1. Wintertime by
Charles Mee
Kayvon Alihossini - Director

2. Theatre Style and Location
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Theatre type:
Proscenium
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Where: Hobby
Center, Houston,
Texas

3. Themes
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Time: evening, late
December, 2005
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Location: Upstate New
York on Lake Ontario
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Surrounding: Summer
house in dead of winter

4. Set Design
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Lighting: Mainly white and blue
lights to set a cold/cool
background mood
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Costume: Multi-layered clothes,
thick jackets, snow shoes, skis
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Sound: High wind from blizzard,
fire crackling
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Set: Small intimate cabin, white
snow everywhere some inside the
cabin

5. Casting Roles
Bob: Delivery guy,
Deacon
Jonathan: Young, In
love, child of Maria and
Frank
Played by:
Josh Hutcherson
Played by:
Paul Giamatti
Frank: Maria’s
husband, father
of Jonathan,
Edwin’s lover
Male Roles
Played by:
Jude Law
Edwina:
Frank’s lover
Francois:
Maria’s lover
Played by:
Orlando Bloom
Played by:
James Franco

6. Casting Roles
Jaqueline:
Doctor visiting
Hilda
Played by:
Julianna Moore
Female Roles
Bertha: Hilda’s
friend, elderly lady
Played by:
Diahann Carroll
Ariel:
Jonathan’s
girlfriend
Played by:
Emmy Rossum
Maria: Jonathan’s
mom, Frank’s
wife, Francois’s
lover
Played by:
Nikki Reed
Hilda: Elderly person
drowning
Played by: Alfre Woodard

7. Interpretation of Play
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Style: Modern English (2000s)
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Type: Romantic Comedy
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Mainly sarcastic and
situational comedy, but also
seriousness involved at specific
parts

8. Interpretation of Play (cont.)
Dramatic and Serious Scenes:
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Ariel storms out of cabin for being accused of being
with Francois
Hilda falls into frozen lake
Maria falls into frozen lake
Maria’s funeral
Edwina leaves Frank