Olivia HL Theater Blog

Our devising group has recently been trying to run through all of the scenes from top to bottom and figure out if our plot really makes sense. We found our script pretty solid, but thought that other than our choice of wording and lighting, there was something big missing. When doing this, we realized that our play didn’t give the audience something to follow, it was merely a performance that could only really be watched and most likely lead the audience to be confused in regards to the plays purpose. Our resolution to this problem was to figure out what character this play revolved around. By analyzing our script, we decided it revolved around the character Sara. Sara’s character originally was addressed as a women who had been “cheating” on her husband, and recently got caught. This was a well structured character description, but it lacked substance. Why did Sara “cheat” on her husband? This is the question we sought to answer through description of Sara and her relationships ...

Group has added more stage directions and lighting, needs to finish stage props/ furniture list Revolve the story around Sara Understand that Sara is never really sad, but rather confused, scared, worried, angry, disgusted with herself Emphasize Sara’s feelings about Marcus - Scene 2 after phone call, Sara will have a monologue where she ponders why she has found a new love for Marcus Make Marcus’s feelings, thoughts, and opinions clear regarding how he sees his relationship with Sara *                               - New thought to ask group tomorrow: maybe while Marcus and Sara are on the phone in scene two, Marcus can drift off and Sara can be like, “are you thinking about her?” Or maybe later on in another scene? Scene 1 with lights up on Natalie and Marcus: this scene needs to have a different feel than the original one  Last Scene (6) needs revision. Scripted dialogue for the beginning of the sc...