Proof Play Summary

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Analysis The play “Proof” was located in a little theater in Carmichael. This play was written by David Auburn and directed by Dean Shellenberger. The play house is called Chautauqua, which is a non-profit organization. The theater space at the Chautauqua play house is an alliance stage. The crowd was mostly full of older men and women. It was a very small play house but it put on a good show. The audience was a small group of people because the theater was not very big. The actors and actresses were older and mature which help to create a great play about the proof. This play is in the Genre of drama and mystery. It is drama because there is plenty of tension and complications between characters. They did a great job showing the problems…show more content…
But it was a small theater and I still believe it got the point across. The women were dressed pretty casually there was times they wore something simple things such as their pajamas. Which varied from a robe and pajama pants to sweats and a sweater. The women also had to wear a nice outfit fit for a funeral and a party. The main character wore a nice black dress while her sister wore a plad skirt and shirt looking like a business outfit. The Father was either wearing a nice coat and fest looking nice and sophisticated or he was wearing a dirty looking white tee-shirt when he was having his crazy moments. The student was always wearing just pants and a tee-shirt with his backpack to study the father’s works, but he wore a nice suit at the funeral and party. The lighting was mostly a light blue color to make the stage look darker for night scenes. They also used a projector to place a moon on the back wall of the stage. Between scenes I thought it was interesting how they changed the setting a little bit. The stage would go black then there was a very subtle light which some woman used to grab things off the stage and place new props for the next scene. In the day scene they used warm lighting to show off the characters and the stage. The sound design of this play was good they didn’t use much sound besides the actors and actresses voices. At some points when the scene was coming to an end they used very settle
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