I read this play because I was cast in the role of Annie and wanted to see what I had gotten myself into. As a play, it was ok. Would I go see it? Probably not. I didn't find the dialogue compelling. It seemed to be there to fill up space. I didn't think some of it was necessary.The character dev...
*4.5With a title like that, you'd assume some kind of feminist themes — the story told from her point of view, etc. Not that that's bad, but not something I'd necessarily look forward to so much. But perhaps that's what feminism is, more modernly speaking. We shouldn't care. It's just human. I al...
I read this for my Contemporary Women Playwrights course, and like most things I've read for this class so far, it's not a play I would seek out on my own. However, like most works I've read for this course, I also enjoyed it quite a bit.I thought the female characters were quite strong and quit...
On motherhood and stools (the furniture kind) When I was twenty-six, I directed my own play under a pseudonym. I used whatever limited furniture I had in my own living room for the set, and I purchased a small velvet stool from a junk shop in Providence. I loved this stool because it spun, and o...
A dead man, Gordon, sits on a chair with his back to us. He doesn’t look all that dead. He looks—still. At another table, a woman—Jean—sits, drinking coffee, and writing a thank-you letter. She has an insular quality, as though she doesn’t want to take up space. An empty bowl of soup sits on her ...
