Table work: new dramaturgical structure
17/07/25
In the afternoon, we hashed out a new dramaturgical structure. On orange post-it notes, we wrote down the progression of rules to be imposed on the people of Cropshire:
Carrots get banned
Phallic vegetables get banned
All vegetables get banned
All depiction of vegetables gets banned
All fruits get banned, as well as the speaking of fruit/vegetable-related words
No one can speak without gesture facilitation through the hand mechanism
On yellow, we wrote our major plot points, and on green, our recurring transition gimmicks (weather reports, politician scenes, the use of cue cards).
The resulting structure:
In our Friday rehearsal, we rewrote the first politician scene, and used the set-up of this scene to write an initial version of the second and third politician scenes. Over the course of the play, the politician scenes are to get increasingly absurd (think unprompted salsa-dancing and cat imitations!). Society derails. To be continued.