Fall 2024

HURRICANE DIANE
by Madeleine George

  • Director: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
  • Scenic Designer/Technical Director: Dathan Powell
  • Lighting Designer: Craig Steenerson
  • Costume Designer: Cheyenne Flores

About the Play

"Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She's got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity--the Greek god Dionysus--and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? Pulitzer Prize-finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards."--Concord Theatricals

Schedule

OPEN Auditions and OPEN Crew Interviews: Tuesday, September 3 & Wednesday, September 4, 2024

(Callbacks for some Actors on Thursday, September 5 at 7:00pm)

For both Tuesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September 4th, the beginning times are

6:00pm for the Open Crew Interviews and 7:00pm for the Open Auditions.

Location

The Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center–Level 1, UIS Campus

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. There is nothing to prepare.

1 Minute Contemporary Monologues are appreciated, but not required. Headshots/Resumes are also appreciated, but are also not required.

HURRICANE DIANE Performances are set for Friday, November 1, Saturday, November 2, Sunday, November 3 & Thursday, November 7, Friday, November 8, Saturday, November 9, 2024.

All performances will begin at 7:30pm, except for the Sunday, November 3rd matinee beginning at 2:00pm.

Roles Available

4 women and 1 Non-Binary. (Character descriptions here are taken from Stage Agent online):

Diane
  • Diane is the human guise of Dionysus, Greek god of agriculture, wine, and fertility. With plenty of swagger, Diane is tempting, seductive, charming and funny.
Carol Fleischer
  • A repressed, joyless, lonely, unhappy, selfish, yet picture perfect housewife from New Jersey.
Beth Wann
  • Beth is a housewife who has lost her purpose. She is divorced, lost, and vulnerable. Beth is quiet and passive, yet primal.
Pam Annunziata
  • Full of life and unafraid to speak, Pam is bold and vivacious. She is also loyal, prepared, and sometimes suspicious.
Renee Shapiro-Epps
  • Renee is a chic editor for HGTV Magazine. She is powerful, environmental, and a cultured editor.

For an electronic copy of the audition application form or crew interview form, please contact either the Director of this production, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson (mthom1@uis.edu) or Scenic Designer/Technical Director, Dathan Powell (dpowe5@uis.edu). Please Note: Audition application forms and Crew interview forms will also be available at the Crew Interviews and Auditions.

Scripts ARE NOW AVAILABLE at the Brookens Library front desk for 24 hour reserve checkout.

Work Behind the Scenes

Those interested in working backstage (stage managers, props crew, sound research, costumes, dresser, running crew) only need to attend one night of the crew interviews. Be sure to fill out a crew application form prior to the crew interviews start time via the online form or in person at the crew interviews and indicate the area of interest backstage. The technical director will schedule time to meet with you to discuss your area of interest.

Actors

Please fill out an audition form via the online form prior to arriving at the audition start time OR first thing when you arrive to audition. Auditions will consist of “cold readings” from the script. Be prepared to make some bold choices, take some risks and have fun! Prepared monologues and headshots/resumes are appreciated, but are NOT required.

UIS Theatre invites all theatre artists to audition for roles or apply for backstage work for one of our upcoming productions. Currently enrolled UIS students are given primary consideration in casting roles and backstage assignments, as well as in determining each production. UIS Theatre strives to have our productions reflect the diversity of our world. As such, actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identifications and abilities are welcome and encouraged to audition for all of our productions.