Title

Forgottonia

Playwright

Eli Campbell

Director

Sarah Gazdowicz

Stage Manager

Mathew Kier

Category

Reading, Cosmo Catalano Acting Studio (TB 172)

First Rehearsal

Readings have a total of 20 hours of rehearsal
Rehearsals may begin April 1

Performances

TBA

Roles to be cast

Age (Presentation)

Gender (Presentation)

Description

Note: All roles can be played by people of any gender.

Thomas Franzen/Phil

30s

Man

On the prison committee. White. 

Big Jim/Brian  

50s

Man

The governor of Illinois. White.

McGruff

Ageless

Man

The crime dog. A dog. The actor who plays him is white.

Laurie Adler

18

Man

Just graduated from high school. Vicious. White.

Joseph Long

18

Man

Laurie’s best friend. Figuring it out. White.

Carol Watt

18

Woman

The sheriff’s daughter. White.

Tracey Adler

40s

Woman

Laurie’s mother. Owns a diner. White.

Johnny Watt

40s

Man

The sheriff. White.

Frances Ward

50s

Woman

A farmer. Black. 

Synopsis

In 1987, the people of Forgottonia, Illinois are on the edge of poverty. In a last-ditch effort to save their town, they enter the Prison Sweepstakes, which would win them a government-funded prison (and all the jobs that come with it). But competing for a prison drags out more than they were bargaining for.

Notices

This play contains onstage drug use and themes/instances of racism.

Important Dates/Holidays

 3/24 Purim*, 3/24 Palm Sunday, 3/25 Holi Phagwa*, 3/25 Lailat al Bara*, 3/27 Nuzul Quran*, 3/29 Good Friday, 3/31 Easter, 4/4 Qing Ming Jie, 4/6 Laylat al-Qadr*, 4/9 Ougadi/Ugaadi, 4/10 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)*, 4/17 Ram Navami, 4/21 Mahavir Jayanti, 4/22-4/30 Passover*, 4/24 Theravada (New Year), 5/1 Beltane-Samhain, 5/3 Good Friday (Orthodox)