Eugene O'Neill Symposium - The First Man Act 1

Item

O’Neill, Eugene. 2023. Eugene O’Neill Symposium - The First Man Act 1, The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman's Eugene O'Neill Collection, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/assembled-playwright/item/57266

Title
Eugene O'Neill Symposium - The First Man Act 1
Description
Staged reading of The First Man by Eugene O'Neill at the Eugene O'Neill Symposium at Washington University in St. Louis, October 6, 2023. For complete play program go to https://wustl.box.com/s/ennnn2sidy5ak...

CHARACTERS
Curtis Jayson — John Tessmer
Martha Jayson — Cynthia Lagodzinski
John Jayson Sr. — Ben Ritchie
John Jayson Jr. — Roger Erb
Lily Jayson — Adrian Deane
Richard “Dick” Jayson — CJ Langdon
Mark Sheffield — Jason Meyers
Uncle Edward — Will Shaw
Edward Bigelow — Craig Eychner

SCENES

Act I: Living room in the house of Curtis and Martha Jayson, Bridgetown, Conn. An afternoon in early fall.

Act II: Curtis’s study. Morning of the following day.

Act III: The same. Three o’clock in the morning of a day the following spring.

Act IV: Same as Act I. Three days later.

Time: 1921 or The Present?

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director — Eric Fraisher Hayes
Dramaturg — Beth Wynstra
Sound Designer — Rob Evans
St. Louis Casting Director — Gwynneth Rausch
Creator
O'Neill, Eugene
Date
2023, Oct 23
Subject
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 The plays of Eugene O'Neill ..
Place
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Format
Motion Picture
Language
English

O’Neill, Eugene. 2023. Eugene O’Neill Symposium - The First Man Act 1, The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman's Eugene O'Neill Collection, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/assembled-playwright/item/57266