Stillwater Theatre

Stillwater Theatre Company will hold auditions for their upcoming production of Lia Romeo’s “Hungry” on Friday, January 13th at 7pm in the Studio Theatre in Jones Hall, Meredith College.

Callbacks (by invitation only) held Saturday, January 14th at 7pm in the same location.

Rehearsals begin February 20th.
All rehearsals will take place at Meredith College.
Performance dates March 22nd through April 1st.

Please have a one minute contemporary monologue prepared.
Audition slots assigned based on order of arrival.

Roles available:
◦    Amy – 16 – A high school student
◦    Bianca – 16 –  A high school student
◦    Katherine – 40 –  A wife and Mother
◦    A Minotaur – Male

Consideration in casting female roles will go to the Meredith College population.
A stipend is paid to all non-student actors.
Please refer any questions to Steven Roten 919.760.8757

Stillwater Theatre Company presents:

Hungry
by Lia Romeo

March 22-24  Thur-Sat  @8 pm
March 25 Sun @3pm
March 27-31 Tues-Sat @8 pm
April 1 Sun @3pm

Amy is trying.

Trying to be a good student,
trying to eat right (but not too much),
trying to get on the cheerleading squad,
trying not to sweat too much in gym class,
trying to get good grades.
Amy is trying and failing, until the Minotaur shows up.

Will this mythical man-eating giant be her salvation, or her downfall?

Reservations: 919-760-8575

After the first weekend of performances, Ether Steeds got a great review from the Independent Weekly.

Click here to take a look at the whole review.

Ether Steeds is running for one more weekend in the JC Raulston Arboretum, from tonight to June 5 at 8pm.
Take a look at the poster below for more info, or email us to make a reservation.

Don’t miss it!

Ether Steeds was written by Jason Williamson, a Manhattan-based playwright who spent a great deal of his youth in Eastern North Carolina. We asked Jason a few questions about what inspired him to write the piece, and his relationship with the Tarheel State.

What drew you to writing about the Outer Banks? I’ve read you’re an NC native, but are you from that area specifically? Have you written other pieces about North Carolina or the south?

Jason: I’ve spent part of pretty much every summer of my life on the Outer Banks, or somewhere else on the coast of NC.  So, the NC beach is a place that resonates deeply with me.  I grew up about an hour and a half away from the coast outside of little town called Tarboro. The beach was a place that was just far enough away to seem magical, but just close enough to feel like home. The large majority of my plays are set in Eastern NC, where I grew up. Even though I’ve moved away, I don’t think I ever quite left.

Did you borrow the Kelpie legend from the Scotch-Irish, or does that legend exist in Outer Banks culture as well?

Jason: I found the Kelpie story in a big book of Celtic myths. I’m a big fan of mythology of all kinds, but especially Celtic, because it’s my cultural heritage.  In my experience, however, not many people of Scotch-Irish background know much about their Celtic cultural past (especially not in the South, where the main wave of Scotch-Irish immigration came so long ago). This was definitely true of me until I started doing my own research.  In a way, Ether Steeds is about how a person can find meaning and self-actualization by exploring their cultural legacy.

The themes of loss are strong in all of the characters- and though they are made more whole by the end, there’s still that ether gap between them. Do you feel that way about life? That there is no true union?

Jason: I think somewhere true union probably exists, but that that place is just beyond our reach.

Ether Steeds has been performed in NYC, Pittsburgh, and (if I’m not mistaken) the Bay Area. Has the show been completed on your end for some time now, or have you made adjustments to the script at all?

Jason: Just in NYC and Pittsburgh (it was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Fest).  I’ve made a few adjustments here and there, but none for awhile.  Eventually, you have to let your kids do it on their own.

Speaking of your work being performed in different places- what are the positives and negatives (if they exist) of seeing your plays produced?

Jason: It’s always like an out-of-body experience.  It’s like watching your sub-conscious paraded before you, while a whole room full of people watches with you.  It’s terrifying, but also the most rewarding thing I’ve ever found to do with my time.

What are you currently working on?

Jason: I’ve attached a flier for the play I have going on right now (another play set in NC!). After this, I’m writing another piece for the same company.  It’s about this guy named Arok, who was a folk hero from medieval Indonesia. (So, definitely not set in NC.)

Thanks for your time, Jason!

Here’s a poster for Lesser Mercies, Jason’s most recent play, which closed May 16th in Manhattan.

Stillwater Theatre will present the regional premiere of Ether Steeds by North Carolina native Jason Williamson under the stars at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum, 4415 Beryl Road in Raleigh, May 26-29 and June 2-5, all shows 8PM.

The play presents the story of Skeeta, a young girl growing up in the Outer Banks. Her tale is told in a rich poetic language that draws on both the rich Southern tradition of storytelling and the deep Celtic roots of the Outer Banks’ population.

CLICK HERE TO LOOK AT ETHER STEEDS REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Performances:
Thursday-Sunday, May 26-29, and June 2-5.
All shows are at 8 pm.

Tickets:
$15 General Admission
$10 for Students / Senior / Meredith Faculty & Staff / Arboretum Members.

For more information about the venue and directions:

http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/