Agony Play Analysis

A. INTRODUCTION

On March fifteenth, at seven thirty PM, the UWA theatre

B. ACTING In the scene, “Agony” (Into the Woods) and even the “Agony (reprise)” (Into the Woods) was probably the best scene in the play. The characters were two princes, played by Kevin Williams and Jacks Key, who were chasing their princesses. The two actors complimented each other so well, they made their performance look like it was real life and not actually acting. If Williams was singing about finding his princesses, Key would be reacting, doing gestures and facials. It made the audience feel as if they were out there with the two princes talking about their dream to find the princesses. The performers listened and responded naturally to one another. When one was speaking, the gestures they would add to it made the scene more memorable. The tone of their voice when they sang or spoke, gave the “idealistic” character for being a price. It was funny when the two actors would make jokes about the princesses, like about brushing her hair. During the “Find Your Grail” (Spamalot) the ensemble would use the set design affectively. One member of the ensemble stood out the most from the others. She was leaning her back against the stair case and portrayed the look of defeat and depressed. Being a part of the audience, her developed use of gesture and most of all her

Here and there, there would be times when an actor would be singing a solo during an ensemble and would not have the spotlight on them. It made it hard on the audience to figure out who was singing the solo part. The lighting used in “Send in the Clowns” (A Little Night Music) the colors green and blue were shown and projected that the seen was supposed to be gloomy and depressed. The lighting choices made throughout the scenes enhanced the whole performance. It helped set the mood, the time of the day, and being able to see the actors