RPDESIGN

1. What is meant to be the relationship of the performers to the audience? This show is meant to be representational in that the audience is just observing the actions being performed on stage, while the actors don't act as if they are aware of the audience at all.

2. Are the performers and the audience meant to occupy the same room? No, the audience are just observers of the action taking place on stage.

3. What is the period of the dramatic action? How does that effect the movement? It could be anywhere from the 50's to the 80's. It never specified the time period of the play.

4. What is the geographical location of the action? The action takes place in an office set up as a classroom.

5. What time of day is it? The time of day is not specified; It could be late morning or the afternoon. It could even be the late afternoon.

6. How are the personalities of the characters reflected in the set, lights, costumes and music? The set shows that Don is outgoing and supposed to act like a teacher of some sort. The way Dawn is dressed suggests that she is a very shy and plain.

7. What is the weather? Is it hot or cold? Bright or dull? The weather is not specified either, but as the action takes place inside that can be controlled to room temperature. There are no windows, so no particular weather condition needs to be noted.

8. What is the socioeconomic status of the characters? Dawn is most likely low middle-class because she is weary about having to pay for classes, but then reveals that she does have some money saved up. Don is most likely low-middle class as well, seeing as he is a con man and a very unsuccessful one at that.

9. What are the occupations of the characters? Dawn is a word-processor and Don is a con man.

10. How old are the characters? Dawn is in her late 20's and Don is about 30.

11. What is the relationship of the characters to each other? At the beginning, Don serves as Dawn's Unamunda teacher. As the action progresses, however they both develop feelings for each other and eventually fall in love.

12. Which characters are to be emphasized? Which are to be subordinated? Both Dawn and Don are to be emphasized because they are both the center and only characters besides the young man who enters near the end.

13. Where are the entrances and exits? There are two doors. One is where Dawn and the young man enter through and the other door is where Don enters the room through.

14. What are the furniture and property need of the play and how do they reflect the characters and their actions? There need to be many desks, a blackboard, posters with numbers written on them, chalk. Some of the props that are needed are a newspaper clipping, Dawn's purse, many papers, a book, a banner, a pointer and a rose.