The play, “For The Loyal” was chosen to be read for our semester final. “For The Loyal,” was written by Lee Blessing. The play has not been out for very long, it was first performed on April 24, 2015 at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “For The Loyal” takes place at a College University where the young married couple of the play, Mia and Toby reside. Mia is a graduate student whom is with child, while her husband Toby is an assistant football coach for the University football team. Toby coaches under Coach Mitch Carlson, their boss is the head coach, Coach Tanner Hale. The play begins with Toby telling his wife Mia what he saw when he went to Coach Carlson’s house without notifying Coach Carlson he was coming. Toby proceeds to tell Mia that he saw a young boy naked in the car and that Coach Carlson was in his underwear, Toby referred to a part of his body as,” pitching a tent.” As most women would do, Mia flipped out
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The son does not want to have anything to do with his mother, he does visit her in jail and tells her so. In fact, the little boy tells his mother that his new step-mom is his mother because she is not crazy and did not do anything wrong. The ending of the play is between Mia and Toby as if nothing had happened, as if Coach Carlson found another job, Mia did not shoot him, and everyone moved on with their lives. The costumes for this play are everyday wear, modern, casual dress. Mia will be wearing some maternity clothes throughout the beginning of the play since she is pregnant. The coaches will wear some type of athletic clothing, as if they were on their way to coach football practice. The little boy will have on casual school clothes. Since the play has many different sections but is not specifically broken up into acts or scenes, the characters will do a small costume change as they exit the stage for the next time they
The son does not want to have anything to do with his mother, he does visit her in jail and tells her so. In fact, the little boy tells his mother that his new step-mom is his mother because she is not crazy and did not do anything wrong. The ending of the play is between Mia and Toby as if nothing had happened, as if Coach Carlson found another job, Mia did not shoot him, and everyone moved on with their lives. The costumes for this play are everyday wear, modern, casual dress. Mia will be wearing some maternity clothes throughout the beginning of the play since she is pregnant. The coaches will wear some type of athletic clothing, as if they were on their way to coach football practice. The little boy will have on casual school clothes. Since the play has many different sections but is not specifically broken up into acts or scenes, the characters will do a small costume change as they exit the stage for the next time they