The Thoughtful Humans

The performance on November 10^th by The Humans was an astounding performance. I was fully engaged throughout the entire performance because it was so enticing. The performance began with the father walking into the house. Everything happened so quickly in the beginning so it was very hard to follow through the setting and background of the play. Every character bulged in the house in the beginning of the play, and all of the characters were introduced with their respective characteristics in the beginning, which is one of the reasons it was so engaging. The vast array of characters covered a wide range of ages of many generations. The grandmother was the oldest character and the parents were the only ones in their generation. The daughter and her husband are the characters in the next generation who are hoping to bring their own children which will represent the next generation. Throughout the entire play, there were always chunks of moments when the scene became congested and packed with many situations. Two prominent examples are when the daughter, who recently moved in to the city, fights with her mother while the grandmother screams and the sister is in the bathroom; and when the grandmother falls on the floor in the kitchen when no one, including me, realized she left the couch. Every little detail, such as the banging noises, had a purpose in the entirety of the play. In the beginning of the performance, the father appeared in the house and there were banging noises from the upper floors. I thought that it was a technical issue, but as it continued, I realized it had a purpose. One of the main reasons why this performance was interesting and kept me awake was that there were sporadic revelations of different factors of the details and the scenes in the entire play. I realized that those banging noises were connected to the father’s fears and scary nightmares of the “faceless woman” only towards the end of the play. I realized why the father was constantly looking out of the window at about the same time of the play. I realized the grandmother’s role in the play in the middle of the play. Many events occurred throughout the entire play and many conversations were held by the characters, in which if I dozed off or missed a few sentences, I would be lost a little. My most favorite part was the end of the play where you can basically feel that everything is piling up to a large final ending and the frightening sense that will ensue. It was quite obvious that the events towards the end of the play were a collection of events that represented a theme of horror, and that the performance would end with a dramatic exit. One of the things I paid attention to throughout the entire play was the role of the father. He was the first character to enter the scene and the last one out. This shows that the main goal of the performance was to convey the message of fear while portraying the overall theme of family trust, family development, and family traditions. All of the characters had each other’s backs and cared for each other’s issues and problems. Furthermore, the parents cared for their daughter and were concerned about her decision to remain in New York City because they valued family connection and family togetherness. Overall, it was a wonderful and riveting performance that taught me the value of quality time with family, especially with the approaching of Thanksgiving!