Going To See The Kid Analysis
I recently a three person play called “Going To See The Kid” at Merrimack Repertory
Theatre in Lowell, Massachusetts. It’s a new play that follows two colleagued names Ellis, and
Simon who work at The Boston Herald. They are surprisingly different from what you expect.
Their assignment is that they are going on a trip from Boston to Florida to interview Ted
Williams. Going on their journey they learn the good lessons of empathy and teamwork.
The story starts off as Ellis is talking to the audience, a fourth wall break goes well she
said “that every story needs an angle” and it is about what angle she wants to tell about Red Sox
legend Ted Williams. Because she cannot decide what it should be. The setting is back in the …show more content…
And then there is Simon who is a lifestyle writer
who doing a big piece on Ted Williams a legendary Red Sox player who was amazing on the
field and up to bat. But unfortunately Ted’s personality and reputation off the field ruin his
relationship to local media and committee. So they get a joint assignment to visit him in Florida.
Ellis is too obsess with Ted’s stats she memorized them like the alphabet. For this long drive
1500’s mile Ellis invited her husband David to go on the trip with them to Florida. These two
reports argued a lot. Simon really did not care much for baseball in general. Finally after four overnight stops, Simon car died in Florida. And they finally meet Ted Williams who is in a
wheelchair who is uncooperative, and crotchety. After all of that and not receiving anything
about their newfound cooperation between them. The trio go to New York and even though they
did not get what they were sent to do it only made the relationship better between them.
My thought about the characters of this play I really liked all the main characters. The
actress Veronika Duerr was phenomenal as the portrayal of Ellis. She spoke a perfect
Theatre in Lowell, Massachusetts. It’s a new play that follows two colleagued names Ellis, and
Simon who work at The Boston Herald. They are surprisingly different from what you expect.
Their assignment is that they are going on a trip from Boston to Florida to interview Ted
Williams. Going on their journey they learn the good lessons of empathy and teamwork.
The story starts off as Ellis is talking to the audience, a fourth wall break goes well she
said “that every story needs an angle” and it is about what angle she wants to tell about Red Sox
legend Ted Williams. Because she cannot decide what it should be. The setting is back in the …show more content…
And then there is Simon who is a lifestyle writer
who doing a big piece on Ted Williams a legendary Red Sox player who was amazing on the
field and up to bat. But unfortunately Ted’s personality and reputation off the field ruin his
relationship to local media and committee. So they get a joint assignment to visit him in Florida.
Ellis is too obsess with Ted’s stats she memorized them like the alphabet. For this long drive
1500’s mile Ellis invited her husband David to go on the trip with them to Florida. These two
reports argued a lot. Simon really did not care much for baseball in general. Finally after four overnight stops, Simon car died in Florida. And they finally meet Ted Williams who is in a
wheelchair who is uncooperative, and crotchety. After all of that and not receiving anything
about their newfound cooperation between them. The trio go to New York and even though they
did not get what they were sent to do it only made the relationship better between them.
My thought about the characters of this play I really liked all the main characters. The
actress Veronika Duerr was phenomenal as the portrayal of Ellis. She spoke a perfect