The Amish Project Character Analysis

The central conflict of The Amish Project was not a central conflict as seen in the traditional sense. It is not one force in opposition with another, but rather the audience simply trying to figure out what happens and why. For the first little while, as the actress begins her monologue, the audience perplexes as to whom the little Amish girl standing in front of them describing her family is. The audience is eventually introduced to this girl as Velda along with six other characters: Anna, Carol Stuckey, Eddie Stuckey, America, Sherry Local, and Bill North. All seven of these characters are portrayed by the same actress, which initially adds to the confusion, but eventually as the audience familiarizes themselves with the dialect for each character, differentiating between them becomes as easy as if each character was portrayed by their own actor. As the show moves forward, the ambiguity of the situation dissipates through the information added by each character. Whether it’s the relaying of a newscast, a first-hand account, or …show more content…
Each character was given a different color lighting, for example: Velda, was given yellow lighting to represent innocence, youth, and happiness and America was given fuchsia light in order to portray sassiness and promiscuity. On the contrary, the lighting on Eddie Stuckey was reminiscent of a police interrogation room, but in order to reflect the confusion of the audience; when the actress portrays him there light never shines upon her face. So, just like in the real world, there nothing explains his actions. The lack of extravagant props and costuming further exemplifies societal obliviousness surrounding Amish culture. The immediate immersion of the actress into each character more than accounted for the nominal set design and absence of