Case of Confusion by
Sofia
Riano Alonso-Olea
Telling
two completely different stories on the same black stage, with the same actors
could be something new, different and very succesful, if you could make
the audience understand your perspective
instead of making it hard to follow.
Man in the Case,
adapted and directed by Annie-B Parson & Paul Laza combines two stories:
one about a relationship unfulfilled between an antisocial secretive old man,
performed by the famous actor-dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and a young woman eager for life and enjoying every minute
of her life. The second, is about a man´s love for a married woman with
children.
Even though different lighting effects were
created, sound design was implied, songs were sang, and attitudes from the
characters were changed depending on the story, no one seemed to understand the
story making it hard to follow and ending being even boring or stressful for
the audience.
By the end of the story, no one really knew
what had happened making the story Man in
a Case unsuccesful even though the
actors did a great job trying to differentiate both.
