Comparison Between 'Chicken Wings And Holey'

A busy street’s crosswalk. Many people cross each other’s paths, some pass by oblivious to the other, but all similarly following their predetermined path. In Chicken Wings, two men, a father and son are eating dinner and have a spirited discussion. In Holey Moley, a woman and man are talking, she is preoccupied with her fear and he is trying to support her and calm those fears. These situations are very common yet are very individual. I chose these pieces as they represent everyday situations. The two plays center around interactions between loved ones. These situations can be applied to multiple life encounters and be retold with the same meaning. It would still be comprehended well by many people who have had similar circumstances in life.
As usual, conversation arises about what to do with the last of the wings. It is the question that starts the play on its path to the climax. As the son makes a seemingly innocent comment, the father reacts as if he has been disrespected.
This apparently happens with regularity. At the close of the scene the son is having confused thoughts of how to “win” in this situation. In the end, the son will have his thoughts remain bottled up. It is the father who is teaching his son a lesson in life. If you want something, go get it. Thinking about it for too long will only frustrate you and you may miss your opportunity.
In Holey Moley, a husband is out in the garden, eating the fresh vegetables. His wife, trapped indoors, seemingly, scared of a perceived object in her life. The husband does his best to deflect her initial fears and compliment her. He tries to coach her up to exit the “safety” of the house.
He continues to support her and acknowledges that he too can see the object of her fear. He then tries coax her into coming outside by admitting he can see the object. He reveals that the object of her fear is actually inside. The only way she can see it is to come outside. She does and there is a realization that her fear is irrational at that
As such, the audience will be placed on three sides of the stage. Placement of the opening scene needs to be visible by the entire audience but still intimate and believable as an everyday situation.
The two plays take place in a kitchen and dining room. In it there is a doorway that leads to a garden. Given the two plays are similar in location and setting, the logical jump can be made that these two situations are more closely related. It will be the movement and staged redressing of the characters that will further the actions into each other.
Chicken Wings will open in the center of the stage at a dinner table. The two men share their conversation. The father remains seated and eating while the son who is frustrated by his father, gets up, walks around the table, crossing from Stage Left to Stage Right, to the door and glances back before his exit from the stage area.
During this movement by the son, a narrator will enter from upstage. As the son exits, the narrator moves down stage to center stage to explain in a prologue fashion. At this time the father gets up and transits downstage and exits the door as well. During his exit, he will put on a long sleeve shirt and gloves and move to the floor as if in a