CACONCEPT

Carter Asef Farley Richmond Tues 11:00 // Words, Words, Words // Concept Statement A large part of the play // Words, Words, Words // is in my opinion futility overcome by optimism. The chimps are assigned to a task which they will almost certainly fail at as they do not even know what they are aiming to achieve. Kafka is the shining example of optimism. She does not stress nor does she get angry at what the chimps are doing, but rather sits down gleefully and somehow types out pieces of exactly what the chimps are trying to replicate. Also, because she does not stress about the task, she is the one chimp that seems actually happy to be in the lab. Although she is somewhat less involved in the script as Milton and Swift and needs to be subdued in the play, she can be placed towards the background of the set and occasionally pipe in with her success that is unknown to the other two but her success will show the audience how her optimism overcomes the task. Futility must be represented by the set. I believe a very plain white set with almost harsh lighting would convey the lab setting well. Milton and Swift’s desks should be rather plain, while Kafka’s desk should be decorated with colorful a frilly trinkets that she may have placed on it. Futility is also more directly represented by the literature itself. It is the task the chimps must overcome, and Kafka seems to be the only one capable of overcoming it.