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=The Night of the Iguana =

The Night of the Iguana's basic theme is about sexual desire. Its genre is definitely more of a drama, and depending on how you interpret it, it can be expressionism or realism. The way I interpret it, is that it is realistic, but many components are more imaginative.

I have chosen this painting from the slide. Of course, this image is more of the expressionism style, but the feeling I get from it is very sensual and mysterious. As the director of this play, my main focus is using the painting to give me a genre/theme for when casting and deciding how the play should come across emotionally, but if I am looking at the physical production, I would choose a more realistic painting like the second one listed below. The way the first painting will help me cast is by giving me an idea of how I went the characters to match up. Maxine is a very sexually charged character, her husband has died and she doesn't want to be lonely. The woman in the first painting gives off a very sensual vibe, and the men seem to like this. Shannon is kind of like this, in a way. He gives Maxine what she wants, but it's mostly because he needs things, too. The second painting also gives off a sensual vibe, but it isn't as mysterious. In this painting, people are at a bar. I imagine Maxine and Shannon drinking at a bar while she tries to seduce him.

The way the first painting will help me cast is by giving me an idea of how I went the characters to match up. Maxine is a very sexually charged character, her husband has died and she doesn't want to be lonely. The woman in the first painting gives off a very sensual vibe, and the men seem to like this. Shannon is kind of like this, in a way. He gives Maxine what she wants, but it's mostly because he needs things, too. The second painting also gives off a sensual vibe, but it isn't as mysterious. In this painting, people are at a bar. I imagine Maxine and Shannon drinking at a bar while she tries to seduce him. This painting also gives me an idea of what I'd imagine the set to look like inside. Even though I see the colors as more bright, I still find that it would look slightly depressed like Shannon and Maxine. Hannah and Nonno are brighter (in the feeling meaning of the word) people so they bring a brightness to the set.



And of course, we have to realize that we are set in a jungle setting so things can be bright. Although right now it is the off season for travel to Mexico, during the summer we can imagine blue skies and the Costa Verde filled with people (even if it really isn't). That's why this final painting gives me an idea of the more tropical style of the outside of where we are set inside. I imagine the iguana out close to the water and the Costa Verde up on the hill and the brightly colored buildings in the city to be where the Baptist college ladies are wanting to go. Also, the hill looks darker and much less happy as I feel like Maxine is.

Overall, I want the play to come across as sensual and slightly depressing. I want the audience to be able to feel the desire and the heartache of each of these characters.

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