Show & Tell -"Standard Time" (Naomi Wallace)

I chose Standard Time by Naomi Wallace. Naomi Wallace divides her time between Kentucky and the  UK, where she lives with her partner Bruce McLeod. I did not find any history of Standard Time being performed. Reason being, it is an unpublished play. It's basically about a young man and he's very frustrated by elusive promises of the American dream, which includes fast cars, brand names and easy money. He decides to take matters into his own hands to create his destiny, as believed. 

This play was very sad for me. It involves two characters: a working class man, perhaps nineteen, and a girl named Tally. He did not even have a name but he was obviously telling this story to someone and it was a flashback from two years ago, from what I gather. He spoke of how they used to ride around together and dream of being in America. He believed being in America would mean having full pockets. One day, Tally left him. A few months later, he decided to ask for her car. She stopped by a river and threw the keys in. He ended up killing her after she said she loved him and said he only wanted her car.. This was very abstract.

Tis Pity She's a Whore

If I made a poster for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore', it would a white pill bottle knocked over with red pills falling put of it and a woman in the background would be just a shadow figure but blindfolded holding a glass of water to take one of the red pills. It basically reflects that the characters did not know what would cure their emotions or problems, but it turns out that cure they have chosen is actually death. This directly points to Annabella of course, showing her and her brother made a mistake trying to love each other and they once told one another that they would kill the other at one point. And her brother went back to that plan to kill her and take away his misery.

Show and Tell Post - Corpus Christi (McNally)

I chose "Corpus Christi" written by Terrence McNally. It is a dramatized story about Jesus and the Apostles as gay men; it is a reclamation of the story of Christ's life for gay men, but in modern-day Texas.
 It was written in 1997 and first staged in NY in 1998.On the opening night of the play, there were separate demonstrations that took place on either side of the outside of the theater.There were protesters pretending to to be declaring McNally's play was a lie and that homosexuality is a sin on one side, and the on the other side, there was a "silent march" organized by People for the American Way. They carried placards that contained quotes from different well-known people on the importance of freedom of expression. Hundred of officers from the NYPD and reporters gathered around the outdoor cast. All the audience members were forced to passed through a metal detector as a precautionary measure.
(http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/summary/v051/51.2pr_mcnally.html)

It all starts when Mary is in labor with Joshua in a Corpus Christi motel. McNally does a great job at showing Joseph's sexual frustration when acknowledging Mary's virginity. I thought that was funny. As Joshua grows up, he knows that he is not the same as his schoolmates but there was no real answer for this phenomenon. His prom date ends up catching him kissing Judas. After the kiss happens, the lights fade and when the lights come back up, chilling and smoking cigarettes as if they had sex. Well it was supposed to show that they did, in fact, have sex. Joshua later married together two of his disciples and this is what pissed the audience off. The content was very controversial for them. McNally really wanted to show the hypocrisy of the Church's feelings toward the gay, but she also shows that there is love present at the same time.

P.S.
i found this cool staging of the play too. very physical thtr :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOF52wNiwd8

Children's Hour

I think the center of this story is the spoiled child. This is relateable to today b/c this issue still occurs. Also, I do not think that the world is completely aware of the fact that homophobic attitudes contribute to suicides. They under-think the idea and move on w/ their lives. This type of play should be shown today so people would be more aware of these situations and lack street smarts. We have to help this cause. 

Eurydice

My first quote is "We are a chorus of stones."
When I think of stones, I think of things being firm but them being a chorus softens up the idea for me. It is interesting. It creates an illusion in our minds about what this could be in our imagination.
My second quote is "NO ONE KNOCKS AT  THE DOOR OF THE DEAD!"
Tis stands out so much. It is as if the dead does not want to be disturbed b/c if they are, you will regret what you just started. Morally, it is portrayed as wrong. The dead shall be respected, simply.

Love! Valour! Compassion!

The culture's view of capital-T Truth is pretty clear for this play. I think the characters valued their freedom and experiences throughout each scene. They were always striving for more, feared less than what they deserved, or not being happy with what they already have and not realizing real value. This play is different b/c it's more relatable b/c of the time it was written and b/c we deal w/ lots of these issues today in this world.

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