A play that has existed since the 1970s, Step on a Crack by Suzan Zeder is about a young child,Ellie, her widower father that has just remarried, and her new stepmother. Being somewhat biased due to the fact my cousin was the stage manager, I feel the presentation of the play as a whole was very well done. The set itself was relatively simple with them upstairs consisting of the living room and the downstairs containing Ellie's bedroom. The only change of sets was a quick scene where Ellie was wondering the dark and scary streets at night after a confrontation with her new mother. The play being written in the 70s, all the characters ,imaginary or not, were dressed accordingly with wonderful argyle and plaid everywhere. The premise of the
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Immediately she resists and does everything in her power to make the situation as uncomfortable for her new stepmother as she can. Constantly disobeying her rules and refusing to do anything she says, Ellie becomes a stubborn and spoiled brat. Only adding to this problem or her three imaginary friends; Lana them Frisbee, along with the unnamed manifestation of her own disdain for her step mother. This personification of anger acts as the true antagonist in the play, constantly pushing Ellie to disobey rules and trash her room in retaliation. While her stepmother constantly attempts to befriend Ellie and bends to her will, this does nothing to appease Ellie and only causes her to push harder. Ellie's father does nothing to aid in the situation as he constantly lets her off of doing her chores and cleaning her room, only allowing her to become more and more independent of her new stepmother. In an attempt to appease Ellie's new stepmother, her father offered to take them on a honeymoon, a three week trip to Hawaii. Instead of telling Ellie about this, her father constantly sidesteps the issue until it comes to a head and Ellie's new stepmother nearly forces them to speak about it. Instead, Ellie's father once again changes the subject
Immediately she resists and does everything in her power to make the situation as uncomfortable for her new stepmother as she can. Constantly disobeying her rules and refusing to do anything she says, Ellie becomes a stubborn and spoiled brat. Only adding to this problem or her three imaginary friends; Lana them Frisbee, along with the unnamed manifestation of her own disdain for her step mother. This personification of anger acts as the true antagonist in the play, constantly pushing Ellie to disobey rules and trash her room in retaliation. While her stepmother constantly attempts to befriend Ellie and bends to her will, this does nothing to appease Ellie and only causes her to push harder. Ellie's father does nothing to aid in the situation as he constantly lets her off of doing her chores and cleaning her room, only allowing her to become more and more independent of her new stepmother. In an attempt to appease Ellie's new stepmother, her father offered to take them on a honeymoon, a three week trip to Hawaii. Instead of telling Ellie about this, her father constantly sidesteps the issue until it comes to a head and Ellie's new stepmother nearly forces them to speak about it. Instead, Ellie's father once again changes the subject