Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
A Staged Reading
The Arts Council
300-G E. Main St.
Carrboro, NC, 27510
August 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2017
Cast and Crew
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Director.........................................................Matthew Sampson
Assistant Director.........................................Jackson Gemborys
Stage Manager....................................................Rachel Emrick
Assistant Stage Manager......................................Cathy Emrick
Costume Designer....................................................Julia Haws
Lighting Design..................................Tom Bodo, Emerson Huitt
Set Design...........................................................Jennie Alwood
Poster Design..............................................................Jack Ford
Producer...................................................................Leo Egger
Estragon.............................................................Emerson Beyer
Vladimir..................................................................Antony Grow
Pozzo.........................................................................Omari Akil
Lucky.......................................................................Will Brinson
Boy............................................................................J.J. Wilcox
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Special thanks to
The American Dance Festival, The ArtsCenter, Spenser Bowles,The Egger Family, The Emrick Family, Shayne Legassie, Wayne Leonard, Carl Martin, Claire McCune, Jenks Miller, Julia Pleasants, The Sampson Family, The Wilcox Family, Kathy McCullen, Susan Haws, Nancy Brown, Red Mill Landscape and Nursery, and Gavin Whitehead.
Director Notes
For the Eno River Players' third production, we've decided to take a modern classic, Samuel Beckett's avant-garde "tragicomedy" Waiting for Godot, and present it as a staged reading as a part of our new Summer Lab series. By presenting Godot as a staged reading rather than a traditional production, we hope to tear down the barriers between the actors and the audience to experience Beckett's masterpiece with fresh eyes.
Waiting for Godot has stirred controversy since its 1953 premier in Paris, ranging from high praise to outrage. Tonight, we're encouraging you, the audience, to let your voices be heard - literally - in real time with the actors. Our stage managers will be on stage holding cue cards you can use as prompts to show the actors some love (or disdain). Feel free to shout out answers to Vladimir and Estragon's questions. Give a round of applause when character shows off his dancing skills. We ask that you don't come on stage with the actors and to keep the comments from the peanut gallery at a PG rating. Other than that, it's fair game.
With the possible exception of Shakespeare, no playwright besides Beckett has fully explored how tragedy and comedy complement each other in such a cosmic way. Waiting for Godot shines on light on the sheer absurdity of human existence, and invites the audience quite directly to share in the characters' misfortunes. As you read this, you're waiting for the play to begin. Soon you'll be waiting for it to be over. Then you'll be waiting for tomorrow. As Estragon says, "Such is life."
-Matthew Sampson, Director
