Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
| Title | Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day | ||||||||||
| Playwright | Bridget Dieden | ||||||||||
| Director | Sara Alvidrez | ||||||||||
| Stage Manager | Vivian Bonde | ||||||||||
| Category | Workshop, MacVey Theatre | ||||||||||
| First Rehearsal | December 2 | ||||||||||
| Load In/Tech /Dress | January 28-30 | ||||||||||
| Performances | January 31-February 1 | ||||||||||
| Roles to be cast | Age (Presentation) | Gender (Presentation) | Description | ||||||||
| Laurel Sinclair | Early 30s | Woman | A childless mother, cold when she needs to be and sometimes when she doesn’t | ||||||||
| Pilot Sinclair | Early 30s | Man | A childless father, loves his wife more than the sun | ||||||||
| Jillian Sinclair | 7 ½, forever | Woman | Daughter of Laurel and Pilot, a kid stuck in a room | ||||||||
| Lydia Knox | Late 20s | Woman | Ruth’s mother, the original girl’s girl | ||||||||
| Ruth Knox | 7, but almost 8 | Woman | Lydia’s daughter, she’s never had a ghost friend before | ||||||||
| Arcana Jones | No one knows | Any | A medium, speaks to the dead more than the living | ||||||||
| Dr. Barclay | 40s | Man | A gynecologist with a god complex | ||||||||
| Synopsis | A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was seven and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new maid is hired, who just so happens to have a daughter herself, Jillian is discovered and forms a very volatile friendship. | ||||||||||
| Notices | This show will rehearse December 2-13 then will return to rehearsal with the start of classes in the spring semester. Fight Breakdown
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Intimacy Breakdown
| Page | Stage Directions/ Planned Action | Character(s) | Notes |
| 42 | Character licks another character’s hand | Jillian, Ruth | This may be mimed; it will be to the actor’s comfortability. |
Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
Callback Schedule:
November 18
7:00-11:00 Pm
Room 172 TB
7:00-8:00 | 8:00-9:00 | 9:00-10:00 | 10:00-11:00 |
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Jillian Sinclair Ruth Knox
| Laurel Sinclair Pilot Sinclair Jillian Sinclair Ruth Knox | Laurel Sinclair Pilot Sinclair Lydia Knox Dr. Barclay |
Lydia Knox Arcana Jones Dr. Barclay
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Callback List:
Laurel Sinclair | Pilot Sinclair | Jillian Sinclair |
Jennifer Hogan Addison Mcbride Elizabeth Nigg Zoe Mae Nolte Madeline Nuss Sophia Polking Laurel Preston Alyssa Santoleri Chloe Schwab Ella Sirna
| Haydon Bailey Creyton Conrey Chase Hohmann Thomas McCarthy Flynn Mulligan Lucas Nelson Aidan Seville Ephram Sinnwell Isak West
| E’mma Camara Rhya Cowden Hannah Lipski Sophia Polking Grace Troelstrop Abby Weiss Margaret Williamson
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Lydia Knox | Ruth Knox | Arcana Jones |
Jordan Kinney Aleesa Lavrenko Hannah Lipski Abby Paul Sophia Polking Laurel Preston
| E’mma Camara Roxy Glave Jordan Kinney Zoe Mae Nolte Abby Paul Grace Troelstrop Abby Weiss Margaret Williamson
| Sven Bode E’mma Camara Gabby Johnson Addison Mcbride Madeline Nuss Patrick O’Brien Brody Ohm Alyssa Santoleri
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Dr. Barclay |
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Dan Dickerson Carden Green Harvey Haggas Lucas De La Rosa |
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Thank you for auditioning!
Callback Sides can Be Located Here
If you have any callback conflicts, questions, or concerns, please email:
Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
| Role | Actor |
| Laurel Sinclair | Alyssa Santoleri |
| Pilot Sinclair | Flynn Milligan |
| Jillian Sinclair | Rhya Cowden |
| Ruth Knox | Margaret Williams |
| Lydia Knox | Addison Mcbride |
| Arcana | Sven Bode |
| Dr. Barclay | Lucas Nelson |
To accept your role please Email Bridget Dieden at bdieden@uiowa.edu
Questions or concerns?
Bridget Dieden, Playwright & Team Leader: bridget-dieden@uiowa.edu