A Play Review Of Suzan-Lori Parks Play

Discuss the issues raised and reasoning behind decisions made when attempting to contemporize your own version of Sarah Kane’s play Cleansed for stage. Comment on the professional production and how and why your work may have differed from, or mirrored, Katie Mitchell’s production and any considerations/adjustments you may have made to your performance after viewing

Banned for its’ “pornographic” mention of adultery and obscenity of redemption for a sinner, The Scarlet Letter, is a novel based on a woman and her child in a town of hatred, religion, and the ugly truth.Challenged for the wrong reasons, The Scarlet Letter shows real Puritan reactions to sin and modern day feminism. A classic banned book and read by many classes just to prove the injustice of keeping the hypocrisy of the people in the book silenced. The exact reasons that this book got banned and is still up for interrogation should be the reason it’s talked about in every classroom and have a lot more credit for its’ bluntness in such a fragile state of time.

For our critiquing assignment in our Introduction to Stagecraft 1, I ventured to downtown Toronto, to a small indie theatre called, The Unit 102 Theatre. There I saw the production of MISS; written by Dora Award-nominated playwright Michael Ross Albert who wrote such works as Tough Jews, The Spadina Avenue Gang with the Storefront Theatre. The set takes place in the aftermath of a shocking accident in a boarding school classroom, the story explores the tenuous connection between a high school teacher, her fiance, and a troubled student whose lives have been irrevocably changed by tragedy caused by a miscarriage, an affair, and the fear of the consequences that are not yet revealed, and finally, murder. This is a one act showdown between three

The Theme I will be exploring in this play will be family. In this play you come across many scenes that are more focused on the family getting together and being

When a district agrees to pull books featuring gay characters because it is ‘explicit’, it furthers the misconception that homosexulality is inherently sexual, and can make youth feel as if they are wrong for being attracted to the same gender. According to a study by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) (LGBTQ Right to Read Resource Guide, 2013), same-sex attraction can occur as young as age eight. If young children are not allowed to see characters like them, it can stunt their ability to accept their identity. As Justin Richardson, author of a commonly challenged book And Tango Makes Three said: “Many feel it’s inappropriate to talk about homosexuality because they think they’re talking about sex… A 4-year old doesn’t have the same associations between homosexuality and sex. They take things very literally. You can just tell them that sometimes a man falls in love with another man. That’s all you need to say.” (LGBTQ Right to Read Resource Guide, 2013) In short, banning books is harmful to lesbian and gay

Suzan-Lori is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Innovative and occasionally controversial and she is one of the most highly acclaimed African-American woman playwrights in contemporary theater. Reading the excerpts from Suzan-Lori Parks’ essays actually helped me because her main purpose in her writings is to guide newcomers (play writers) by offering some background information and ways to help on how to appreciate plays. Such as the Element of Style essay which is intended primarily for the new generation of theater makers. One thing that I liked the most about her way to guide new playwright that she never tells you what to add or not what to add in your plays. The only thing that she really emphasizes is that a playwright should ask themselves why they feel whatever they are writing have or should be a play? According to Parks “ the words “why”, “have” and “play” are key. If you don’t have an answer then get out of town. No joke. The last thing American theater needs is another lame play.” (Pg. 7) One thing that we should always do about playwriting is not to take anything for granted.

The day my group and I received our assignment, we agreed to portray a play that seems easy to perform. The play in which my group and I had a strong connection with is Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. We performed the end of Act 1, Scene 1 for various reasons. The act contained various emotions, intriguing dialogue, various literary devices and a deep perception of social relationships.

​​Should it be acceptable to implement obscene literature in the education curriculum, even at the cost of one’s moral beliefs? Fun Home, written by Alison Bechdel, is a graphic memoir that illustrates the relationship of the character Alison with her father, Bruce. Although they did not share an intimate father-daughter bond in Alison’s childhood, Alison grows up to bear many of her father’s traits, such as being queer. Unfortunately, her memories with her father are short-lived, as her father commits suicide when she turned twenty. As a result, she attempts to unlock her closeted father’s life and understand his struggles. A recurring theme throughout Fun Home is sexuality and is often demonstrated through

The novel uses these words to show us how the word is offensive. So when people say it might be uncomfortable it is a good thing because they can now know the extremities of how hurtful the word is. The student body needs to understand that the use of that word can be offensive. Also for the times they did say it, they didn't say it just because, there was a reason for

Godface, the latest work by Matriark Theatre showing at 107 Projects in Redfern, is a trippy, music-driven political satire about a young girl’s rise and fall in the election campaign of an unfamiliar, dangerous city.

The Lyons by: Nicky Silver, directed by: Keely Enright, September 13th 7:30PM shown at the Woolfe Street Playhouse, Charleston SC. The story is about a small family who are brought together on tragic terms. Ben the patriarch has been diagnosed with cancer. As the story progresses each character’s secrets are revealed. What one finds in the end, is a very dysfunctional family. The Lyons does an amazing job portraying the modern family that has grown sour over the years.

Parents use the word “explicit” to describe the book Perks of Being a Wallflower. Thirteen people spoke out against this book during a school board meeting. They weren't wrong about this book being to obscene for high school students, considering it made the top 100 banned and challenged books list. One parent, Jodi Lockwood, has a son who is a senior at Hempstead High School. Lockwood was absolutely distraught by the fact her son was forced to read a book

A Kamloops, B.C., father demands that the book should be removed from his son's high school library because it was too “pornographic and unsuitable for teens” (A Kamloops). Those who choose to read this book or any banned book should be fully aware that if it is a challenged book, it could involve many situations that someone would be uncomfortable reading. Although people think that all banned books are bad, they are not. Some banned books include scenes that serve as an important part, but others are banned or challenged for containing the smallest amounts of missed used

Well, I think it’s really like playing. Really very similar to how a kid plays, somehow. You’ve got so many toys around. Carol Dunham was in the studio a couple days ago, looking at this painting, and he said, “You know, it’s like you are in your playroom, and you are just picking up these different shapes and throwing them on the wall and then putting them together and seeing what kind of a game you can make out of them.” I think that’s pretty explanatory of what it feels like to make them—and very close to the kind of feeling that I want to get out of them and I think I want you to get out of them,

The most important issue raised by this play is that of how do we (or