In Honor of Black History Month, Destiny Theatre Company present "Miss Evers' Boys" by David Feldshuh. Auditions are open to the general public and everyone is encouraged to attend. All those interested should call (423) 242-5156 to schedule audition. The auditions will be held December 12th from 1 PM - 3PM, callbacks December 13th from 3:30 PM - 5:30PM.

THE STORY:
In an effort to get medical help for Alabama tenant farmers, their nurse, Miss Evers, convinces them to join a government study to treat venereal disease. When the money runs out, Nurse Evers is faced with a difficult decision: to tell the men that they are no longer being treated and that they are now part of a research study to see what untreated syphilis will do to them, or follow the lead of the doctor she respects and the tenets of the nursing profession. Nurse Evers follows the advice of her advisors, and with the understanding that the study can help thousands more, she does not tell the men they are no longer receiving medication. She does this with the assurance that as soon as medication becomes available, her men will be the first to receive it. But after fourteen years of caring for her patients as if they were family, when medication is finally available, it is denied to her study group. Nurse Evers, devastated at the news and starting to watch her men die, can no longer keep silent. Shunned for her silence of fourteen years, Nurse Evers holds her head up and explains the reasons and emotions that kept her in the study and kept her caring for her men. Some of them forgive her, others do not, as Nurse Evers tries to put back a world broken by prejudice, disease, time and trust.

Characters:

(1) women, (6) Men
(All the characters except for Dr. Douglas are African American)
(The play is from 1932-1972 and all actors will age throughout the play)

Eunice Evers................28, a public health nurse
Dr. Eugene Brodus........40, Administrative Head, Memorial Hospital Tuskegee Alabama
Dr. John Douglas..........34, Field Physican, United States Public Health Service
Willie Johnson..............19, tenant farmer, must be able to dance
Caleb Humphries...........25, tenant farmer
Hodman Bryan.............37, tenant farmer
Ben Washington............57, tenant farmer

For more information contact: destinytheatre@gmail.com or (423) 242-5156