Love Pentagram

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

Female

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

Kirby

Female

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

Mickey

Female

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

Dalia

Female

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

Tegan

Nonbinary, AFAB*

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

Ellis

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

Love Pentagram

Callbacks Schedule 11/20

Thank you to everyone who auditioned!

Callbacks will be held on November 20th from 7-11pm in TB 170.

Each group will read Side F which is a large group scene. Please note that you may be asked to read for a character you are not explicitly called back for.
We understand there is significant overlap between both shows’ callback schedules on Thursday. Rest assured that everyone will be seen!

7-8:15pm

Side A: Dalia/Mickey

8:20-9:35pm

Side C: Kirby/Jessie

Side D: Jessie/Ellis

9:40-10:55pm

Side B: Tegan/Kirby

Side E: Tegan Monologue

Margaret Williamson	Jessie, Kirby	Norah Logan	Jessie, Ellis, Tegan
Maya Lapan-Islas	Jessie, Kirby	Pepper Williams	Jessie, Dalia, Ellis
Rhya Cowden	Jessie, Dalia	Frances Dapier	Dalia, Jessie
Mar Y Luna Haskins	Jessie, Dalia	Hayden Robertson	Jessie, Mickey
Elizabeth Nigg	Jessie, Mickey	Kelsey Harks	Jessie, Kirby, Mickey
Merus Brown	Kirby, Mickey	Katelyn Trimble	Mickey, Kirby
Roxanne Glave	Kirby, Mickey	Shelby Landuyt	Kirby
Kathryn West	Dalia, Ellis	Kaiya Kralik	Dalia, Ellis
Maria Stavroplus	Dalia	Morgan Pellett	Dalia
Kiah Schuessler	Dalia	Ash Wasek	Ellis, Tegan
Kyann Miller	Ellis	Kenzie Fick	Mickey, Tegan, Ellis
Addi McBride	Ellis, Tegan	Darrin Terpstra	Tegan
Payton Hilton	Tegan	Charlotte Larsen	Tegan
Jordan Kinney	Mickey	Ella Jack	Mickey
Hannah Fideli	Mickey

Cast List

LOVE PENTAGRAM

CAST LIST

Thank you to everyone who auditioned!

Please email SM Vivian Bonde to accept your role: vivian-bonde@uiowa.edu

Jessie	Roxanne Glave
Kirby	Katelyn Trimble
Mickey	Hayden Robertson
Dalia	Pepper Williams
Tegan	Kenzie Fick
Ellis	Elizabeth Nigg

Contact

Questions or concerns?

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