Word: gameplans
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...coach Ted Donato ’91 brings to his alma mater a quick, agressive gameplan, one which—if it clicks—could very well win the Crimson its fair share of games...
Cultivating a gameplan for the women figures to be slightly easier that for the men. In addition to having far more down time prior to the first game—the women’s season is in the spring—Farrar had the opportunity to observe their performance first hand with the rival Bears last season...
...will come as no surprise to his fans. This most ingenious of plotters loves playing with ideas of how a story should go - 1982's Intimate Exchanges famously explored a multitude of different endings. And some trickery is afoot in Damsels (directed by the author). In play No. 1, GamePlan, a disturbing drama of teenage prostitution turns into a hide-the-corpse farce; in play No. 2, FlatSpin, a lonely-gal romance becomes a spy thriller; and in RolePlay a meet-the-parents dinner comedy morphs into a piercing study of social class...
...Obvious Rule No. 1" Ayckbourn admonishes: "Never look down on comedy or regard it as the poor cousin of drama." Both GamePlan and RolePlay make this case to devastating effect. In the first, a 16-year-old's determination to raise funds through prostitution is made more harrowing by the sight of her tearfully shy friend dressed as a brothel maid. Her exaggerated make-up and outfit provoke laughter - and unease...
...Obvious Rule No. 11: Never sell your characters short in order to meet the requirements of a gag or even the plot." Here, Ayckbourn occasionally breaks his own rule. Usually, it's the production trying too hard, as when GamePlan's putative prostitute is confronted with a client who won't stop talking. The fact that her first trick is a crushing bore is funny, but the ludicrous poses she strikes to lure...