Starve The Devil- Stage Play -written by Michael Oatman -directed by Stacey Malone
When: Sunday August 30th, 2015 Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm Place: Shaker Dance Academy 23440 Commerce Park Rd Beachwood, OH 44122
Characters:
*Mother Sud --- An older woman who functions as the “neighborhood memory.” She lives in an inner city neighborhood that has decayed over the years. She is a modern day griot.
*'Bread --- He is the deceased husband of Mother Sud and the narrator of the story. He is an older man who walks with a hitch and smokes a pipe.
*Patricia --- She is the beloved daughter-in-law of Mother Sud.
Will --- He is the son of Mother Sud who is a busy politician who is running for public office.
{Duel Roles}Mr. Jackson--- A feuding older couple from the neighborhood / Doctor Davidson --- He is the physician who is treating Mother Sud in the hospice.
{Duel Roles} Mrs. Jackson/ Sister Cheney ( Church Women) --- A feuding older couple from the neighborhood.
{Duel Roles}Morse --- A service man from the neighborhood who marries Keisha. / Doctor Wilhelm --- The first doctor to treat Mother Sud in the hospital.
{Duel Roles} Keisha Harden / Sister Bush (Church Women) --- A neighborhood girl who marries a military man who is also from the neighborhood.
Pastor Sturgess --- An effeminate church official who used to be homosexual but now claims to be completely “healed” of his homosexual desires by Christ. He is the younger brother Patricia.
Pastor Graham --- He is the minister of the church that Mother Sud left years ago. He is also supporting her son who is running in a tight race to get elected.
Church Women: Sister Bush, Sister Cheney, Sister Rove ---- Devout church women who come to see Mother Sud in the hospital to assist Pastor Graham in a “praise healing.”
Lorenda --- A young girl who comes to visit Mother Sud.
{Duel Roles} Dorita/ Sister Rove (Church Women) --- The mother of Lorenda. She has a drinking problem.
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* will be paid roles