I believe that this ‘blank & abstract’ proposal for Trifles could possibly work. I realize that the goal is to focus on the actors and not the props, but I do feel that the props are an important part of this play. However, since there would be a lack of set and costumes this will be effective in achieving the goal of the production. The main focus of the play are of course the women. They sympathize with Minnie. The caged bird is usually used as a reference to women, in this case it’s referring to Minnie who used to sing before she was married then forced to stop by her husband. There is a difference here in emotions between the men and the women of this play. The men are too busy looking for cold hard evidence to see the truth that is right in front of them.
The men of this production are much more cold towards Minnie as they look for their evidence to understand just who killed John Wright. While the women are going through Minnie’s ‘trifles’ and slowly begin to piece together from these items that she is in fact the killer. I think that by stripping down this production to something very bare will have the audience listening more carefully and will allow them to put the pieces of the puzzle together for themselves. There have been several times when I have gone to a show and people don’t understand what’s going on because they’re not listening. By stripping away all the extra flash such as the costumes and the setting, this will really have the audience mainly focused on the actors and what they are saying since there are limited items for distraction. So yes, I agree that a ‘black & abstract’ production of this show would be a very successful show.
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