Talk back session with the director and actors of a 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

PRODUCTION TEAM

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