Nia Hubbard lit literature blog

1. what story or stories - children of the sea & between the pool and the gardenias 2. why will it be interesting - it will be interesting because i will combine Celienne and Marie's characters as one character. it will explain that she was on the boat and had a still born baby and threw it over board and relate that to why she is just in love with the dead baby that she sees on the ground in the street, and further relate these two stories. 3. Characters list - Celianne/ Marie - Pool cleaner 4. Directors vision - The setting will take place during the pool and the gardenias and will briefly go back to explain the situation of her miscarriage to the pool cleaner -Celianne will be her real name but she is called Marie so that she is not remembered as Celianne - I want the audience to understand the connection between children of the sea and between the pool and the gardenias. - Explain the reasoning for using a dead baby as a real one or a doll to carry around - Expl...

between the pool and the gardenias- there could be two characters the pool cleaner and the narrator of the story. the time of the setting would be the same because it would make sense. it could be more of a comical performance because the narrator is so crazy to keep a dead baby. the pool cleaner could have conversation with her about what she was bathing in the pool, or how he smelled a stench coming from the shed things like that to give him more lines, and then when they burry the kid the pool boy and the narrator will have a full conversation. carolines wedding- the three main characters would be grace caroline and the mother. this would be set in the modern day and the theme of this play would be jeliousy and the connection between the mother and the children and the haitian roots vs. todays society. nineteen thirty-seven- would have three main characters jacqueline, manman, and the narrator josephine. in this play jacqueline will play as josephines conciance instead of an act...

In the play this weekend at the blackbox the play had many different components. The overall set up for the staging started off in the living room type of setting with two chairs table, mirror, and rug (those were the stage set pieces). Some of the props that were used on stage were different types of foods and teacups. (Like cucumber sandwiches, muffins, cake etc.) At one point earnest had a passport holder or in other words a wallet. For the second half of the play the staging changed it went from being all left stage to all right stage. Also during the second half the play the set pieces also changed. There was a wall the separated right stage from left stage and there was a dining table with chairs around it. Also there was a bench that was placed center stage. You can tell from the beginning of the play that it was supposed to be a comedy because of the language of the actors and actresses. There was a lot of sarcasm that was used in facial expressions that gave off more of a rela...

aching-  bones  broken fried pork- sobbing- shaved head- cold water- madonna open flesh blood flammed wings dominican soil clouds of dark dust prison yard oil plaintain starvation depression wax mother bones broken love dieing