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I was very interested in the Marisol script because I thought it would be a good challenge for the group .  The play is very busy and somewhat confusing but is very fascinating because of the situations Marisol gets into throughout the script .  **Plot** Marisol along with her friends June and Lenny ,  go through a series of strange and unusual events .  From the beginning abnormal things like Marisol being confronted by the man with the golf clubs and the next day June reads in the newspaper about a women named Marisol who lives in the same block as the main character Marisol ,  who is beaten to death by a man with gold clubs .  Also ,  near the middle of the play Lenny is found by Marisol and is so pregnant he is about to have a baby at any moment . <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Soon after Marisol realizes that Lenny had beaten June with his golf clubs and finally at the end of the play <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Marisol is killed by the women with furs <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **Themes** There are many different themes to this particular play <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Some themes that can come from reading the script are biblical <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> life and death <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> greed <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> social class <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and also apocalyptic <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The one theme group three is focusing on for Marisol is an apocalyptic theme <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **Characters** Marisol Nichols has the Hispanic features the play calls for Marisol <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> She also grew up in Chicago so she knows what it <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’ <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">s like to live in a rough neighborhood <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I think this makes her a perfect choice for the role of Marisol <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Jeff Bridges is an interesting choice for the role of Lenny because he has played so many different characters in many different movies <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I didn <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’ <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">t picture the play with an older gentleman playing Lenny <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> but I think Bridges could do the job <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Halle Berry is an excellent actor to play the Angel <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I believe she could do well playing a hardcore angel ready for war <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Kristen Dunst seems to be a good actor for the role of June <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I believe that she would be good at playing one character that seems to have two different personalities throughout the play <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Meryl Streep plays a great antagonist <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> as seen in //The Devil Wears Prada// <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Her performance in that particular film makes her great choice for the bad guy <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Casting Robert Downey Jr <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> as the subway announcer and radio voice would be great for the audience <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Having someone the audience knows by voice will make his role more noticeable <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bill Murray would be an interesting homeless man for the play <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The play could very well turn into a comedy show is he went off script and do what he does best and make people laugh <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **Language** The language the playwright uses is very PG <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">13 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I believe that the playwright chose the foul language they did to make the play more realistic <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Because the play has such a serious plot and portrays some serious themes <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> the language fits alongside the other elements of the play <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. . <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **Music / Rhythm** Throughout the play there are normal <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> everyday sounds like crickets <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> alarm clocks <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and stereos <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> but sounds that not everyone hears everyday like bombs and gun fire <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The only music in the entire play is at the end <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> the play calls for beautiful music specifically for when the main character is killed <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">.

Spectacle Scenery The scenery of the play is quite simple. In the first act the backdrop looks like a brick wall with a poem and graffiti on it. There is a bench in the middle of the stage which will be considered the subway. The bench will sit on a huge, odd shaped box that will later become Marisol ’ s bed and eventually the streets of New York. Near the back of the stage will be a wooden ladder where the Angel sits and talks to Marisol. The gold crown the script calls for will be floating in the air near the ladder. Also in the first act, the lights will be white and facing the actors. Because the lights will be on the actors faces, this will make this part of the play seem for alive and upbeat. In the second act the lights are orange and behind the actors shining towards the audience. This will give the actors dark, cold looking faces. It also makes this part of the production seem gloomier and dangerous it ’ s harder to see. Costumes The costumes for the play will go according to the script. The Angel wears very casual clothing but has a rough look because of the studded black leather jacket and destroyed jeans. Although her silver wings are beautiful and feminine, she completes the rough look by putting on her wings of war near the end of the play. As for Marisol, she is dressed in a sophisticated look. A crème colored, pencil bottom dress with a deep red belt around her waist gives her the high - class status look and because the production is set in the winter , she is wearing a beautiful winter coat and heel boots. Like Marisol, June dresses in the same style of clothing that gives her the classy look and office girl needs for work. The rest of the characters ; Lenny, the women with fur , the man with scar tissue and skin head are dressed in tattered clothing covered in dirt and or blood or have a look to them that makes them stick out. For instance, Lenny has uncontrollable hair that gives him a crazy look. The women with fur is wearing high heels but has blood on the winter coat and looks as if she was beaten. She also carries with her an Uzi machine gun. The man with scar tissue covers his face with a hat and wears sunglasses even though it is dark. He sits in a wheel chair with bags, clothing , and a bunch of other junk in his lap and hanging on the back of his wheel chair.