Final Project time!
Tamara, Tracey, Ashley and I finally decided on the poem On Loneliness. It was much easier than our original selection of Phenomenal Woman which we had many arguments about.
What I envisioned for this poem was that the narrator was basically the conscience of a woman who had lost someone. When the lights first came up I imagined Tamara sitting all alone at a table with her head down. You wouldn't be able to see me, but I would be behind her. She would put her head up and I would start reciting the poem. Then I would turn from my sitting position and reveal my legs and my head in my hands. Then I would get up and wonder around and place my arm around her shoulders or whatever. When Tamara and I were explaining this to the others, I admit, I looked ridiculous because I wasn't sitting and it was more like I was a ghost floating in and out of her body or something. I think it would have been an interesting interpretation, but the one we went with worked out best because Ashley was included more prominently.
For the final presentation, we had Tamara dressed as a woman from the 40's with a picture of an army man sitting on the table. Ashely stood in the shadows, on top of, wow, I don't even know what they are called, but some sort of step things. I was hidden in the shadows as well, but did come more into the scene for a few stanzas. Tracey directed us and I think she did a good job.
We only had one lighting change and that was when Tamara got up from the table and moved downstage right, but otherwise the lighting was dim and, well, lonely. We didn't have any music, but in a lonely world, would there be any music?
