God of Carnage Auditions - April 30 and May 1, 2023
ACT will hold auditions for God of Carnage at 3 p.m. April 30 and 7 p.m. May 1. Please check back here for more information.
God of Carnage will run Fri, Jul 14, through Sat, Jul 22, 2023.
GOD OF CARNAGE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Dustin Turner, Director
Dustin Turner serves on the board of directors of Aiken Community Theatre, where he is the marketing director. He has directed many shows, including Rabbit Hole, Blood Money, Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Christmas Belles and Canterbury Tales. He has acted in, assistant directed and stage managed more shows than he can count. Dustin is the communications manager and website project manager for Alison South Marketing. His wife, Jamie, and 16-year-old daughter, Abigail, also are very involved in the theatre.
THE STORY
A playground altercation between eleven-year old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.
CHARACTERS
Alan Raleigh - A lawyer who is married to Annette and father to Benjamin.
Annette Raleigh - Works in “wealth management” and is married to Alan and mother to Benjamin.
Michael Novak - Owner of a wholesale company and is married to Veronica and father to Henry.
Veronica Novak - A writer who is married to Michael and mother to Henry.
THE CAST
Andrew Jones - Alan
Kayla Gardner - Annette
Jonathan Cook - Michael
Jamie Turner - Veronica