| Title | Tom & Eliza (Iowa Director’s Festival) | ||
| Playwright | Celine Song | ||
| Director | Kayla Adams | ||
| Stage Manager | Emma Merkes | ||
| Category | Mainstage, Thayer Theatre | ||
| First Rehearsal | December 2 | ||
| Load In/Tech /Dress | January 29-February 5 | ||
| Performances | February 6-8 & 13-15 | ||
| Roles to be cast | Age (Presentation) | Gender (Presentation) | Description |
| Tom | 20 - 40 | Male | Married to Eliza. He has a thoughtful personality that easily turns towards the sad and self-indulgent. |
| Eliza | 20 - 40 | Female | Married to Tom. She has an energetic personality that easily turns towards the anxious and compulsive. |
| Synopsis | Tom 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 | ||
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Please know we return from Winter break a week early for rehearsals (Jan. 14th-18th).
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