Patrons Theatre | Director: Caroline Kava | Scenic Designer: Corey Manchenton | UNC School of the Arts
After Easter written by: Anne Devlin
The play is about search for identity, for one’s own voice by Greta and her sister Helen. Her visions, voices, and phantom pains make her feel lost, and to question why they are happening to her. She refuses to admit that in her quest to find the reason for these voices that she is in fact on a quest to find her own voice of reason, purpose and self. Eventually Greta’s search for security, love and the understanding of her own identity overcome the pain. Instead, with Greta called back to Northern Ireland, it becomes more a study of how exiles need to return home and confront the ghosts of their past, private and collective. Only by so doing, we gather, can they avoid the fate of being mere echoes of other people's voices and discover their own voice, identity and sense of self. Greta discovers clarity after a long period of visions and insanity. Helen discovers a more profound and reflective life than her busy working life.
It is important to show how the two sisters cope with their chosen exile in England. While Greta slowly starts shrinking out of society and becoming more of a recluse and feeling more like an outcast, Helen desperately tries to blend in and become part of the society she was subject to. Both are unhappy with their lives but on opposite sides of the spectrum.
Greta should appear to look somewhat awkward and fade into her surroundings. As the play progresses she seems more confident and secure in her awkward attire because it suits her awkward personality. Helen is always attempting to acquire more, as though the more successful she is the better person she is. As she begins to confront her past and her situation she becomes less colorful and more neutral. She has become more comfortable with being who she is instead of striving to be someone she is not.
It is important to show how the two sisters cope with their chosen exile in England. While Greta slowly starts shrinking out of society and becoming more of a recluse and feeling more like an outcast, Helen desperately tries to blend in and become part of the society she was subject to. Both are unhappy with their lives but on opposite sides of the spectrum.
Greta should appear to look somewhat awkward and fade into her surroundings. As the play progresses she seems more confident and secure in her awkward attire because it suits her awkward personality. Helen is always attempting to acquire more, as though the more successful she is the better person she is. As she begins to confront her past and her situation she becomes less colorful and more neutral. She has become more comfortable with being who she is instead of striving to be someone she is not.
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