Summary Of Tillie By David Zindel

I don’t want this play to be set in a certain time period, because Zindel wrote the play so powerful yet vague with it’s time period/culture, that it could be taken place at anytime. I really like that because I think it’s a story that can be relatable to any generation of kids and adults of all ages. I want this be able to be as basic as possible with the time period and even season for this exact reason, so the audience can be able to connect with it better.
With that being said, I really want Zindel to be seen in this play. I know that the cast is an all female cast but the entire play is about his life, these are based of real, not particularly the events, situations when he felt lonesome, trapped, in anguish because of what his mother
I think there will be a couple of main lighting. The first will be the spotlight on/ in front of the stairs. This will mainly be on Tillie during her speeches and moments. Then the second will be during the day parts were all the light are on, it’s a little musty though because no natural light is coming through so there is a lot of yellow light, to indicate that the only light is coming from the lights in the house. Shows this idea of solitude, adding more elements to the idea of suffocation in an environment. Plus it could be interpreted that the reason for this as well is because Beatrice doesn’t want the outside world to see the messy world she’s created and because at the end of the play she says she hates the world. Which can be understood that she hates to see the world that is possible better than hers. Lastly, the third lightning will be when it’s more towards the evenings. The top of the stair is dark, yet you can still see the outlines of the top and the people up there because of the illumination of the lights from the bottom of the staircase. There will be a couple of main light points at this part. A lamp by the couch, and maybe some candles in the kitchen with some moonlight shining it. The two hallways will be empty. The moonlight will be there because it will show the idea that the only time Beatrice allows the
This leads me to the overall reason why I would stage this. I want to stage this because I personally have been part of a family and a mother that haven’t been the best providers in my life and I myself like Tillie resorted to school as her outlet and thing that keep her going. It’s the one thing that I have ever really had control over in my life; I control my grades, my social life, and what dedication to the projects that most of the time I find passion in. The thing is I know I’m not the only one and I think that’s what makes this play so inspiring and raw because there are so many people that have been in situations like this and have affected their lives both positively and negatively. I think those that I adapt badly to these situations and evolve to be bad themselves is because of the fact they haven’t found or been exposed to something that can give them purpose to not fall down the same path that the people that have hurt them have. I think this play will show those people how to still have hope in their lives. Just like Zindel