Show Info

Title 

Love Pentagram 

Playwright 

MK Shultz 

Director 

Abby Wight 

Stage Manager 

Vivian Bonde 

Category 

Workshop 

First Rehearsal 

February 2 

Load In/Tech /Dress 

February 24-26 

Performances 

February 27-28 

Roles to be cast 

Age (Presentation) 

Gender (Presentation) 

Description 

Jessie 

21 

Female 

Chill but running from shit. Kirby’s estranged cousin. She/her.  

Kirby 

18 

Female 

Supposedly religious, certainly lost. Just visiting the Quark. Jessie’s estranged cousin. She/her. 

Mickey 

20 

Female 

Well-intentioned but intense. Runs the Quark. Dating Dalia. She/her. 

Dalia 

21 

Female 

People pleaser. Sweet, maybe too sweet. Lowk nerd. Dating Mickey. She/her. 

Tegan 

19 

Nonbinary, AFAB* 

A menace to society. Over everything, and definitely in a healthy way. They/them. 

Ellis 

21 

Flexible 

Observant, but maybe not emotionally. Neurodivergent. She/they. 

Synopsis 

A queer campus center, aka The Quark. A handful of sapphics. A bunch of them have kissed. Their fate is uncertain. 

Notices 

Jessie and Ellis use American Sign Language as a second language intermittently. Please let us know if you have any level of ASL proficiency! 

*Assigned Female at Birth. Tegan’s presentation is flexible.  

Intimacy Choreography Breakdown

Page 

Stage Directions/ Planned Action 

Character(s) 

Notes 

75 

Jessie holds out her hands for Ellis to take. Jessie kisses Ellis on the cheek. 

Jessie and Ellis 

This could very easily be a hug and that might actually be more realistic. 

Important Dates/Holidays 

2/2 Groundhog Day, 2/3 Lailat al Bara*, 2/8 Superbowl, 2/14 St. Valentine's Day, 2/15 Nirvana Day, 2/16 Presidents’ Day (Fed. Observed), 2/15-2/16 Maha Shivaratri, 2/17 Seol-nal, 2/17 Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse), 2/17 Tet Nguyen Dan, 2/17-3/19 Ramadan*, 2/17 Mardi Gras, 2/18 Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent),  2/18 Tsagaan Sar, 2/18-2/20 Losar, 2/23 Beginning of Lent (Orthodox) 

 

* Holidays marked with an asterisk (*) begin at sundown on the previous day. 

Callback List

The callback list will be available following Spring General Auditions on Saturday, November 15.

Cast List

The cast list will be posted following the Casting Meeting at approximately 10:30am Friday, November 21.

Contact

Questions or concerns?

MK Shultz, Playwright & Team Leader: marykatherine-shultz@uiowa.edu