This assignment is based on the play "Anna in the Tropics" (please google the play)You will choose one of the following jobs to fulfill: director, actor, designer, or administrator.
Your job is to write a director's concept for Anna in the Tropics addressing the following questions:
What themes are present in Anna and the Tropics? How do you plan to highlight those themes?
What is the mood/atmosphere of this piece? How do you plan to create that mood/atmosphere?
What artifacts in the characters' lives might be part of the physical environment? In what ways is the environment personalized? Is one character's point of view more important than another's in determining the details of the physical environment? Does someone seem to own or dominate the space?
What are the basic actions of the characters in the play? What are the necessary entrances and exits and the physical actions that the stage space must accommodate and support?