When
presented with a blank slate, a gender-neutral script of dialog and a few stage
directions, then primed to use their imaginations to create their characters, this
first cast of Augie college students came up with impressive results.
Leader: An eccentric retired English professor
who felt very qualified to lead
Newbie: Peter Peterson II. Age 22-23.
Just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing/English.
Dress: Normal. Personality: “Pretty boring.”
#1 Writer: Caroline Carson. Age 27. Considers
herself a “modern” writer with many books available online. “None of
them are selling well. Do look for my books on Amazon.”
#2 Writer: Kyle Gilligan. Age 33. Former
English major. Dropped out.
Still
living in parent’s basement. “My parents signed me up for this writer’s group
to get me out of the house.”
#3 Writer: [Cindy performed #3 and #8]
#4 Writer: Carmen Darling. Age not given. She has traveled all over
the world doing infomercials about her travels. “It’s a good life. I’m
only here to help these other unfortunate people. Yeah, thank you.”
#5 Writer: Bethany Long. “Call me Beth.” Age
45. She writes fantasy romance novels. “Even after two divorces,
love still drives my writing.”
#6 Writer: Maryanne McGee. Age 65. Housewife
with no children. “I spend my days reading murder mystery novels and
started writing my own novels five years ago. It’s something to do. Keeps me
busy.”
#7 Writer: Louis/Lewis. Age 26. “I’m
told I’m a little dark minded. But who isn’t?”
#8 Writer: Lucy McGillicuddy. Age 70. [Retired.]
She’s been writing the same novel since she was 17. Has 1,000 pages and wants
to add some monsters to it. The printer ran out of paper, so she’ll bring it to
the group later. Her passion is directing community theatre.
My resurrection
and transformation of a past Iron Pen entry into a play turned into a
successful experience for me and the cast. It became an interesting exercise in
character development that would be different with each group that performs it.
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