Death Surrogates

Title

Death Surrogates

Playwright

Cianon Jones

Director

Josh Turner

Stage Manager

Addy Taylor

Category

Gallery, MacVey Theatre

First Rehearsal

February 24

Load In/Tech /Dress

March 10-12

Performances

March 13-15

Roles to be cast

Age (Presentation)

Gender (Presentation)

Description

Tobias/Jerome/Child

Early-mid 20s

any

Young, hardened, and vulnerable

Francis “Footman Fog”

Mid 20s

any

an indulgent joker

Paxen

Late 30s-Mid 40s

any

Bulked and brazen

Des

Late teens

any

Naive & curious

Raymond

20s-30s

any

Desperate & dedicated

The Friendly Stranger

timeless

any

Friendly and strange

Orator/Uncle

~40s

masc

a leader at all costs

Ensemble: Attendants (4), Patrons (4), Protestors, the Undead Opposition, CEO, Paula

any

The shapers of this world: comedians, terrifiers, fighters, healers, and hoarders

Synopsis

Another tale: of stories & dreams; of reclamation & power; of existence & healing.

Notices

This show performs the first weekend of Spring Break.

Multiple actors will play multiple roles

Fight Breakdown:

Page	Stage Directions/ Planned Action	Character(s)	Notes
14	Jerome pushes Paxen away and storms off to his room.	Jerome, Paxen
36	CEO throws the remote out the closed window. CRASH!	CEO
49-50	Aggressive wrist grip (Fog gripping one of Des’ wrists)	Des, Fog
64	Pursues offstage after two characters (Des & Paxen) armed with an altered gun	Interview Attendant, Des, Paxen	Gun depicted—fired offstage
66	Pockets of blood shedding battles in the most raw, rudimentary, shocking, and horrific ways.	ensemble	Rudimentary weaponry in use: bricks, bottles, bats, pipes; & taser-like devices
66	-Jerome kicks Fog -Fog straddles and pins Jerome’s limbs -Jerome claws at Fog -Jerome bites Fog’s shoulder -Fog uses taser-like weapon on Jerome -Fog bashes taser-like weapon into Jerome’s face	Jerome, Fog
69	-hand to hand encounter between Jerome and Fog: punch, block, swings (missed and contact) -Fog kicks Jerome	Jerome, Fog
70	Jerome lands a punch square in Fog’s face. Fog wails on. Jerome is getting struck time and time again. They landed into the floor and Fog is pounding their fists into Jerome. Jerome kicks Fog in the face, Fog is sent flying back, landing in a hard THUD.	Jerome, Fog
			General note: faints and falls occurring

Intimacy Breakdown

Page

Stage Directions/ Planned Action

Character(s)

Notes

Paxen wades over to Jerome and places his hands on Jerome’s shoulders.

(...)

Paxen rips Jerome’s shirt! A portion of his chest exposes and there’s–

Paxen, Jerome

Uncle cries, cradling Jerome for the very last time.

Jerome, Uncle

Important Dates/Holidays2/25-2/26 Maha Shivaratri, 2/28-3/2 Losar, 2/28-3/30 Ramadan*, 3/3 Beginning of Lent (Orthodox), 3/4 Mardi Gras, 3/5 Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent), 3/9 Daylight Savings Begins, 3/13 Palm Sunday, 3/14 Holi Phagwa*, 3/14 Purim*