Valley of Astonishment

Directions

 

  • Very elaborate stage directions
  • Since there are no scenes or props, the audience has to imagine what is actually there, and stage directions play a big role in that
  • When the doctors were putting the wires on Sammy’s head, they used hand movements to show what they were doing
  • Very creative to walk through theatre during the scene when Sammy’s agent was showing her the stage
  • Including the audience in the performance was a great stage direction
  • It was very interesting when one of the doctor’s clients was showing how he painted while listening to music, and when he wanted to show that he turned the music up, he turned the knob as if a radio were there, and the musicians started playing louder
  • In the beginning, they all came in at once. It was very powerful
  • Most of the performance was done in the middle of the stage, towards the front. Not much occurred in the back, just entrances and exits