Amelia (Webb)
- Full Length Play, Drama, American Civil War Era
- 1M, 1F
- ISBN: 9780573705861
"Brings a corner of the Civil War vividly to life [...] rich in language, history and ideas [...] tour de force. Webb's play mines an intriguing sidebar of the Civil War - several hundred women fought in the war disguised as men."
Washington Post
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: American Civil War Era
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
REVIEWS:
"Brings a corner of the Civil War vividly to life [...] rich in language, history and ideas [...] tour de force. Webb's play mines an intriguing sidebar of the Civil War - several hundred women fought in the war disguised as men."
Washington Post
"After 90 minutes in a room with just two bodies on a stage, you leave with a head full of vivid pictures, indelible images of a woman consumed by her purpose, and a nation consuming itself."
Washington City Paper
"This simply presented production exemplifies the astonishing power of theatre to unexpectedly grab you and carry you off into an adventure of the soul."
DC Theatre Scene
"Alex Webb has crafted an ingenious tale [...] The narrative is historical, yet relevantly feminist, emotionally brutal, yet romantic, and constantly upsetting, yet amusing."
Backstage
"Amelia recreates Civil War history with uncanny accuracy and delivers a knockout story of young lovers caught up in one of history's great wars."
History News Network
"To say that is was an evening of magic is to sell it short. It was the kind of production that gave hope to the heart, joy to the soul and a sorrow leavened by admiration and wonder."
On Milwaukee
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
- Casting Notes:
The play was written for two actors, one to play Amelia, and the other to play all of the other parts. Here is a breakdown of how characters could be distributed for professional companies that want or require a larger cast. Amateur/Schools can cast as many actors as they wish.
WOMAN 1 - Amelia
WOMAN 2 - Mama, Marie, Mrs. Sullivan
MAN 1 - Ethan, Daddy, Corporal Hawkins, Baltimore
MAN 2 - Ben Wyatt, Quartermaster, Sawbones, Morton, Guard, Ketcham, Horse Thief
MAN 3 - Samuel, Col. Binder, Driver, Vermont, Dead Eyes
ETHAN - Union soldier
MAMA - Amelia's mother
DADDY - Amelia's father
BEN WYATT - A neighbor
MARIE - Amelia's former schoolmate
QUARTERMASTER - Union supply officer
CORPORAL HAWKINS - Union soldier at Gettysburg
SAWBONES - Union doctor at Gettysburg
HORSE THIEF - Confederate soldier
SAMUEL - Escaped slave
DEAD EYES - Union soldier
VERMONT - Union corpse
COLONEL - Severely wounded Union officer
MRS. SULLIVAN - Destitute Southern mother
COLONEL BINDER - Commander of Fort Wagner
BALTIMORE - Union soldier
DRIVER - Confederate soldier
KETCHAM - Anderson prisoner, one arm
MORTON - Raider at Andersonville
GUARD - Guard at Andersonville
Available Material
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Amelia is a heroic Civil War tale of one woman's search for her husband across the battlefields of America. The story culminates at the gates of the notorious Andersonville Prison Camp. In its two-hander form, Amelia celebrates the inherent theatricality of two bodies on stage creating an epic and vast world. |
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