TitleTom & Eliza (Iowa Director’s Festival)
PlaywrightCeline Song
DirectorKayla Adams
Stage ManagerEmma Merkes
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
Tom20 - 40MaleMarried to Eliza. He has a thoughtful personality that easily turns towards the sad and self-indulgent. 
Eliza20 - 40FemaleMarried to Tom. She has an energetic personality that easily turns towards the anxious and compulsive.
SynopsisTom and Eliza are moving persistently toward the future in their own fantastically twisted journeys. Written by Celine Song — writer and director of the award-winning movie Past Lives — Tom & Eliza propels us on a journey from a first date to the end of life as we know it.
Notices

This show will return early from winter break for rehearsals beginning on Tuesday, January 14.

Content & Intimacy Advisory: There are graphic descriptions of sexual intercourse and masturbation recurring throughout the play. It is verbal description only; there is no staged intimacy.

Important Dates/Holidays 12/1 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

Tom & Eliza Callbacks List

Please finish this survey by the end of the callbacks:  https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lo5QSqVWXQrTDw 

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

Tom & Eliza Callbacks List

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

Emma Merkes, Stage Manager: emma-merkes@uiowa.edu

Abbie Talken, Assistant Stage Manager: abbie-talken@uiowa.edu