Like Suzanna says, ‘First date, everyone’s nervous … We all have our I might say, ‘I have this great person in mind, but here’s a thing or two you should know …’ But I would say this about any of my actual real friends in my actual real life. There isn’t any character in this play I wouldn’t fix up with one of my friends. The best comment I ever got in one of these talkbacks was from a woman who shook her head wistfully at the people arguing around her and opined that the characters were all ‘just doing the best they can.’ And I agree. These characters seem to function as screens onto which audience members project old wounds and fierce convictions about how people ought to behave. The good news is that the audiences invariably fail to reach consensus as to which character is most deserving of their contempt. In the audience talkbacks I have taken part in after productions of Becky Shaw, the one constant I have seen is the zeal to ascribe blame. I wish fingers didn’t have to be pointed, but – trust me – they will be. I don’t think any one character is more to blame than the others for the emotional wreckage that piles up in the second act. I don’t think any of them are damaged beyond repair. I don’t think any character in this play is bad or wrong or crazy or worthless or unlovable. Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Author’s Note Characters Act One Scene One Scene two Act Two Scene One Scene Two Scene Three Scene Four Scene Five Scene SixĪuthor’s Note I want to share a few beliefs about this play that I hope will function as permissions rather than prescriptions.
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