Giving Headlines

1. Giving Headlines have a more traditional  and yet different type of design. The play utilize the role of the audience to their storytelling. The idea behind Giving Headlines is a news report. The audience is watching satire of news reports. It talks about many of the contemporary social problems and pokes fun of it, giving a lighthearted and comedic atmosphere. This makes it more similar to the play Turns. In contrast to Fragments which is very tense and deals with darker themes. At one point in Giving Headlines broke the 4th wall. The characters in the play asked some of the audience to sign a form. The structure of the play is quite simple. The whole stage have a desk and Katherine Gorham, who's dressed in formal attire, sat behind the desk. The arrangement and costume convey to the audience that we are watching a report. The audience also get to witness the behind the scenes of the "news report" and watch the employees interact with each other. There is a transition of scene, in every change of reports we see that the character brings and takes the props along with them. The only character that remains consistently is Katherine, who plays as the anchor. Of the two plays I saw, Turns & Fragments and Giving Headlines. I prefer Turns & Fragments because it is very unique. I have never experience to be part of the play as an audience. Watching the play was an emotional roller coaster. I went from laughing and having fun a subway to scared and distressed in a dark room, which represented someone's minds. It also make me think how the public underestimated mental disorders. Most people only sympathize with people who are experiencing inner turmoil, yet the play allows the audience to give a different perspective of how it's like to live the disorder socially and mentally.