HENRY & LUCY KNOX 1774 MINI-PROMO PLAYS (LIVE)
The personal history of a young couple; two of the founders of the United States.
Project #1
September 13, 2025
Live reading in small black box theatre at Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA
- 1 white male, age 20, in 1770’s costume
- 1 white female, age 20 in 1770’s costume
- Short rehearsal time
- Live, 5-minute performances, same script repeated 4x during day
- MUST be available on September 13, 2025
- Scripts provides, to semi-memorize, but w/ script in hand (letters)
- Actors will look at each other as if reading actual letters
- Require, CLEAR, EXCELLENT speaking voices (no singing)
Project #2
Mid-November 2025 – January, 2026
Approx. 15-20 minute videotaped reading of Henry & Lucy Knox (as Project #1)
- 1 white male, age 20
- 1 white female, age 20
- Require, CLEAR, EXCELLENT speaking voices (no singing)
- Primarily reading actual letters
- Actors/reader may or may not be seen, if seen on videotape; in 1770's costume
- Plan is for actors to be voice-over as John & Lucy Knox
- Rehearsal time and taping in November, 2025 (requires venue)
Videos to appear: colleges, high schools, libraries, historic agencies, MA250 literature, MA250 website, Visitors Bureau website, Armory website, others
Notes:
- Need to hire: IMMEDIATELY
- Audition: Send recording and/or in person
- Producer: In the Spotlight, Shera Cohen
- Video: Running Shoe Productions
- Actors: Ideally, same male & female actors hired for both Project 1 and 2
- Compensation: TBD, actors will be paid same amount. Less compensation if actors only do Project #1
- Credit: Actors to be given written & verbal credit where appropriate
Springfield, WMA, or MA residents preferred, in that order
Questions: spotlightinc@verizon.net. DO NOT CALL
