Getting Out Play Analysis

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Getting Out Performance Review On January 31st 2016 I attended the performance of Getting Out directed by Jeff Coussens. The Augustana College Department of Theatre Arts performed the production. The play is about a young woman named Arlie who is trying to deal with the horrors of her past and dealing with being apart of society again after being incarcerated. She tries to recreate herself by calling herself Arlene, but she soon realizes that it will take more then just changing her name to deal with her past and get rid of the violent offender she used to be. This play comes out in the late 1970s where many female prisons face the same struggles as female prisoners today.
Arlene played by Sarah Baker, did not receive the rehabilitation …show more content…
They have the official power and they judge inmates and many people in society believe that once a person is behind bars it is a vicious cycle and they will never change. Society uses its power in numbers to push released prisoners to their breaking points just waiting for them to mess up, and uses their power of the justice system to put the people back behind bars. Arlene (Baker) being once an inmate has covert power in this situation and she uses it to win by working towards changing her life. She separates herself from Carl played by Debo Balogun, and uses her dream of getting her son Joey back to help her change her life.
Covert power wins in the end because Arlene (Baker) works towards finding her self outside of prison and finally at the end of the play is able to separate herself from her past self, Arlie and all the people who turned her into the person she used to be. She uses her covert power to win but changing the relationships she has. She gets rid of Carl (Balogun) and makes a new friend Ruby (Emily Johnson) who can help her find a job that does not exactly pay well but will help her work towards finding her place in society. Another way this production supports my idea of power is with the

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