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After a tragic car accident claims the lives of two people, the families of the deceased struggle with loss, guilt, and the question of who's to blame, but all hell breaks loose when the funeral director accidentally double books both families on the same day.
STORY COMMENTS
GREEN MEANS GO is a character-driven stage play that deals with the emotional themes of grief, loss, healing and forgiven. The play has one location and it’s an appealing location – a funeral home. The cast is contained. The play presents with a solid hook with the concept of two grieving families, who blames each other for the death of their loved ones and due to a scheduling error, both families show up at the funeral home at the same time. It’s a terrific hook for conflict and humor as well as character growth. Each family has an external goal …show more content…
She’s likable and well established as being conflicted. She is clearly uncomfortable with the idea of the funeral and death. She doesn’t like others suffocating her with their condolences. She feels like a loner. She’s consumed with guilt and she blames herself for her father’s death. She struggles with guilt, grief, and healing. She’s caught between a controlling mother who thrives on anger and blame, and her deceased father, who saw good in people and was more of a peacemaker; he wasn’t afraid to say sorry.
Emmy eventually must make a choice. She can be the angry girl her mother wants her to be, or she can be like her father. At the end, she decides to pay respect to her father by saying she’s sorry to the other family. She learns that nothing can “fix” the way she feels, but that healing is possible with time. Her voice reflects her personality. She also provides insight for Terry about his own grief. This is well done.
There’s nothing major that should be changed about Emmy, even though she presents with a tough exterior. While she can be abrasive, the audience forgives her and roots for her to find
STORY COMMENTS
GREEN MEANS GO is a character-driven stage play that deals with the emotional themes of grief, loss, healing and forgiven. The play has one location and it’s an appealing location – a funeral home. The cast is contained. The play presents with a solid hook with the concept of two grieving families, who blames each other for the death of their loved ones and due to a scheduling error, both families show up at the funeral home at the same time. It’s a terrific hook for conflict and humor as well as character growth. Each family has an external goal …show more content…
She’s likable and well established as being conflicted. She is clearly uncomfortable with the idea of the funeral and death. She doesn’t like others suffocating her with their condolences. She feels like a loner. She’s consumed with guilt and she blames herself for her father’s death. She struggles with guilt, grief, and healing. She’s caught between a controlling mother who thrives on anger and blame, and her deceased father, who saw good in people and was more of a peacemaker; he wasn’t afraid to say sorry.
Emmy eventually must make a choice. She can be the angry girl her mother wants her to be, or she can be like her father. At the end, she decides to pay respect to her father by saying she’s sorry to the other family. She learns that nothing can “fix” the way she feels, but that healing is possible with time. Her voice reflects her personality. She also provides insight for Terry about his own grief. This is well done.
There’s nothing major that should be changed about Emmy, even though she presents with a tough exterior. While she can be abrasive, the audience forgives her and roots for her to find