Summary Of The Play Trash
On October 9th my class and I got the opportunity to go see the play Trash. Trash was a production by Theatre Lila and was performed at the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Trash was a play about how some people's trash is another person's treasure. Many people throw things away thinking it’s garbage and has no more use to it anymore, but in the play they showed how some people appreciate what they have more than others. Throughout the play there are many different short skits/scenes that help demonstrates that. Each skit/scene had a few characters that demonstrated how they lived their life, how they appreciate the objects they have in life. In the play Trash there was seven actors, each actor had multiple parts where they were different
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The stage had “trash” all over it, there was shirts, garbage bags, furniture and more. I think the way the stage was set up really fit the idea of the play. It showed how people just throw many things away because they are “useless” now. It also helped show in the scenes with the homeless people that even though an old box is garbage for one person, it can be a home for them. Not only did the set fit the play very well it also was very original. I think it was pretty cool how the actors were still able to perform on the stage even though there was objects all over the floor. Being able to talk to the actors after the play, I was able to learn that they way the stage was set up in a certain way, where ever a black garbage bag was that meant the prop was nearby. I think having those clues to find a prop was a very smart idea, it definitely helped make the play run smoothly. Not only did the set fit the play but the music fit very well. They had only three people running all the sound and music, I find that amazing because the sound fit this play perfectly. Instead of using drums they used a barrel to make the sound needed. Having the barrel really fit the trash idea of the play. Also the cello was tuned differently to make a lower sound to go along with the play better. Another sound effect that they made, that I really liked, was a box full of random objects in. One of the music technicians would shake the box making a rattling
The stage had “trash” all over it, there was shirts, garbage bags, furniture and more. I think the way the stage was set up really fit the idea of the play. It showed how people just throw many things away because they are “useless” now. It also helped show in the scenes with the homeless people that even though an old box is garbage for one person, it can be a home for them. Not only did the set fit the play very well it also was very original. I think it was pretty cool how the actors were still able to perform on the stage even though there was objects all over the floor. Being able to talk to the actors after the play, I was able to learn that they way the stage was set up in a certain way, where ever a black garbage bag was that meant the prop was nearby. I think having those clues to find a prop was a very smart idea, it definitely helped make the play run smoothly. Not only did the set fit the play but the music fit very well. They had only three people running all the sound and music, I find that amazing because the sound fit this play perfectly. Instead of using drums they used a barrel to make the sound needed. Having the barrel really fit the trash idea of the play. Also the cello was tuned differently to make a lower sound to go along with the play better. Another sound effect that they made, that I really liked, was a box full of random objects in. One of the music technicians would shake the box making a rattling