The Rabbit Hole Play Analysis
The Second Season Staged Reading Series:
The Rabbit Hole
By David Lindsay-Abaire
December 3rd at 4:00pm
Robert E. Sinclair Black Box Theatre
Directed by Dennis Caughlin
Ashley Olin
G00637292
THEA 100- Boucher
Extra Credit
Due: Thursday 12/10
In Act I, Becca (Ally Salerno) calmly folds and boxes up clothing while her younger sister Izzy (Lisa Cento) hilariously and animatedly recounts her most recent bar fight. “Exactly how do you get fired from an Applebee’s?” Becca asks while treating her sister to one of her many comforting bake goods she serves to her family throughout the play. Within the first 5 minutes of the play, you have no idea what this play is truly about because of the light and witty banter exchanged …show more content…
The director of this staged reading of Rabbit Hole clearly did a vast amount of research on human behavior in regard to the grief involved in losing a child. Every character in this play is processing grief differently. Becca played by Ally Salerno seems to be a pretty sensible and responsible character but makes some irresponsible decisions throughout the play because of grief. Even when Becca is explaining what happened in the grocery store scuffle Ally portrays Becca in this manner. As mature and in control even though she is not. Howie played by Sebastian Munn seems to be a very caring character but is truly struggling with the death of his son, Danny. The death of Danny appears to make Howie deeply angry and depressed although he constantly tries to hide his emotions. When Howie (Sebastian) lashes out at others you feel both emotions spewing in your direction. Another commendable performance to note was by Ben Ranalli. Ben plays the seventeen-year-old Jason Willette who accidentally kills Danny when he runs after the dog in the street. Every time Ben was on stage there was this tension that I almost cannot explain. It was awkward and I think it was meant to be. He truly brought this character to life. In the scene between Jason and Becca there was so much to be understood about the words that were spoken and the words that were not. The raw emotion that
The Rabbit Hole
By David Lindsay-Abaire
December 3rd at 4:00pm
Robert E. Sinclair Black Box Theatre
Directed by Dennis Caughlin
Ashley Olin
G00637292
THEA 100- Boucher
Extra Credit
Due: Thursday 12/10
In Act I, Becca (Ally Salerno) calmly folds and boxes up clothing while her younger sister Izzy (Lisa Cento) hilariously and animatedly recounts her most recent bar fight. “Exactly how do you get fired from an Applebee’s?” Becca asks while treating her sister to one of her many comforting bake goods she serves to her family throughout the play. Within the first 5 minutes of the play, you have no idea what this play is truly about because of the light and witty banter exchanged …show more content…
The director of this staged reading of Rabbit Hole clearly did a vast amount of research on human behavior in regard to the grief involved in losing a child. Every character in this play is processing grief differently. Becca played by Ally Salerno seems to be a pretty sensible and responsible character but makes some irresponsible decisions throughout the play because of grief. Even when Becca is explaining what happened in the grocery store scuffle Ally portrays Becca in this manner. As mature and in control even though she is not. Howie played by Sebastian Munn seems to be a very caring character but is truly struggling with the death of his son, Danny. The death of Danny appears to make Howie deeply angry and depressed although he constantly tries to hide his emotions. When Howie (Sebastian) lashes out at others you feel both emotions spewing in your direction. Another commendable performance to note was by Ben Ranalli. Ben plays the seventeen-year-old Jason Willette who accidentally kills Danny when he runs after the dog in the street. Every time Ben was on stage there was this tension that I almost cannot explain. It was awkward and I think it was meant to be. He truly brought this character to life. In the scene between Jason and Becca there was so much to be understood about the words that were spoken and the words that were not. The raw emotion that