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Drowsy Chaperone

I feel that Hornby's element have much to do with musicals and even make more sense in some cases. The play was very much fluid throughout. The introduction of the play involving the wedding, i could tell, was a choice to start it off this way.From here, the progression in both music and script was evident and neccessary because it seemed to be the natural order of things. First off, everything started off with the wedding and them progressed to the real issues surrounding the characters. Some were unhappy about what was going on, and that created the rhythm as to how the play would flow.
        Now when talking about tempo, it could be easily said that the differences in time and the speed at which the music is moving can be explain that. As the scenes switch from old day to new day, that pace is pretty much even, but when it comes down to the music, tempo is practically at a faster pace. All in all, there is a lot going on at one time, resulting in a fast tempo. The wedding and all the shady events that happen in between are all an example of tempo. 
    

Three Viewings

This play was rather similar in monologues with the subject matter. It's understandable that the writer of this play has each character's point of view similar to the other one so that Viewings as a whole would flow well with each other. One similarity that I feel anyone reading the script would notice was the location: Green Mill Luncheonette. I feel that this is put here to act as a connection between each speaker. It's where the two chracters ( Emil and Terri) have lunch, where the couple met, and where Jane gets drunk. I believe this was put in place as the root and stepping stone that set the play off for the rest of the dialogue. 
Another similarity that was obvious to see, in my opinion, was the mentioning of funerals in each monologue. What is even more importan that was the fact the each person experienced losing someone that they loved. It was either someone flying to a funeral or bringing to light the death of a deceased husband, either way, death was sort of used to create a common ground for each character. To take step even further, along with death was the explanation of a love lost. A lost family, an attempted suicide, the death of a helpmeet before a special holiday, and each story having in common the an unexpected event of something important going missing without having the chance to say goodbye. There where more lie three things here that we're similar in each monologue: location, death, and lost love. To sum it all up, it was basically the beginning, the climax, and the end of each character's particular experience that helped to shape what the play was going to be about.

On The Verge

This is a rather fun play, despite the many words that some audiences may find confusing. Although, I think it would be much appreciated if the advertisement of the play were to exude that same feeling. The representation of they poster would draw many to want to come see a play that so literaturely taxing ( but they don't have to know that) that they are curious and excited to what is actually going on in the theatre. First, the ladies are traveling the world, therefore, the earth should have some form of geographical patterning, but shouldn't take up the entire poster. It should definitely be in the background, but in a corner of the page. For one third of the background, it should consist of one of the places they had visited and the rest of the background should be the image of a huge clock ( representing time travel obviously). All three women should be in the front of all the action that is happening behind them, dressed in their discovery out fits with an instrument in their hand representing their research methods.
When making this poster it should be rather fun. The tag line for the poster would be best fit at the bottom and should be a line from the play. I think Mary's line would fit best: " Billions of new worlds, waiting to be discovered. Explored and illuminated".
That line would fit the best.

Fires in The Mirror

As the date for the next analysis approaches, I keep in mind this play after I've read it. It seems that monologues would be something easier to discuss...

The fact that this play is totally monologues and not a true script itself, honestly makes it easier to follow along and I don't have to work as hard on keeping myself curious; nevertheless, the title of this play gives a great explanation of what is going on inside the psyche of its characters. That being said, the choice to cut out parts of the first couple parts of the play makes it a tad difficult to get into the the meat of what's going on in the world of Fires. Better yet, if I were to use the statement "tad", I am only belittling the action of cutting an important part out. It would jut be plain old difficult to introduce the audience to Fires. Why, of all parts of this play, remove the first half? It may not be literally half of the play, but trust, that's half of the information needed to re-iterate what would be going on in this play. When removing the beginning of Smith's work, you are basically removing the ground wok. You are trying to build a house with out a foundation. That house won't last and it will eventually fall apart: the same with the play. It won't have the impact that it needs to have if the foundation is removed. Please do your audience, actors, and self a favor... leave the foundation be.

Detroit

After sitting in class and discussing Detroit and talking about how the city is used in movies as a destitute place in zombie apocalyptic movies, I thought about how that kind of relates to Sharon and Kenny. With everything turning to shambles and them being displeased with their pasts and present , it kind of make sense that happened to them was apocalyptic in a way. While they are in the city, Kenny and Sharon strive to lead simple lives, even to the point of grabbing whatever attention hat they need from those around them. They know that the city that the live in is place infested with crime and poverty, therefore, they desperately do what they can to escape their current reality. All the while they do this, they end up slipping back into their horrible habits, and through the choices they make, they end up hurting the ones that took them into consideration. The funny thing is is that I too once had thoughts about hobo life and asked myself "What would I do if I needed a home, cuz I sure as hell ain't living in a box!". The fact that these characters broke into an abandoned house felt genius to me. Unfortunately, they soon found out that their lies led to a bunted house. Like the city, both Sharon and Kenny had their heyday, and just like the city, they are two broken people with landmark (scars) of past hurts that will forever haunt them.

Water By The Spoonful

One example of the realities of the play intermixing would be the very first scene that foreshadowed what would be happening in the play, and that scene would the one when Elliot is taking a costumer's order via phone at his job at Subway. While he's taking the order of sandwiches, Ghost decides it wants to remind him of that sentence that he had heard while in war. The translation he had gotten in the previous scene pertained to asking for a passport. Not only did Ghost pop up in that scene, but also, in one of the earlier scenes in the chat room where Ghost decides to recite the same sentence while the addicts are talking. I'm assuming that Hudes put that in the script to use that voice as an overall theme of a haunted past. Especially the addicts, every character has something going on in their life that has caused major consequences in their present lives due to the actions they made in the past. Because, that voice represents a haunted memory, especially that of our discharged soldier, Hudes uses Ghost as an advantage to show the audience that this voice is a link in the plot and foreshadows what's to come in the play.