Domesticated Play Summary
The play I went to watch was Domesticated by Bruce Norris at Canadian Stage Theatre and it was a comedy and drama. The story revolves around Bill a respected politician and how his one mistake changed his whole family's life for the worse while the media humiliates them. Bill was caught hiring multiple high end prostitutes to satisfy his sexual desires and he was caught when one of them has an accident that sends her into coma. This incident causes his marriage to be falling apart and his two daughters to turn their backs on him. To make the situation worse he gets drunk and insulted a trans women and calling her unwomanly, which angers the trans lady and she stabs him in the eye. He ends up having financial problems, as no one would hire him
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and to top it all off he needs eye surgery. It ends off with, him and his wife just peacefully sit together on a bench. This production as a whole, was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen, it brought out a variety of emotions in the audience because it made us feel angry, sad, sympathetic, happy, and even made us laugh.
Their acting was so breathtaking, and I think the cast was perfectly selected. The actors had such a deep connection with each other that you could feel it in their acting. I felt that they worked well together because they were able to compliment each other's characters and that they were able to convey the message of the play clearly and effectively. Each and every actor was able to tell us through simply, their actions what their relationship with each other was. This entire cast, I can tell was carefully selected for each part and I have noticed that one actress even played multiple roles. The actress that impressed me the most was actually Kelly Mcnamee and she played the role of Casey. She impressed me the most because she was yelling the whole time in the play and she looks like such an innocent girl at first, but when she spoke and I was so shocked yet, impressed at the same time because she played such a strong character. She was able to show the aggressiveness and the anger she had towards her father and also, some of the things she said were relateable. She is a girl who will stick to her opinion and she will say what comes to her mind, and loves her express all her thoughts. I think her character spiced up the play a bit more, because I saw her as the person that speaks for the audience and said the audience's thoughts out loud.
I think the lighting which was designed by Kevin Lamotte was the most interesting part of the technical area since it was creative and had depth to it.
It also helped the audience make sense of the setting because the transitions from scene to scene was quick and there was no background design. The lighting took my experience to a whole new level because it helped bring out all the characters and the settings. This play's setting was all dependent on the lighting because they used the lighting to establish the different settings and I think they were successful. It was the strongest statement in the production because not only did it help us, the audience but also the actors on stage to understand where the barriers were between different the rooms and helped make it look like an enclosed area. The lighting was also used to accentuate depressing or joyful moments, making it dimmer when it was a dark moment and making it bright when they were sitting outside to show a sunny day. An example of excellent lighting was when Bill was in the club and how the back was like a dance floor and he was at the bar where it was brighter and when they used two different types of lighting on the same stage which made it look realistic. The lighting overall made my experience multiple times better than it already was because I was in
awe.
The space at Canadian stage theatre was cozy, and I felt welcome in there also, it was really easy to find my way around there which was convenient. The space in the theatre was comfy and I had so much leg room to stretch but I couldn’t see the whole stage and had to stand up every scene to see the whole stage when needed. I didn’t like standing up every 20 minutes but even then, I enjoyed the play because it was worth standing up for. The audience around us were mostly elderly people and they were really friendly, but some were obviously irritated by us because we were a little loud. Everyone was in such a holiday spirit in the neighborhood and the area was really crowded. To me the neighborhood was more filled with visitors than residents because everyone seemed to be rushing off to somewhere. The St Lawrence Market was massive and the whole area looked so historical because of the old fashioned buildings. I loved exploring the heart of downtown.
and to top it all off he needs eye surgery. It ends off with, him and his wife just peacefully sit together on a bench. This production as a whole, was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen, it brought out a variety of emotions in the audience because it made us feel angry, sad, sympathetic, happy, and even made us laugh.
Their acting was so breathtaking, and I think the cast was perfectly selected. The actors had such a deep connection with each other that you could feel it in their acting. I felt that they worked well together because they were able to compliment each other's characters and that they were able to convey the message of the play clearly and effectively. Each and every actor was able to tell us through simply, their actions what their relationship with each other was. This entire cast, I can tell was carefully selected for each part and I have noticed that one actress even played multiple roles. The actress that impressed me the most was actually Kelly Mcnamee and she played the role of Casey. She impressed me the most because she was yelling the whole time in the play and she looks like such an innocent girl at first, but when she spoke and I was so shocked yet, impressed at the same time because she played such a strong character. She was able to show the aggressiveness and the anger she had towards her father and also, some of the things she said were relateable. She is a girl who will stick to her opinion and she will say what comes to her mind, and loves her express all her thoughts. I think her character spiced up the play a bit more, because I saw her as the person that speaks for the audience and said the audience's thoughts out loud.
I think the lighting which was designed by Kevin Lamotte was the most interesting part of the technical area since it was creative and had depth to it.
It also helped the audience make sense of the setting because the transitions from scene to scene was quick and there was no background design. The lighting took my experience to a whole new level because it helped bring out all the characters and the settings. This play's setting was all dependent on the lighting because they used the lighting to establish the different settings and I think they were successful. It was the strongest statement in the production because not only did it help us, the audience but also the actors on stage to understand where the barriers were between different the rooms and helped make it look like an enclosed area. The lighting was also used to accentuate depressing or joyful moments, making it dimmer when it was a dark moment and making it bright when they were sitting outside to show a sunny day. An example of excellent lighting was when Bill was in the club and how the back was like a dance floor and he was at the bar where it was brighter and when they used two different types of lighting on the same stage which made it look realistic. The lighting overall made my experience multiple times better than it already was because I was in
awe.
The space at Canadian stage theatre was cozy, and I felt welcome in there also, it was really easy to find my way around there which was convenient. The space in the theatre was comfy and I had so much leg room to stretch but I couldn’t see the whole stage and had to stand up every scene to see the whole stage when needed. I didn’t like standing up every 20 minutes but even then, I enjoyed the play because it was worth standing up for. The audience around us were mostly elderly people and they were really friendly, but some were obviously irritated by us because we were a little loud. Everyone was in such a holiday spirit in the neighborhood and the area was really crowded. To me the neighborhood was more filled with visitors than residents because everyone seemed to be rushing off to somewhere. The St Lawrence Market was massive and the whole area looked so historical because of the old fashioned buildings. I loved exploring the heart of downtown.