Senior Seminar 2026: Graceland & Asleep on the Wind

Graceland and Asleep on the Wind

by Ellen Byron

Estimated run time is around an hour and 45 minutes. There will be a 15 minute intermission.

Graceland: It’s 5 a.m. at the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are camped out before the gates, each determined to be the first to enter the sacred precincts. Wary at first, the two soon progress from dispute to shared confidants and a growing compassion that, in the end, moves the warm-hearted Bev to defer the place of honor to her waif-like and touchingly sincere rival. 

Asleep on the Wind: It’s ten years before the time of Graceland, in a small clearing in Bayou Teche, Louisiana, the “special place” that Rootie refers to in the first play. This is where Rootie and her favorite brother, Beau come to talk in private and to escape her other brothers, two high-spirited hotrodders who seem to delight in pestering their shy, reclusive sister. The strong bond between the two make it difficult for Rootie to accept that after this night, nothing will ever be the same.

- Concord Theatricals

Content Notice: Adult language, mentions of violence, mentions of grief/loss.

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SUMMARY: 

Thursday, Friday, & Saturday

April 23rd and 24th @ 7:30 pm

April 25th @ 2:00 pm

Graceland and Asleep on the Wind is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals and on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.