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Auditions:Monday, November 23, 6-9 p.m.
Black Box Theatre - Gannon Bldg. 1422
Hir by Taylor Mac
Director: Blake Bowen
Production Dates: February 19-21, 26-27, 2027/Black Box Theatre
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Synopsis:
Somewhere in the suburbs, Isaac has returned from war to help take care of his ailing father, only to discover a household in revolt. The insurgent: his mom. Liberated from an oppressive marriage, with Isaac’s newly out transgender sibling as her ally, she’s on a crusade to dismantle the patriarchy. In this sly, subversive comedy, annihilating the past doesn’t always free you from it.
Characters:
Isaac Connor: 24. Cisgender son of Paige and Arnold. Brother to
Isaac. Isaac's main actions are to assess the situation, assert
himself, convert, and keep things under control. The play is, for
Isaac, one long attempt at squashing down a major PTSD explosion. At times he is more successful (meaning he can almost relax) than others and he uses different tactics (including the slightly more fun action of teasing) but ultimately fails. There should be peeks and valleys but a slow burn is what's been crafted into the play.
Paige Connor: 55. Cisgender mother to Max and Isaac. Wife to Arnold. Main actions are to entertain, excite (with new information she's discovered), and tear apart the old regimes.
Max Connor: 17. Transgender child of Paige and Arnold. Sibling to
Isaac. Main actions are to excite (with new information ze's
discovered), ward off attacks, showboat, raise hir status on the family totem pole and stake hir intellectual territory. It's important to me that the actor playing Max be someone who was a biological female and now identifies as transgender or gender-queer.
Arnold Connor: 58. Cisgender father to Isaac and Max and husband to Paige. Main actions are those of an old dog: eat, sleep and be comfortable. Arnold was an angry man but has had a stroke, which turned him into more of a clown. Rather like a slower/older Harpo. When he feels something, he feels it with no censors. He can easily switch from complete joy to complete sorrow and back again, in a heartbeat.
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Event venue
Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48917
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