Project Description:
Set in Rural Arkansas, Homegoing chronicles the return of June Bug, a struggling musician, to his mother’s house after 15 years of absence. After his mother falls suddenly ill, he has no choice but to rush back to his roots, new wife and all, and face a family who have never met the man that he’s become. As the family tries to come to terms with June Bug’s new way of life, June Bug questions his long disconnection and who he has become.

Aimed at fostering community by giving new playwrights the chance to further their artists process, the Virgin Playwrights program will provide playwrights with actors, a director, a space, and an audience for the purpose of producing a one-night staged reading of their submitted work. The atmosphere of the readings will be one of comfort and leisure, where we feel the playwright can receive one-on-one responses and feedback from both the audience and the actors.

Character Breakdown / Project Needs:
Mama, African American female, late 50s, the matriarch of the family, recovering from sudden cardiac death
June Bug, African American male, mid-30s, Mama's son
Toothpick, African-American male, mid-30s, June Bug's first cousin, raised by Mama
Carmen, mid-30s, owner of The Barbecue Shack
Simon, Carmen's 15 year old son