Joan's Laughter
by Jacob Juntunen
AN OHIO PREMIERE
Directed by Jason Speicher
Auditions June 7 from 2-4pm and June 8 from 12:30-2:30pm
Callback June 9 from 7-8
Dublin Scioto Amphitheater
7377 Riverside Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43016
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Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue. Readings from the script will follow.
Performances August 7-8, 14-15 at 7:30pm
Dublin Scioto Amphitheater
7377 Riverside Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43016
SYNOPSIS
Based on a recently discovered 1431 document written by Church authorities that claims Joan of Arc repented and returned to the Church in her final moments, Joan’s Laughter tells the unknown story of Joan of Arc’s last ninety minutes. In Joan’s Laughter, her trial is over; her fate is sealed. Joan of Arc will be burned as a relapsed heretic at dawn. But should she listen to the priest who says she can save her soul by repudiating her Voices? To the nun who wants her to accept her fate as a final trial from God? To the guards who blame her for their suffering on the battlefield? Or should she continue to assert her Voices were from God despite their silence? From its historical inspiration, Joan’s Laughter explores the abandonment we all feel in our darkest moments.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
Joan of Arc: A fervent believer in her voices, Joan believes she will be saved by the French King. Has the defiant faith of a patriot.
Ladvenue: The priest trying to save Joan, but within the boundaries of his faith. Conflicted, in danger of losing his own mortal soul while fearing for Joan's.
The Nun: Sent to protect the propriety of Joan's time in the prison. A fervent believer, confident and witty to the core. Entreats Joan to pray as she does and as Jesus did in Gethsemane, for her physical fate is sealed but her mortal soul can be saved from eternal fire.
Guard 1: Physically imposing and psychologically menacing. Drunken, brutal, leering, sexually menacing, sadistic.
Guard 2: Physically imposing and psychologically menacing. Driven by revenge for his fallen brother. He holds Joan responsible, berating her for not only stepping into a man's world of battle but for heresy.
