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Dot Moore, Director |
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Auditions:
Jan. 22, 23 at 6:30 PM, and Jan. 24 at 10 AM
Performance:
May 1 – 10, 2009
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SYNOPSIS:
The Skin of Our Teeth presents a comic and complicated spectacle full of
laughs and ideas. It is almost a farce. Wilder mixes the most ancient of
characters such as Adam, Eve, Cain, and even Homer with modern society,
complete with anachronisms of all sorts. The ancient representatives of man
(and woman) are not so very different from what we would expect from a
modern-day human being. They still worry about the catastrophes that could
harm their children, how they will survive, and what the future might hold.
Of course, Wilder throws in a few momentous catastrophes to really bring the
drama to life. The Androbus family must face the world-wide Ice Age, Noah's
flood, war and rumors of war, book burning, and more. While the incidental
worries of modern society may differ, the play shows many of the realities
of everyday life.
In the end, Mr. Androbus (our anciently modern Adam) says, "Oh, I've never
forgotten for long at a time that living is a struggle. I know that every
good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the
razor-edge of danger and must be fought for--whether it's a field, or a
home, or a country.
All I ask is the chance to build new worlds and God has always given us
that."
And, the play ends where it began. As Sabrina says, "That's all we
do--always beginning again! Over and over again. Always beginning again."
After each disaster, they just rebuild the world again. As Sabina says once
and again: "Don't forget that a few years ago we came through the depression
by the skin of our teeth! One more tight squeeze like that and where will we
be?"
NOTES ON CHARACTER
Sabina, the sassy maid (originally played by Tallulah
Bankhead)
Mr. And Mrs. Antrobus: A married couple in their 40’s (about)
George and Gladys: Their children, about 10 & 8, who grow older during the
play.
The Gypsy fortune teller – any age
A Mammoth, a dinosaur, an announcer, Homer, theatre tech people & maids,
side show barkers, - Many many others, with much doubling of parts possible
The cast can be as large at 30, as small as 15.
All the parts are fun.
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