TDPW 1 - Exercise #9 - THEATRICALITY PITCHES
#1:
My first pitch would be a continuation of one of the short scenes I'd written for a prior
exercise, which was about two different women—Grace and Sandy—who'd just found out
they'd been cheated on by the same guy, and what their immediate reactions and responses are
after they find out. It's a play that examines the thought process that women—or people in
general—experience after something like this happens to them, and how they tend to go on to
blame themselves for it and think less of themselves. It ends with both women realizing that
none of the fault was on their end, and they come to realize their worth as well. The entire play
takes place with both women on different sides of the stage, with a wall separating them. They
directly address the audience continuously throughout the play. It is a similar concept to Drag
Race 3:59. The MDQ is something along the lines of 'Will the two women blame themselves for
what happened?'
#2:
My second pitch is a little more on the fantasy side. There's a library, but it's not just any old
library, and the books aren't just any old books. The books are all records of people's lives. Each
book tells every individual person's story, from start to finish, birth to death, however they are
written as time goes by. There are two 'book-keepers' who guard the library and all the books
and all that. The play would center around the book-keepers going through a few of these books
and discussing some of the things they find in these stories. Be it happy things, sad things,
shocking things—it's all about life and how strange, but beautiful it is. The dichotomy between
life and death. Things like that.
