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The play Our Town put on by the LMC drama department went wonderfully. It was full of surprises and the actors were on cue. I felt this play was a contemporary type play with some modern theatre aspects. The audience was rather close to the stage which created a good sense of intimacy. Modern theatre’s reliance on the audience’s imagination was also important in this play. This play was a satirical comedy which makes fun of stereotypes but yet the last act helps the audience understand or improve an understanding of loss, and what it is to be alive. The ending of the play seemed to carry a tragic yet happy ending, which I thought was a good way to end it. The tragedy in this play was a type of Renaissance tragedy which portrayed some tragedy of fate, where death is inevitable. I enjoyed the stage manager’s ability to talk to the characters, and sort of play the role of God. The stage manager would talk to the dead, control lighting, and was fully omniscient, understanding how people felt. In the dialogue, there seemed to be some social conflict which created values for each character. The educated men had the most power and influence on the town than a farmer.
It was surprising to me that the actors greeted everyone at the beginning of the play, along with a greet after the play. A greeting before the play really loosened up the audience. The actors were “in the zone” as I call it, they performed excellent. The theatre was not full, not even half full, and they still performed to the best of their ability. The play used the line “They don’t understand” several times throughout the play, which was referring to the people who were alive. Another thing that I noticed was the lighting when the two kids were in their rooms studying; it created a good connection between the two.
After watching this play, I plan on making an effort to support local plays, and open my eyes to the theatre.
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