After doing some research on the production Dry Land, I went into the play with a lack of understanding on just how deep the play would actually be. Going in, I assumed the production would cover some controversial topics, but I didn’t understand just how serious it would be. The story line for this rendition of the production was very similar to the “standard” versions I had read about. Some of factors that contributed to the likeness of the rendition of this production were that it took place in a Florida high school, in the locker room of a girl’s swim team. The play here at Ball State starred two young high schoolers which was a dead match for the standard production of Dry Land. The original set for this production was a locker room in a high school which was …show more content…
The first words you hear are “punch me” which blows your mind. It makes you ask, “why would someone want to be punched?”. As the play goes on you find out why and it makes you take a step back to realize just how serious this topic is. Just like the production A Chorus Line, you felt for the characters and that connection you had with them only developed more and more throughout the production. One example of this would be how one of the main characters, “Amy” felt throughout the duration of the play. Amy felt that she was alone, and no one would be there for her while she was enduring something that no child should ever have to undergo by themselves. The second example would be “Ester” who was so willing to do anything Amy asked because she wanted friendship and acceptance so badly. The beginning of the play was filled with Ester constantly asking if she was punching her correctly or could do anything to help Amy. This really connects to us as young adults and adolescents because we are constantly looking for acceptance from our peers. This was shown very clearly through the characterization of Ester throughout the
The use of the dramatic element of tension is most evident when Lewis and Nick have a disagreement about the play and the mental patients. Nick’s attitude towards Lewis’ fellow actors enrages him revealing that he deeply cares for them and considers them friends. The dramatic action revealed in the stage directions would impact the audience because Nick is suppose to be Lewis’s Best friend but he betrays him. It is shocking to see men who were once friends, now fighting in such a short period of time over one silly
Starting off, I love this play, it was hilarious but serious at the same time, it had this dark twist and I believe it was tragic comedy, it had the whole audience captivated and I felt like the message of the play was meet with everyone in the room. There was moments that happen throughout the play that explain those dark twisted moments that made people laugh but didn’t realize the deeper meaning to it: Sam, is Carrie little sister and she has so much energy, and when Carrie and Molly fight and they start yelling at each other, she will sit down and keep distance from them and starts naming state birds, for me I felt like the fighting made Sam uncomfortable so in order to cope with it, she names state birds to stir her concentration to something else. A lot of tragic moments happen to the characters, and all got a moment to express how they felt and how they are handling with hard moments of their life’s, specially Carrie, where there would be sudden scenes where the spotlight would hit her and she gets a moment to talk about certain things she feels of the death of her father.
A major theme in this play would be pain and injuries. This happens many times throughout the play and in each scene either
The situations and informal diction or vernacular in the play create an atmosphere of familiarity with the audience, and this familiarity helps the audience to realize that Troy, Rose, and Cory are just like them. Wilson’s technique of drawing the audience in is a method of breaking down social and racial barriers that existed during the time depicted in
Firstly let us consider conflict. In each act of the play, we see the overpowering desire to belong leading to a climax of conflict
The stories would not have the same effect if they were from anyone else’s perspective as they put the reader in place of people who are uneducated. The seven players lack of education serves as their downfall, while the reader learns with Sylvia through Miss Moore’s lesson.
There were a couple vivid descriptions in the play that I noticed. For example, the biggest one I remember of is when Jacob went to tear up Ben’s diploma. I found that very vivid because the play says “… Then he notices the diploma lying on the table. He grabs it. … He just stares at his father, who stares
Every person experiences feelings. Whether they are hate, jealousy, sadness, and joy. One of the main feelings expressed in the play, is jealousy. Jealousy is a very important emotion, this is because it can make people who are jealous of one another to do things they never imagined themselves to do. The thing that comes with jealousy is a rivalry, if you are jealous of your fellow opponent, then you are going to have a very heated rivalry. This was a huge factor in the Salem Witch Trials.
The social climate in the play is very grim. No matter where you are in the play there are always characters who are suffering. This may be understood as the people in the play are representing the Indian Americans who lived on reservations all over America, and most of them went through suffering. Another social climate is the desire to escape there current situation. Eddie does not want to leave his sister alone, but he is tired of living on the reservation that he would rather be dead. Aunt Thelma tells Eddie how life could have been better if she could have escaped, and had a chance at an education. Mike dreams of leaving and being taken care of by his aunt. Even Katherine dreams of leaving the reservation to find a better place for her kids. There were many other social climates such as pain, depression, destructive habits, and lack of role models. There are no real role models in this play that the kids can look up to. Even Aunt Thelma has lost her child, so it is not the best example to live by.
For any play to be a successful the audience must be able to feel a connection with it, they must feel like they are not just an audience, but perhaps characters in the play itself. One way of making connections between the audience and the play is through speeches that target the audience. In the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there are many examples of this technique of targeting the audience. One example that is very effect in doing this if found in a speech given by Hamlet in act IV, Scene 4. This speech makes many connections with the audience of the Elizabethan era, relating to their social, cultural, and economic values and perspectives. By touching on these topics the speech given by
To begin with, in this play the author unfolds family conflicts that involve its characters into a series of events that affected their lives and pushed them to unexpected ways.
All of these plays tend to have a focus on the younger generations dealing with the pressures that adults place on them or shifting to adulthood places on them. For example, Spelling Bee focuses on the lives of elementary school children dealing with the pressures that their parents put on them. Peter and the Starcatcher is a show about children having to save the world from the mistakes that the adults make during the play. They also have to deal with the consequences from the adults’ actions, like getting shipwrecked on an unfriendly island because the ship sailed into a storm, or being placed on a ship in slavery because a greedy adult just wanted money. Baltimore shows the transitional period from being a minor to becoming an adult yourself.
The playwright was trying to get quite a few messages when he created this play. First of all, I believe he was trying to show social change and the power and potential that an individual has inside of them, despite their circumstances. I think that this play/movie reveals the true messiness of life and how with the right mindset, you can make it through anything you
The main theme of the play is to not fall prey to emotions and hasty suspicions. They are a bad combination and will ruin your life. If you ever get one of these you should try not to get the other or you are in trouble. So if you are ever having doubts about someone ask them, don’t listen to your friends. They might not know the truth or the whole
From the very beginning of the play, the playwright familiarises the audience with multiple pivotal themes and issues; such as love, honour, family, justice and the law. Miller presents these themes diversely amongst characters, creating substantial conflict. Ultimately, this results in excessive tension between characters, foreshadowing the catastrophic ending of the play.