Themes/Vision: Sexual tension/frustration, losing love, constant internal conflict, worry, feeling as if you’ve failed (specifically Guy’s dissatisfaction at failing to be the “perfect” man)
Characters: Lili and Guy, Little Guy exists but will not be portrayed. In fact, he will probably be a flour baby.
Setting: Generally, in Haiti. Specifically, Lili and Guy’s bedroom in their home.
Timeline/conflict/“resolution”:
- Starts with Lili finding out she’s pregnant
- LG is born
- (the actual story has started now and it's a few years later)
- Lili worries about LG’s education and future while Guy discusses the prospect of writing LG’s name on the sugar mill job list which leads to a stiff discussion where they speak the way a couple in love wouldn’t
- Soon after, they argue about their issues with each other and their lives, mostly stemming from Guy’s unhappiness.
- They reconcile the night after but after she falls asleep Guy delivers a short monologue where he hints at his suicide the day after and wishes his family well
Staging: Probably color based? Might want sparse furnishing/not a wide open stage to help the feeling of pent up “feelings”/cabin fever?/also they’re poor and won’t have a lot of space
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