Show Info
TitleIn Which a Time Traveler Attempts to Pay His Rent
PlaywrightMD Frank
DirectorEzinne Elele
Stage ManagerNatasha Carpenter
CategoryGallery
First RehearsalSeptember 1
Load In/Tech /DressSeptember 22 -24
PerformancesSeptember 25 - 27
Roles to be castAge (Presentation)Gender (Presentation)Description
MCEarly 30sN/ANeurotic, psychotic, maybe schizophrenic? An unemployed time traveler, like Doctor Who but an asshole. They're trying though. Must be comfortable rapping and with choreo.
Thyme

Early 30s

 

N/AMC’s former fling/situationship. Sweet and relatively emotionally regulated. A poorly paid researcher. Wants to reconnect in a non-romantic way.
Cortez30s-40sN/AThe MC’s landlord. Not a nice person and the MC really triggers them for some reason. Deeply unfulfilled for some reason. Has a temper in a chilling way. Must be comfortable with movement.
ComputerN/AN/ADry and over it. The AI connected to the time machine. MC’s work wife of sorts. Unwillingly fond of them.
SynopsisA twenty-something struggles to hold their life and the fabric of the universe together. In this hip-hop musical fantasia one Bostonian time traveler must pay their rent and not suffer an ego death. And maybe they fall in love…?
Notices

The cast will be made of approximately 6 actors. Most roles will be played by multiple actors, and each actor will play multiple characters. Actor’s may also be asked to cover more than one track of characters.

This production includes graphic depictions/threats of violence and death. It also includes depictions of murder of religious figures and various references to Hitler.

Fight Choreography Breakdown:

PageStage Directions/ Planned ActionCharacter(s)Notes
14MC2 emerges from the shadows and stabs MC like a hundred times. MC swings and makes contact, but it’s too late. MC fights for air but drowns in his own lungs. MC stops moving. MC2 looks up and smiles. He has a black eye. He drags MC’s body off.MC, MC2

MC and MC2 are alternate universe versions of the same person.

 

Should feel outlandish, almost cartoonishly violent.

23-24MC2 grabs the Caveman and covers his face with a chloroform rag. The Caveman struggles before collapsing. MC2 produces a Ziploc filled with a horrible goo from his pocket. He squeezes it into the Caveman’s mouth. Then he sits next to the Caveman. The Caveman groans. MC2 leans over him. The Caveman coughs up a wad of smallpox goo into MC’s face.MC2, CavemanInterspersed with Dialogue
34-35MC bursts from the shadows. He tackles MC2 to the ground. They struggle, completely equally matched. MC pins MC2, He’s holding a knife. MC buries the knife in MC2’s back. Beat. Time out. They stand, the knife jutting from MC2’s vertebrae.MC, MC2

Interspersed with Dialogue

 

37-38MC2 karate chops MC. MC Jengas to the floor. MC2 steps over to MC, grabbing his head, ready to deliver the finishing blow. Then, MC2 grabs his own throat. He claws. He can’t breathe. MC stands as MC2 collapses to the ground. It’s anaphylaxis at first, then it’s more. Unimaginable. Omnidirectional. Like every possible past and future for MC2 is suffocating. MC2 dies. MC drags MC2 off.MC, MC2

Interspersed with Dialogue

 

51MC shakes his head. Cortez approaches. MC kicks Cortez in the nuts. Cortez collapses. MC runs.MC, Cortez 
56Many more MCs enter. They fight. They tear one another’s heads off. Hack one another to pieces. The dust settles. Only two MCs remain.ALLThis will essentially be a brawl between all the cast as alternate MC. Current plan for cast number is 6 but may increase or decrease.

 

 

Important Dates/Holidays

9/5-9/7 Labor Day Weekend, 9/7 Labor Day (Observed), 9/11-9/13 Rosh Hashanah*, 9/14 Ganesh Chaturthi, 9/20 Yom Kippur*, 9/22 Equinox (Mabon), 9/25-10/2 Sukkot*, 9/25 Anant Chaturdashi

* Holidays marked with an asterisk (*) begin at sundown on the previous day.

Callback List

Callback List 

In Which a Time Traveler Attempts to Pay His Rent

Saturday, August 29, 3:00pm-7:00pm

TB 172

Thank you to everyone who auditioned. Below is a list of those called back for each role, along with a breakdown of the callback schedule for Saturday. Please review it carefully. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the SM, Natasha Carpenter (natasha-carpenter@uiowa.edu)

You may be asked to read for any of the roles in the play. Please be sure to check out the sides that are uploaded to the call board under callback information. 

Please be dressed to move and be ready to improvise. 

Please note that any conflicts with other callbacks will be handled by each production's SM. 

Callback Schedule

1st Group
3:00-4:00pmPreston Coleman, Madison Wallentin, Emma Bibb, Daniel Weber, Austin Hook, Ridge Rutherford, Kita Bond
2nd Group
4:00-5:00pmBrennen Malone, Alicia Philadelphia, Norah Weber, Zach Neifing, Maddux Lamb, Carter Owens, Aiden Seville, Karlie Latterell
3rd Group
5:00-6:00pmKayla Leacock, Alex Smith Perry, Anna Gordon, Thomas McCarthy, Robbie Gerlock, Gavin Gilbert, Michael Glover
4th Group
6:00-7:00pmKatelyn Trimble, Addison McBride, Cody Holcomb, Ken Van Egdon, Patrick O’Brien, Ella Sirna, Mar Y Luna

 

Cast List

In Which a Time Traveler Attempts To Pay His Rent

CAST LIST

Thank you to everyone who auditioned, for sharing your time and your talent. 

 

First rehearsal is Tuesday, September 1st

7:00pm in room 166 TB

 

Please email Natasha Carpenter, the Stage Manager for Time Traveler, at natasha-carpenter @uiowa.edu, to confirm you accept the role or decline the role by Monday at 12:00pm. 

 

Track 1*

MD Frank

 

Track 2*

Randy Jackson-Alvarenga

 

Track 3*

Robbie Gerlock

 

Track 4*

Daniel Weber

 

Track 5*

Austin Hook

 

Track 6*

Gwen Docter

 

*Exact track details will be decided at a later date

Contact

Questions?

Mike Frank, Playwright & Team Leader

Ezinne Elele, Director

Natasha Carpenter, Stage Manager