31 Plays in 31 Days, #12 - "Something Amiss"

This piece picks up immediately after Day #4 - Morning at Home. Something Bernie suggested we do in part V was do something with the relationship between Clara and Mary— we always intended for them to have one, but they didn't end up having much interaction in part III, with Clara being focused on what Nathaniel wasn't telling her, and then Clara didn't end up showing up at all in part IV. So that idea's been by the wayside since part II, but we're trying to pick it up a little here. We found a source of conflict to explore to give it dimension, and the first inkling of it shows up in this scene.



We're a little concerned about how long the piece is going to turn out ot be— something we worry about every time, since we're committed to runtimes of ninety minutes. Unfortunately I think this subplot will be the first to be cut, if anything has to be. But I'm really hoping we can keep it. I've always admired ensemble pieces where each character has individual relationships with all the other characters, so I'm trying to develop the ones between my ensemble here as much as I can.

( Day #12 - Something Amiss )