From what we read, I didn't understand much of the context, being that there is group of so-called 'friends' who go to one of their friends (Sallys) pool. Sally gets in an accident which results in her getting in a coma. There are no specific characters so this text is very abstract and could be performed in a vast variety of ways.
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE TEXT
Our group took the first half of the first page and divided the lines between us to create characters that would make sense. We had 5 characters, 1 of which we gave lines to to make them appear to be slightly crazy and also very attracted to money. The character I played took more of a malicious role where they thought that Sally would be better dead so that they could make their fortune off of her. The other 3 characters were more sympathetic and were trying to make the other two understand why killing her would be an awful thing.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THOSE CHOICES
The lines, supported by body language, facial expression and tone of voice, made more sense by splitting the lines in this way in our opinion. It was very challenging to do so but we persevered.
WHAT WAS THE IMPACT
We made the characters intentions clear to the audience but also still left that mystery and suspense, leaving them guessing what happens next yet giving them just enough context for that half of a page.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO NEXT WITH THIS PIECE OF WORK
Hot seating each character would be a good way to portray these roles more effectively. I would like to expand it a bit more and experiment with choral speaking, setting and proxemics.
SETTING
We set our piece in and by and empty pool with our audience in the round.
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| The setting we agreed on for our piece |
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