Looking Through You

by Max Bush

Looking Through You by Max Bush

 

About the Show

About the Author

Cast List

Audition Information

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Produced by special arrangement with
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

 

About the Show

As Kara, Sue Ellen, Juanita, Lucas and Joel gather on the beach to make plans to go to an amusement park, Lucas plays a compilation tape of songs from the 60s made for him by Christy Bekken, one of "The Crowd" at school. The music on the tape suddenly stops and a distraught Christy is heard speaking angrily to someone. It is obvious that Christy did not know she was being recorded. The tape ends abruptly and the people listening are stunned. Because no one else is heard on the tape, the friends speculate about who Christy could possibly be speaking to, and what has happened. Lucas—a member of the lower social orders at the school and who is fond of Christy—decides to confront her directly. When he does, Christy is evasive and wants Lucas to give her the tape and forget about it. Lucas returns the tape, but after Christy's boyfriend, Bobby, attacks Lucas, he is sure there is something more going on. As Lucas continues to pursue the truth, we learn more and more about the inner lives of each of the characters and what's beneath the images they present to the world.

 

 

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About the Playwright

Max BushMax Bush is a freelance playwright and director whose plays are widely produced on professional, educational and amateur stages across the country. He's won many awards for his work including the Distinguished Play Award from AATE, the IUPUI National Playwrighting Competition, and Individual Artist Grants from Michigan Council for the Arts. He's been commissioned by the Nashville Academy Theatre, Emmy Gifford Theatre (Omaha), Lexington Children's Theatre, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Karamu House (Cleveland), Hartford Children's Theatre, Portland High School (Michigan), Circle Theatre (Grand Rapids), and the Goodman/DePaul School of Drama (Chicago). Published plays include: Ghost of the River House, Ezigbo, The Spirit Child, The Crystal, The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Rapunzel, Chest of Dreams, The Adventure of Treasure Island, The Emerald Circle , Sarah and The Three Musketeers. In 1995, Meriwether Press published an anthology of 10 of his plays and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education awarded him the Charlotte Chorpenning Cup, for a nationally significant body of work for young audiences.

- Play description and bio from Dramatic Publishing Co. web site

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The Cast

ADULTS

  • LUCAS…………………….….…..16-17
  • SUE ELLEN…………………….....16-17
  • KARA……………………………..16-17, Sue Ellen’s best friend
  • JUANITA……..………………..…16-17
  • BETH………………..…………… 16-17
  • CHRISTY……………………...… 16 17
  • JOEL……………………….…….. 16-17, Lucas’ best friend
  • CHARLES………………………...16-17, also called Freebee
  • KELLY……………....……………16-17, Beth’s friend
  • BOBBY……………….……….…..16-17
  • JOYCE……………….……...……. 38, Christy’s mother
  • JANE………………………………16-17, Christy’s friend
  • DANNY……………………………16-17, Bobby’s friend
  • SINGER(S).……………………..…Sings interludes
  • MUSICIAN(S)……………………..Plays acoustic guitar

 

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Audition Information

 

 

 

 
Coventry High School - Ripley Hill Rd. Coventry CT