Description:

Gods & Monsters is based on the novel by Christopher Bram, which became a major motion picture and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay by Bill Condon. This newly imagined stage production combines the issues of race and sexuality into its original storyline with a deeper focus on what it means to be an outsider from alternating viewpoints.

Former Hollywood film director best known for Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and ShowBoat, James Whale is now retired and slowly facing dementia. His caring housekeeper quietly disapproves of Whale's faceless, nameless parade of young gay lovers, but when the director takes an interest in a new gardener and former Marine, it seems to be for something more than his usual casual conquest.

Producer: Book & Lyrics Theatricals
Director: Paul Oakley Stovall
Writer: Thomas Mullen

Character Type/Restrictions:

JAMES WHALE: (ALREADY CAST - WILL NEED AN UNDERSTUDY)
Late 60's, Caucasian. A former Hollywood film director. He is recovering from a stroke. A sensitive, kind soul who suffers from severe post traumatic stress brought on by his struggles with his homosexuality, war service and current medical condition of dementia.

CLAYTON BOONE:
Late 20's, Black. A handsome, troubled gardener who forms a bond with Whale, but is bothered by Whale's homosexuality. Boone was a former marine who did not serve and comes from a broken family and a troubled past. Sensitive and kind but can go quickly to anger.

MARIA RAMIREZ:
Early 50's, Latine. Whale's long-time housekeeper. She cares deeply about him, but is a devout Christian and disapproves of his homosexuality. She is loyal and trustworthy. Great comic timing.

DAVID LEWIS & DR. PAYNE:
Early 50's, any ethnicity. Lewis is Whale's former lover, a semi-closeted Hollywood producer. Payne is Whale's doctor. Played by the same actor.

EDMUND KAY & BARNETT:
Early 20's, any ethnicity. Edmund is a film student desperate to get into the movie business who interviews Whale and, later, gets a job with George Cukor. Barnett is a soldier serving in WW1 with Whale and Whale's first love. Played by the same actor.

Pay: Pay Rate: $1,700 ($125/week rehearsals; $200 tech stipend; $50 per performance)