THA 100
12 December 2013
Final Play Contributions A play consists of many contributions. These contributions come from the people that make up the entire production. In our production “Kidnapped,” every person played a significant role in the overall success. As a team, we created a play that shows the serious and funny aspects of theatre. Working with everyone in my group has been absolutely amazing. Everyone put in an equal amount of effort and it made everything flow in a positive way. I believe that my contributions to the play helped the production run smoothly. The overall theme of the production revolves around a game called “kidnapped.” This game consists of someone getting picked up and dropped off in a random location to be later picked up after they have struggled to find out where they are. My brother and I came up with this concept. We wanted to do this because we really liked the game “a Game’s Afoot.” That play revolved around a murder mystery. Therefore, we decided to copy that same idea and make it our own. By taking this overall theme, we decided to use the fact that my brother and I are twins. By using this advantage, we added a background story to the theme and a little bit of organized confusion. My role in this production was to be the twin that was “kidnapped” and thrown into the woods. After I am dropped off into the woods, I realize that I do not want to play the game. When I pull out my phone to call my friends to get me out of the woods, I discover that my phone battery has died. My role takes a break until the end of the play. While the “funeral” takes place for my twin, I arrive enraged and confused at the sight of my name being on a church sign. After everything is explained to me, I see the sight of my dead brother. I tell a story of how all of this must have happened. In the end, a little surprise occurs at the end.