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...Li??who won with a jump of 3.35 meters, or about 11 feet, on Saturday—this year will be the last year to finally reach her college goal of 12 feet...
...play shifts back and forth in time, taking Li??l Bit back through various stages of adolescence. Hodgson sums up the plays difficulty: “Practically and aesthetically things happen on top of each other.” The play delves into a distinctly uncomfortable subject matter in a complex, layered fashion, running for an hour and a half with no blackouts...
Hodgson approaches the play’s temporal complexity by eschewing tricks of props or scenery, relying instead on their actors’ performances to clarify the ages of the characters in each scene. As Li??l Bit (Sara L. Bartel ’06) moves in age from 35 to 17 to 15 to 13 and finally 11 throughout the course of the play, she has subtle props to aid her transformation: a hair tie, a scarf tied loosely around the waist and large silver hoop earrings. But she remains in the same basic outfit throughout...
...script shifts settings rapidly. Because of the need for quick scene changes, Hodgson and his cast and crew required a versatile stage space containing as few trappings as possible. They use a minimum of heavy furniture, bringing out only a table for a family dinner or two chairs when Li??l Bit and Uncle Peck...
Light and sound also help to root each of Li??l Bit’s memories in a particular place and time: warm light creates a moonlit night in the car or period music adds authenticity to a scene when she attends a school dance...