TitleFar Away (Iowa Director's Festival)
PlaywrightCaryl Churchill
DirectorMeredith G. Healy
Stage ManagerSophie Young
CategoryMainstage, Thayer Theatre
First RehearsalDecember 2
Load In/Tech /DressJanuary 29-February 5
PerformancesFebruary 6-8 & 13-15
Roles to be castAge (Presentation)Gender (Presentation)Description
Joan8-12 (Scene 1), 20s (Scenes 2 and 3)FemaleA girl
Harper40s - 60sFemaleHer aunt
Todd20s - 30sMaleA young man
The ParadeAnyAny8 non-speaking ensemble members appearing as prisoners on their way to trial.
SynopsisThis hour-long futuristic nightmare envisions a world where the promise of violence broods and nothing is to be trusted. Written by the celebrated author of Top Girls and Cloud Nine, this innovative work consists of three brief scenes. In the first, a young girl spending her first night in her new guardian's house witnesses a bloody slaughter. Next, the girl, now grown, is spending her first day working in a hat factory. There, she and a young man concoct funny and elaborate hats that are to be worn for a horrific purpose. In the final scene, the boy and girl, now wed, are seeking refuge from a global conflict even the animals are on one side or another. 
NoticesThis show will return early from winter break for rehearsals beginning on Tuesday, January 14. Far Away discusses topics including war, death, and drug use. There is no staged intimacy or violence. 
Important Dates/Holidays12/1 Advent Begins, 1/14 Mahayana New Year, 1/14 New Year (Orthodox), 1/14 Tamil Thai Pongal Day, 1/14 Makar Sankranti, 1/18 Bodhi Day, 1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Observed), 1/21 Spring Classes Begin, 1/27 Lailat al Miraj*, 1/29 Seol-nal, 1/29 Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake), 1/29 Tet Nguyen Dan, 1/29 Tsagaan Sar, 2/2 Groundhog Day, 2/9 Superbowl, 2/11 Thaipusam, 2/12 Magha Puja Day, 2/14 St. Valentine's Day, 2/14 Lailat al Bara*, 2/15 Nirvana Day

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Please know we return from Winter break a week early for rehearsals (Jan. 14th-18th).

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Questions or concerns?

Sophie Young, Stage Manager: sophia-g-young@uiowa.edu

Sammi Lewis, Assistant Stage Manager: samara-lewis@uiowa.edu