could be doubled): 6F, 6M, 9 flexible Ages 10 and up (inter-generational – youth and adults needed)
Directed by Kay Anderson
Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz is a fantastical adventure which centers on a little girl’s search for the simplest of things: home. Iris lives with her mom in the land of Nocturno, a magical place in which the workers make, by night, all of the things we see in the world by day. In Nocturno memories do not reside in people’s minds, but in their coats (called “Pastcoats”). The rulers of Nocturno, the Great Goods, are determined to have the “best” of everything on their island and therefore take Iris away from her home and bring her to Great Island to be their daughter. To ease the pain of this separation, they remove her PastCoat leaving her with no memory of her home or her family. All that remains of Iris’ past is a single button from her coat. Using this button as a clue, Iris joins with two friends she meets on her journey– Annabel Lee (a young woman from the sea) and Mozart (the composer, age 11) — and frees herself from the Great Goods. She returns to Nocturno, having found her past, and her home, once again. Still Life with Iris is the first play for young audiences to receive the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays Award.
Performances: Location: Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 South Walnut St, Wooster
Dates: Friday March 6th – 7:00pm Saturday March 7th – 2:00pm Friday March 15th – 7:00pm Saturday March 14th – 2:00pm Sunday March 15th – 2:00pm
