hbextremities

Hannah Byars
 * 1) If I had to choose a poster to most represent the play, I would chose poster number 1. This is because out of all of the posters, it is the most representational of the actual play. It shows that there are mature elements without explicitly saying it as other posters did. It shows that there is something to do with rape involved, and it shows that there are some questions based on the many controversial quotations “clipped” for the poster. The biggest word out of the clippings, “victim,” show one of the main themes of the play. Who is the victim? Throughout the play, even though the audience knows the truth, the roommates are trying to figure out who the victim is. Who is the one that is behaving irrationally? These are questions that are discussed in the play that are shown in the poster before the audience even steps into the theater.
 * 1) One of the best ways that I can think of to educate the audience beyond the play itself would be word of mouth. Like a good book or a good movie, the best publicity is through other people telling people about it and telling them it is good. A good example is the recent movie “Inception.” The most thrilling element for audience goers was the fact that they spent hours afterwards talking about it and trying to explain it. This only made more people who heard them talking go and see it. Extremities is a very controversial play. Within it are several very large topics, and so the best way to educate people about is to simply talk about it.