Of Mice and Men
April 18-20 & 25-27, 2008
By John Steinbeck—Two drifters have just arrived at
a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a
man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's
Lennie's obsessions with things soft and cuddly that have made George
cautious about whom the gentle giant, with his brute strength,
associates with. His promise to allow Lennie to "tend to the rabbits" on
their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the
overgrown child needs constant reassurance. But when a ranch boss'
promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it's
obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George, now
worried about his own safety, knows exactly where Lennie has gone to
hide, and he meets him there. Realizing they can't run away anymore,
George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie
before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands.
AUDITIONS are February 18th & 19th, 2008;
Parts are available for 9 men (20-60) and 1 woman (early – mid 20’s).