The Secret of the Biological Clock
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by Andie Arthur
The Secret of the Biological Clock
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Character Information
While this play takes place in a highly stylized 1960s and 1980s -- that does not mean it is a white play. Please cast people of color.
The Eclectic Theatre production plans to have an African American Wilder family and a Latina Alice, but past workshops and readings have included Latina Jasmines, Asian American Eleanors, and so on.
The Eclectic Theatre production plans to have an African American Wilder family and a Latina Alice, but past workshops and readings have included Latina Jasmines, Asian American Eleanors, and so on.
- JasmineA wanna-be girl detectiveCharacter Age16Character Race/Ethnic IdentityAny but preferably POCCharacter Gender IdentityFemale
- Eleanor Dawsonformer famous girl detective, Jasmineʼs heroCharacter Age37Character Race/Ethnic IdentityAnyCharacter Gender IdentityFemale
- Ellie DawsonEleanor at age 17Character Age17Character Race/Ethnic IdentityAnyCharacter Gender IdentityFemale
- Peter WilderEleanorʼs significant other, also a best selling children's novelistCharacter Agemid-30sCharacter Race/Ethnic IdentityAny but preferably POCCharacter Gender IdentityMale
- Alice GarciaEleanorʼs best friend, six months pregnant, a police detectiveCharacter Agemid-30sCharacter Race/Ethnic IdentityAny race (but Latinx preferred)Character Gender IdentityFemale
- Franklin WilderPeter and Robert’s Father, retired police officerCharacter Agelate 60sCharacter Race/Ethnic IdentityAny but preferably POCCharacter Gender IdentityMale
- Robert WilderFamous Boy Detective and best friend of EllieCharacter Age18Character Race/Ethnic IdentityAny but preferably POCCharacter Gender IdentityMale
Development History
- Type Reading, Organization Lost Girls Theatre, Year 2017
- Type Workshop, Organization The Playwrights' Center, Year 2013
- Type Reading, Organization Lost Girls Theatre, Year 2013
- Type Reading, Organization From Scratch Festival, Year 2013
- Type Reading, Organization The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Year 2012
Production History
- Type Professional, Organization Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Year 2019