Title

West Illinois Glass House

Playwright

Alex Lead

Director

Josh Turner

Stage Manager

Meenakshi Chinmai

Category

Gallery

First Rehearsal

January 29

Load In/Tech /Dress

February 13-15

Performances

February 16-18

Roles to be cast

Age (Presentation)

Gender (Presentation)

Description

The Defendant

50

Black female

Protagonist, in between jobs and on house arrest

Inez

36

Latine female

Defendant’s pro bono lawyer

Jasper

30

Black male

Defendant’s son, a wedding planner

 Sphene

20

Black male

Defendant’s son, a polisci major

Onyx

10

Black male

Defendant's son, a budding activist

Rachelle

50

Race-neutral female

Defendant’s best friend, a social worker

Synopsis

While the economy burns around her, an attorney in need of good publicity volunteers to pick up the pieces of a manslaughter suspect and her underreacting children.

Set in Dallas over March 2008

Notices

Content warnings:

Addiction, discussion of extreme violence, outdated terms

Important Dates/Holidays

2/2 Groundhog Day, 2/7 Lailat al Miraj*, 2/10 Seol-nal, 2/10 Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon), 2/10 Tet Nguyen Dan, 2/10 Tsagaan Sar, 2/10 Losar, 2/11 Superbowl, 2/13 Mardi Gras, 2/14 St. Valentine's Day, 2/14 Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent), 2/15 Nirvana Day

TIME

FOR

WHO

LOCATION

7:30 PM

Defendant

Olivia Foster, Dajzané Meadows-Sanderlin

TB 170

Rachelle

Dajzané Meadows-Sanderlin, Katie Gucik

Inez

Kathleen Guerrero, Orlando Lopez, Madeline Rodriguez

Jasper

Isaac Addai, Michael Taylor

Sphene

Isaac Addai, Michael Taylor, Kylen Phillips

Onyx

Kylen Phillips

9:00 PM

Defendant

Cianon Jones, Asha Keller

Rachelle

Asha Keller, Samantha Mayer, Trinity Christofferson

Inez

Olivia Gould, Trinity Christofferson, E’mma Camara

Jasper

Andrew Lindsay, Monte Howell

Sphene

E’mma Camara, Asha Keller, Andrew Lindsay

Onyx

E’mma Camara, Cianon Jones, Andrew Lindsay

11:00 PM

End of Day

NOTES:

Everyone in Brother-Brother will be released by 8:30pm.

If you are unable to make it to your callback, please contact Meenakshi at meenakshi-kn@uiowa.edu to let them know. Thank you!

Character

Name

Jasper

Michael Taylor

Sphene

Kylen Phillips

Onyx

Asha Keller

Defendant

Cianon Jones

Rachelle

Dajzané Meadows-Sanderlin

Inez

TBD

Please email Meenakshi Chinmai (meenakshi-kn@uiowa.edu) to accept or decline the role by noon on Monday November 27th. If you have any questions please let Meenaskshi know, thank you!