Title

Leeches

Playwright

Adrian Enzastiga

Director

TBA

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

Cristal

Late 20s

Woman

Pregnant, anxious, strong

Yennifer

40s

Woman

Experienced, overworked 

Timothy

Early 20s

Man

Empathetic, tragically optimistic 

 Bill

30+

Man

Cristal’s Landlord

Claudia

Late 20s early 30s

Any

Property Manager, Tik Tok influencer

Lawyer

30+

Any

Bill’s lawyer; just a body in a suit

Mark Paul

50+

Any

Judge, oblivious, robotic

Bonnie

50s

Woman

Country; entitled

Felicity

30s

Woman

Country; entitled

Jeremiah

70s

Man

The closest to death

Isabella

30s

Woman

Immigrant; too many jobs & too many kids

Synopsis

Leeches is a full-length play that takes place at an eviction court in an ambiguously Midwest post-pandemic U.S. city. The play explores the process of an eviction, the cycle of poverty, and the corrupt oppression of the American capitalist system:

Eviction court is a no man’s land;

tenants’ rights are crushed under landlord’s command,

and social workers (can) do little to offer a hand,

but there are some who refuse to idly stand.

Notices

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)