Staged reading of The First Man by Eugene O'Neill at the Eugene O'Neill Symposium at Washington University in St. Louis, October 6, 2023. For complete play program go to https://wustl.box.com/s/ennnn2sidy5ak...

CHARACTERS
Curtis Jayson-------------------------------------------------------------------John Tessmer
Martha Jayson---------------------------------------------------------Cynthia Lagodzinski
John Jayson Sr.------------------------------------------------------------------Ben Ritchie
John Jayson Jr.---------------------------------------------------------------------Roger Erb
Lily Jayson---------------------------------------------------------------------Adrian Deane
Richard “Dick” Jayson----------------------------------------------------------CJ Langdon
Mark Sheffield-----------------------------------------------------------------Jason Meyers
Uncle Edward----------------------------------------------------------------------Will Shaw
Edward Bigelow--------------------------------------------------------------Craig Eychner

SCENES

Act I: Living room in the house of Curtis and Martha Jayson, Bridgetown, Conn. An afternoon in early fall.

Act II: Curtis’s study. Morning of the following day.

Act III: The same. Three o’clock in the morning of a day the following spring.

Act IV: Same as Act I. Three days later.

Time: 1921 or The Present?

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director----------------------------------------------------------------Eric Fraisher Hayes
Dramaturg--------------------------------------------------------------------Beth Wynstra
Sound Designer-----------------------------------------------------------------Rob Evans
St. Louis Casting Director--------------------------------------------Gwynneth Rausch