Recently, the writer went to go see the student production of Tomato-Plant Girl, which was put on by the theatre department of DSC. Which was a whimsical play about a plant-loving girl who's best friend is bossy, snobby best friend who is always bossing the one girl around, Booknose. However, while the bossy girl is away, one of the plants actually turns a real-life girl. As we all, there is no show without an audience and a designated time and place. The audience members are the main people you have to impress, they are what makes the show a show.
The audience demographic for this production was very mixed I thought. Reason behind this thought is because there was a very broad amount of age groups present at the production. They ranged from elderly couples even all the way down to very young children, around the age of 2 or 3. Which, in retrospect, made sense because this was a far cry from Shakespeare's work. It was still a very cute play. The theatre space was set up with three different types of angle options, one in front and on both sides, so this gave the audience more of choice in how they wished to view the play. Which gave the a different perspective in viewing the play.
Also, it was interesting to the writer was how the audience behaved once they were presented with actor. On one hand they seemed to respond quite well to the bossy best-friend. Who by surprise, her personification seemed to be portrayed very well, because most of the audience seemed to find humor in her facial expressions and body language, because when the best friend would boss around Booknose, you can tell she is doing right, because the audience caught on very quickly.
When it came to Booknose, the writer felt that overall feeling for her was sympathetic, due to the way she was being by her supposed "best friend". So they felt sorry for her, but all that seemed to change once Tomato-plant Girl came into the picture. The writer as well as the rest of the audience started to see her quiet persona change and she began to be able tell her best-friend "no!" and stick up for herself. This was the point when the writer felt the audience began to say in their minds, "You go Booknose!"
Finally, the writer thought the overall audience experience for the night was meant to be a trip into the life of a plant loving smart girl who was held captive by bossy best friend, who was only to play the way she wanted to play. The feeling that the writer left the theatre was one of joy and triumph. The play had a happy ending because the best friend was put into her place and Booknose got her backbone at the end. The main idea the writer hopes the audience left the theatre and the lesson that was brought forth through the play was that, any bully can be dealt with you just have the confidence in yourself to stand-up and just say no to their bullying.
