The Little Mermaid Play Analysis

The play I attended was The Little Mermaid. I watched it on March 18th, 2017. It was preformed by Garber High School, in the Ankney Auditorium. This was the first play that I have attended in over ten years and it was a great play to watch. Before the play I didn’t not get to look around, but I did get to look at the setup that is on the stage. The stage was a proscenium and it was a lot larger than Delta’s stage. A couple adjectives that describes the atmosphere of the theater is Lively, Playful and Joyful. I chose these because there was bight colorful lights on the stage. That caused them to make the atmosphere all those adjective, and they were playing up to beat music that made you think it was going to be a very happy play. For the program …show more content…
The people who she conflicts with is her father King Triton and her aunt Ursula. Arial is a sweet girl who wants to be independent, she is courageous, and she is extroverted. King Triton is big-headed, he is angry, and he is fearful of losing people. Ursula is hateful, she is angry, and she is jealous. I feel that the actor for Aril is honest, crazy, and very questioning. For her father King Triton, I feel that the actor is dramatic, strong, and loving. Finally, for Ursula, I feel that the actor it very dramatic, crazy and honest. A moment that I thought was very effective was when they sang the song “Under the Sea”. All the cast members were dressed up in all kinds of sea animals. They came in the side doors and then they would run down the sides of the seats. The costumes were amazing and the whole stage was full of people. They danced, and they sang. The music was played very loud and the lights were very colorful. It was right before the intermission and it was a great way to end the first scene. No characters directly addressed the audience, but some of the people were given flashlights by the cast members. The flash lights were used during one of the scenes. A couple adjectives that represented the scenery was colorful, big, and realistic. The boat they used was very big and made it look like a real one. For the costumes a couple adjective that represented them would be very bright, colorful, and had many …show more content…
For being a high school play, the set was amazing. There was no walls or areas blocked off. They used all the stage. The upper right and left were used for certain scenes. They would bring in big props in those areas. The set was made by lots of props. The props were made by the students and were done great. They kept them in the hall way and brought them in when they needed them. They had a huge boat that looked very real. They made all the props look real life and it brought the play to life. The lights played a big role in the production. They used spot lights for some scenes when a person was singing. Also, the lights would change color. For example, a part of the play when Ursula was trying to get Arial to give her, her voice, the lights were green and they had a smoke machine and they had light flashing for lighting. For the sound, they had lots of sound effects. They were used when people bad people would enter, a thunder sound would be played. Next the sound was loud, and music played a big role in the play. You could hear all the actors perfectly and clearly. The high point of the action was when Ursula took Arial’s voice. It was the most intense part of the play and there was a lot loud dark music and there was smoke from the fog machine. The character that changed the most was the father of Arial, King Triton. In the beginning of the play he did not Arial to talk to any humans or even be anywhere near them, because he thought