The Diviners
by Jim Leonard Jr.
Full Length Play, Drama / 6m, 5f
"A splendid drama by a playwright [...] with poetic as well as human feeling." - Variety
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Cast Size
6m, 5fSuggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
- UIL Approved
- Competition or audition material
Target Audience
- Adult
- Senior
Additional Info
Reviews
"The Diviners, which would be meritorious from anyone, is astounding from so young a writer [...] Renders the humor and horror of the hinterlands with staggering accuracy [...] Compelling." - New York Magazine
"The playwright's warmth, humor and love for humanity permeate the drama, and make it both touching and entertaining." - Variety
Keywords
Adolescence, Aging, Christianity, Death, Friendship, Love, Memory, Parenting/Family, ReligionConsiderations
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Professional Theatre
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
License details
- Minimum Fee: $100 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: 1930s
- Setting: The play takes place in the homes, fields, and public gathering places of the mythical southern Indiana town of Zion, population forty.
- Features / Contains: Period Costumes
Casting
6m, 5fBUDDY LAYMAN – an idiot-boy
JENNIE MAE LAYMAN – his sister
FERRIS LAYMAN – their father, a mechanic
C.C. SHOWERS – a backsliding preacher
NORMA HENSHAW – owner of the Hoosier Dry-Goods, a true believer
DARLENE HENSHAW – her niece
GOLDIE SHORT – owner of the Dine-Away-Cafe
BASIL BENNETT – a farmer, the local doctor of sorts
LUELLA BENNET – his wife, a doubter
MELVIN WILDER – a farmhand
DEWEY MAPLES – a young farmhand
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