On October 5, 2017, at 8 o’clock at the Wooly Mammoth theater in Washington D.C., I saw the production of The Arsonists. This production of The Arsonists was about class privilege and the performers in this play did an excellent job in making the spectators see the differences between the working class, the homeless, and the rich. The actors and actresses embodied their characters with all their hearts and did a wonderful performance. The director could not have picked better a better crew to play the parts. George Betterman played by, Howard Shalwitz, did an incredible performance of a man who will do anything for people to like him. At the beginning of the play, George is a stuck-up man, who wants nothing to do with the man outside.
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Tim’s performance as the aggressive homeless man is spot on. From the first time we meet Joe, he automatically gives off his loveable psychotic nature, which makes this play more realistic and entertaining to watch. He did an elaborate demonstration of acting as a ticking time bomb and the overall play benefited from his performance. For example, when George and Joe first meet, you can tell by how abrupt and overly aggressive Tim is, that George is a little frighten to say no to anything of which Joe’s requests. Tim Getman did a fantastic job embodying his deranged character. He did an awesome job with his abruptness and making you feel somewhat repentant for the him, even though the audience did know that he was a sinful man. Throughout the performance, the small bust of jump scares and crazy eye movements, were a nice touch and he was a joy to watch …show more content…
In the play, Becca Betterman never stood up for herself and just went along with what was happening, even if she did not agree to it. Although Bahni did a pretty decent job taking the role of Becca, I felt that the audience could have appreciated her character more if she made a few more frighten quivers and perhaps a little squeal of terror here and there, it would have been a nice touch. However, throughout the entire play she did give the audience a sense of fear, by her facial expressions and how she would jump in terror whenever Joe or Billie was around. A prime example is when it was just her and Joe, and she was making him something to eat. Every time the Joe would start to get upset, he would make a loud bang and stand up abruptly from the table, Becca would jump and quivers as a person who is scared would. Most of the time Bahni did a great job in making the audience believe her sheer panic for whatever was to come
Tim’s performance as the aggressive homeless man is spot on. From the first time we meet Joe, he automatically gives off his loveable psychotic nature, which makes this play more realistic and entertaining to watch. He did an elaborate demonstration of acting as a ticking time bomb and the overall play benefited from his performance. For example, when George and Joe first meet, you can tell by how abrupt and overly aggressive Tim is, that George is a little frighten to say no to anything of which Joe’s requests. Tim Getman did a fantastic job embodying his deranged character. He did an awesome job with his abruptness and making you feel somewhat repentant for the him, even though the audience did know that he was a sinful man. Throughout the performance, the small bust of jump scares and crazy eye movements, were a nice touch and he was a joy to watch …show more content…
In the play, Becca Betterman never stood up for herself and just went along with what was happening, even if she did not agree to it. Although Bahni did a pretty decent job taking the role of Becca, I felt that the audience could have appreciated her character more if she made a few more frighten quivers and perhaps a little squeal of terror here and there, it would have been a nice touch. However, throughout the entire play she did give the audience a sense of fear, by her facial expressions and how she would jump in terror whenever Joe or Billie was around. A prime example is when it was just her and Joe, and she was making him something to eat. Every time the Joe would start to get upset, he would make a loud bang and stand up abruptly from the table, Becca would jump and quivers as a person who is scared would. Most of the time Bahni did a great job in making the audience believe her sheer panic for whatever was to come