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I’m still proud about the plot of the story. However, there are many weaknesses on the script, performance, technology, transitions, and memorization. In terms of the script, the revision and addition will happen during the winter break. We might abandon the guy’s death scene for shorten the play duration. We will add a monologue/solo for Lili she she sees guy’s corpse if we did not delete guy’s death scene. I will also add a transitional monologue as an outsider during Nan’s costume change. However, if we could design a faster costume change for Nan, we don’t need to add the monologue. Singing parts of the play will be extended, and there will be on stage transitional music. For now the play is plain. On the other hand, revision in the second part is needed. Little guy seems too cruel, and we need a reasonable explanation why he could not take mama and the girl with him to go to America. In terms of performance, the contractions between guy and little guy is not significant enough...

One element we tried to highlight in our production is “repetition.” We believe showing the repetition can help the audience better understand our characters’ relationships. Because of the repeating scenes, subtle changes will be noticeable. These changes left for a more open interpretation for the audience, which is similar as how the author put “holes” in the series. The changes might reveal improvements from the past, an effort of changing one’s destiny, or even the world of the play. To achieve this under-the-surface layout, we would carefully construct the music, the script, and our performance. Although scenes are similar, the characters are different. For example, Guy and Guillaume has similar scenes, the first one jumps out of a balloon, and the later one jumps into the ocean. However, these are two characters who had different backgrounds and different educations; they even made the decision of jumping under different circumstances. Thus although the result of jumping is t...

1. Who am I? Both Guy and Guillaume are citizens of Haiti. Guy is Guillaume's father and Lili's husband. Guy wants more than what he has now, but he is not well educated. He is fantasied by the idea of flying away. Guillaume is a somewhat educated student, at least went through high school. He knows where he should belong. 2. What time is it? The story happens in two generations, when the political atmosphere changed from a unpromising peace to a period of terror. 3. Where am I? In Haiti/ on the sea. Guy and Guillaume is in a poor neighborhood where the rich scatters. However, the condition of the neighborhood for Guillaume has improved. 4. What surrounds me? Crowding people are not nice. When somebody dies, or before it dies, they gossips. The political atmosphere is also intense. Some tensions have built in Guy's age. 5. What are the given circumstances? Guy does not want to be restricted thus he wants to fly away via balloon. Guillaume does not want to live ...