Hearts Of Stone

Cast:

3M, 1F

Synopsis:

Lydia Stokes is dreaming about dead psych patients--while she’s awake. She believes they need her help; her husband believes she’s out of her mind. Is there any way they can both be right?

Characters:

LYDIA: 50s, a schoolteacher in a rural area
ROY: 50s-60s, Lydia’s husband
LIZLEY: mid-20s, lesbian, butch, institutionalized for 7 years
DOOMSDAY: 30s-40s, alarmist, depressed
DEGAULLE: 30s, possibly autistic
DUMMY: 40s, female, deaf, institutionalized since late teens
MR. COSGROVE: Principal at Lydia’s school
ARMSTRONG: Male student
ALVAREZ: Female student
JACK HELLUM: Mental health professional
REPORTER #1
REPORTER #2 (If a deaf actor (preferred) is cast as DUMMY, Reporter #2’s question can be pre-recorded and lip-synched)
BUREAUCRAT #1
BUREAUCRAT #2

Casting Note:

DeGaulle/Cosgrove/Bureaucrat #2, Lizley/Alvarez/Bureaucrat #1, Doomsday/Armstrong/Jack Hellum/Reporter #1, and Dummy/Reporter #2 are double cast.