Luna Park (play)
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Luna Park is a play written by Latina-American playwright Caridad Svich in 2005. Commissioned by International High School
in San Francisco, CA, the play was first performed as a workshop production
in late 2005.
in November 2005. It ran six productions for two weekends, each performance selling out.
International High School of San Francisco
The International High School of San Francisco is a private high school attached to the French American International School located in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. Graduates may earn either the International Baccalaureate Diploma or the French...
in San Francisco, CA, the play was first performed as a workshop production
Workshop production
Workshop production is a term used to describe the first performance of a theatre production, similar to the term premiere, the difference being that a workshop production often pays less for the rights to perform the play, in exchange for losing the right to call its performance a premiere...
in late 2005.
Summary
The play consists of two acts, the first act taking place "before" the main event of the play and the second act taking place "after" the main event, although the action does not always flow chronologically. In the first act, the characters spend the day at the local amusement park, Luna Park, enjoying themselves. Relationships between Lee and Kayla and Daniel and Leslie begin to develop, before the park is tragically attacked by some unknown foe. In the process, Cory commits suicide, while the others are suffer minor injuries but live. During the second act, the characters attempt to deal with their loss, anger and other emotions, while Lee and Kayla and Daniel and Leslie follow through with their relationships, Daniel and Leslie becoming engaged. The play lacks a final resolution per se; the audience is somewhat "left hanging."Characters
- Lee
- Flaco
- Cory
- Daniel
- Kayla
- Monica
- Leslie
- Optional chorusGreek chorusA Greek chorus is a homogenous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action....
(four males, three females)
Original production
The play was originally performed by a group of students and directed by Martha Stookey at the International High School of San FranciscoInternational High School of San Francisco
The International High School of San Francisco is a private high school attached to the French American International School located in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. Graduates may earn either the International Baccalaureate Diploma or the French...
in November 2005. It ran six productions for two weekends, each performance selling out.