Rabbit Hole at the Loft Theatre David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007. Ten years after Rabbit Hole opened on Broadway it premiered at the Loft Theatre at the University of Boulder. Wesley Longacre beautiful and simplicity direction complemented the powerful story line. Rabbit Hole set in Larchmont, New York where a picture perfect family lives until a random tragic accident changes their lives forever. The play begins eight months after their four-year old son, Danny, was accidentally killed. Danny’s parents Becca (Maddie Levin) and Howie (Jack Menzies) are still trying to overcome their grief. Becca has a younger, reckless sister, Izzy, (Liz Williamson) who announces that she is pregnant. With a new child in the family adds to the complexity of the families grieving. Howie (Menzies) wants to hold on to everything that reminds him of Danny where as Becca (Levin) would rather have a fresh start and sell their home. Becca’s (Levin) mother, Nat, (Mary Willingham) pesters her about her grieving process. More relationships fracture and then the family receives a letter from Jason, (Ian Fraser) the young …show more content…
The audience was seated in round and completely submersed in the story. Longacre chose three main rooms and the front door to stage. The first room was the kitchen, which had a sink, refrigerator, and table with four chairs. Then was the living room with a couch and two chairs. The final set was Danny’s room. Longacre made it clear that it was Danny’s room and that the family was still grieving in the way in which toys were still scattered on the floor like a child was just playing. In addition to the sets Longacre added video projection of a memory montage of family moments with Danny to transition to new scenes. These memory videos helped the audience to connect more with the characters and love they had for Danny and the heartbreak they now had since his
Yesterday night I reviewed the play “The Miss Firecracker Contest” In Wilmington, North Carolina at Big Dawg Productions. The play started out as Carnell Scott, 24-year-old orphaned southern girl who lives in Brookhaven, Mississippi. She is tap dancing in her room with a purple leotard and some kitchen utensils used as creative batons practicing her routine for The Miss Firecracker Contest.
The performance ‘Chasing the Lollyman’ by Debase productions succeeded in using the Dramatic Languages to create a Dramatic Meaning that comments on a social and political issue. This, along with the effective manipulation of the dramatic conventions, has allowed Debase to successfully recognised the Epic Theatre style. Chasing the Lollyman is one man show starring one of Queensland's most dynamic and funny Indigenous performers, Mark Sheppard. He shares many stories, a celebration of urban Indigenous identity and takes a satirical look at the media and popular culture. Playing a variety of characters, Mark pokes fun at everything from Neighbours (what would it be like if a Murri family moved into Ramsey street) to polities. The dramatic meaning of the performance is if Australia wants to become one, we need to learn to accept each other for their differences.
The apartment is contrasted by both the bar and their new home. The bar is clearly seen as a symbol of the vices that keep us from taking hold of our dreams. In contrast, the new home is seen as a symbol of the fulfillment of those dreams. I am very pleased that the director was very thoughtful on navigating the restrictions that he faced in the use of different settings in the film to drive home the motifs that the original play alluded to so well.
The spacious, sunlit room has yellow wallpaper with a hideous, chaotic pattern that is stripped in multiple places. The bed is bolted to the ground and the windows are closed. Jane despises the space and its wallpaper, but John refuses to change rooms, arguing that the nursery is best-suited for her recovery. Because the two characters, Emily and Jane, are forced to become isolated, they turn for the worst. Isolation made the two become psychotic.
Rabbit Proof Fence. Dir. Noyce Phillipe. Perf. Everyln Sampi, Laura Monaghan, Tianna Sansbury. Mirimax Films, 2002. Film.
The next property of the film is the shot length. The film has many close-up shots. As emotional realism is an important idea throughout the film, close up shots give the character the opportunity to express whichever emotion. One key example of this is just before Gilbert burns down the house, there is a close up of the match box with the saying “Keep away from children,” after the house is in flames, the camera shows a close-up of each of the Grape children. This symbolizes that they are not children anymore. Another technique that Hallström uses is long shots for sweeping scenes of the setting. An example of this is mostly with Becky, when Gilbert is showing her where he lives, the ca...
... better job. After he left her everything fell apart. He left her the car and the apartment and was fired from his other job. And last Rabbit was put into more strain when he became close friends with Wink and then wink betrayed him. It got him into more trouble with him being beaten up by Winks friends and them having a lot to say about Rabbit because Wink told them where he lived and a lot about his life.
This climatic play played on the audience’s heartstrings. The plot revolves around the Frank family and
As this short drama goes on the reader can witness how they change the room and furniture around trying to get it arranged perfectly to keep their guests visiting as long as possible.
Every time the family comes to a confrontation someone retreats to the past and reflects on life as it was back then, not dealing with life as it is for them today. Tom, assuming the macho role of the man of the house, babies and shelters Laura from the outside world. His mother reminds him that he is to feel a responsibility for his sister. He carries this burden throughout the play. His mother knows if it were not for his sisters needs he would have been long gone. Laura must pickup on some of this, she is so sensitive she must sense Toms feeling of being trapped. Tom dreams of going away to learn of the world, Laura is aware of this and she is frightened of what may become of them if he were to leave.
in two different scenes: the scene at the kitchen table, and the scene on the
From the beginning, the stage was set with its choice of scenery, lighting, and costumes. The backdrop was a transparent image depicting woods. It gave off a somewhat dark and eerie vibe. Also, the transparency of the backdrop allowed for various characters to either hind in the woods or to pass through. Additionally, the simple scenery and props allowed for them to be used for various scenes. The homes of Atticus
middle of paper ... ... The room was not just a place for Jack; it was his life for the first five years. It was a place where something happened, something that will change the rest of his and Ma’s life. Emma Donoghue does a fantastic job of giving the audience the point-of-view through the perspective of a child who survived life in a shed and is now experiencing life for the first time.
The narrator begins the play by talking about the families. He then sets up two tables with a couple of chairs at each table. The tables and chairs represent the two main families in the play, the Webb family and the Gibb family. Each family has a trellis in place of the back door.
In order to create this atmosphere and draw the audience in, the interior of an apartment building will be visible. The apartment appears as if it may have once been a beautiful home, but inside the room has a rather dark and eeriness to it. There is a bar top with chipped paint, resting on top is an empty glass and a bottle of alcohol. The bar top separates the audience from an area which is adorned with all the essentials of a kitchen, the appliances look worn and battered with use. Next to the kitchen there is a shelf which what could only be an empty fish tank rests atop, adjacent to this shelf is a closed door. Across from the fish tank rests an old couch and several other chairs to fill in the empty space representing a living room.