Proposal

My group is going to do the last fight scene of The Glass Menageries. I decided to do this scene because I think this scene is the climax of the play. When Jim leaves, he also brought Amanda's last light of hope with him. Amanda's fight with Tom finally pushed Tom away from his family and never to return. In this scene, Nia will be playing Amanda. David will be playing Tom. I will be playing Jim. We originally decided to have Amanda, Tom, and Laura in the scene. However, Laura only has one line in the whole scene. Therefore, we replaced Laura with Jim. We also decided to shorten the fighting conversation between Tom and Amanda. In that way, we can not only make sure each character has an equal amount of time to perform, but also focus on what the characters' feelings are in the scene. We think Tom's monologue is very important because it tells the audience what exactly he's thinking and also give the audience a direction of what is going to happen to the rest of the family in the future.  As I mentioned, I will be playing Jim in this scene. It is a challenge for me because Jim is a male character and I'm a female. Jim is a very gentle character, I will have to pay more attention on the way of saying my lines because he was trying to be honest without hurting Amanda's feeling. Even though performing this scene is challenging, I believe will be a great experience for me. Lastly, I want to explore how Tom feels went Amanda said "Go to the moon" to him. Does he feel angry, misunderstood or released?  I also want to know how Amanda feels when she finds out that Jim is not a gentlemen caller for her daughter. Is she angry, worried, or even scared? That's the moment that the only light of hope she seen had faded. No wonder she blamed Tom so hard for making such a mistake. But what exactly made her so emotional? That's what I want to know.