Taylor Abbey

Over the course of this past week, my scene partner, Keshav, and I have been focussing on the underlying circumstances within our chosen scene. For instance, we’ve discussed the implications of the status dynamic between Callie and Peter. Assuming that the play takes place during the late 90s (when it was written), we factored in the idea that Peter views Callie’s relationship for Sara as “illegitimate” due to the fact that they’re both women. Peter uses this notion to assume dominance over Callie--asserting that, despite her feelings towards Sara, she has no influence in the decision to take Sara back home. Their relationship at the start of the scene seems fairly cordial between the two, with them engaging in some awkward conversation. Eventually, however, Peter gradually begins to assert his dominance over Callie--desperately trying to understand why Sara risked her life for her. Callie is rendered helpless, seeing as she’s unable to publicly claim her love for Sara without repercussions. With this in mind, we felt as though this contributed to the overall dynamic of the scene and helped us be able to more easily understand the hostility Peter feels towards Callie. 

In terms of actually rehearsing, I think we would benefit greatly from more meetings. However, so far, I think we're making good progress with determining the motivations behind our actions within our scene. I think we also need to work more on incorporating a sustained physical action into our scene as well that makes sense for our characters.