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Last updated November 15, 2011
Albany, Oregon
Children of a Lesser God
by Mark Medoff
directed by Rus Roberts
Auditions: May 21, 22, 23, 2012
A success both on Broadway and at the Mark Taper Forum, in Los Angeles, this beautifully written play is a story of unconditional love. James is an instructor at a school for the deaf - a hearing instructor. Sarah, an employee and sometimes student, is deaf since birth.
It is the story of two people from different worlds, one full of sound and noise, the other silence and fury; of two people who overcome their own fears and prejudices and those of people around them.
Winner of the Tony Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award as best play of the season.
Contains mature language and themes.
Cast of characters
- James Leeds - 30-ish, speech teacher at a State school for the Deaf (needs to know ASL or learn it)
- Sarah Norman - 20's, deaf since birth (needs to know ASL or learn it)
- Orin Dennis - 20's some hearing, lip reader (needs to know ASL or learn it)
- Mrs. Norman - Sarah's mother
- Mr. Franklin - 30s-40s, Supervising Teacher at the Deaf School
- Lydia - late teens, some hearing, lip reader, student.
- Edna Klein - 30-40s, lawyer
For more information, contact the director
Director
Veteran actor/director Rus Roberts has directed The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Deathtrap, and The Vampyre for ACT, and has appeared onstage in many plays, ranging ranging from Terra Nova to Gross Indecency. He lives in Albany.