PRIVATE PLAY TABLE READY
SUNDAY, SEPT 14, 6:00-9:30 PM
IN NEHALEM
Email me by September 11 LATEST if you want to participate in this awesome table reading and if you fit one of the character descriptions below.
EMAIL: mikes.arseneault@gmail.com
YOU WILL BE SENT A LINK TO THE PLAY SCRIPT TO READ AND PREPARE YOUR CHARACTERS IN ADVANCE.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: (all ethnicities and genders considered)
• Claudia Draper, 35-45 (lead)- high-class call girl accused of manslaughter
• Aaron Levinsky, 35-45 (lead) – a public defender, handling Claudia’s case
• Rose Kirk, 50-65 (supporting) – Claudia’s mother, loving but married to a man who has sexually abused her daughter
• Arthur Kirk, 50-65 (supporting) – Claudia’s step-father, a sexual abuser
• Dr. Herbert Rosenthal, 50-65 (supporting) – Medical witness for the prosecution (gender neutral)
• Judge Murdoch, 40-65 (supporting) – In whose court Claudia is being tried (gender neutral)
• Franklin MacMillan, 35-50 (supporting) – Prosecuting Attorney (gender neutral_
• Harry Haggerty, 30-50 (minor), Court Guard,
• Court Recorder, 21-60, all genders considered (minor)
MORE ABOUT: NUTS
By Tom Topor
A Broadway hit, Nuts has been called the best courtroom melodrama since Witness for the Prosecution and The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. Set in a courtroom in New York’s Bellevue Hospital, the story follows a high-priced call girl incarcerated on a charge for killing a violent “john”. The State, represented by a court appointed psychiatrist and an aggressive prosecutor, say Claudia Faith Draper is unfit to stand trial. As testimony from experts, physicians and her parents unfolds, with her psyche and childhood dissected, she proves to the judge that she isn’t “nuts” and stands legally sane at trial for manslaughter.
Nuts is a 1979 play by Tom Topor. The play is a courtroom drama, suspense, and psychological drama which explores issues of sexual abuse, family and social power dynamics, and aspects of the criminal court system. The play was adapted for the 1987 film of the same title, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss.
This play deals with a mature subject matter and includes some profanity and offensive language.
GREAT PLAY, GREAT FUN. BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
