WAITING FOR GODOT:

June 8^th

     Waiting for Godot is a complex play. When reading it I had difficulty understanding the meaning of the play. I do think that is what Beckett was trying to get at all along; what is the meaning/purpose? However, through this production and after time of contemplation I think that is exactly what Vladimir and Estragon ask throughout the show. What is the purpose of life or what is the purpose of waiting? So with all these thoughts going on in my head I think that this play is a tragic comedy. It really is sad the life that these characters live, just waiting everyday for Godot, but yet we laugh at the realness of their circumstances and have moments where we feel the exact same way in our lives.

     The audience that was present for the show while we were there was very captured by the story and these actors. Everyone laughed at the same moments and you could tell that people wanted to see Godot come out in the end. It felt like an audience that understood theatre and are regular goers. I think what really made me enjoy this production is how real it felt to wait. The performance didn’t jump along really fast and keep up pace but rather they took their time and had moments of silence to really settle in the idea of waiting. I felt like I was waiting too. The choices they made were real, subtle and effective. The moments when I really felt this waiting feeling were the opening of the show and the second act. Estragon is trying to take his boot off at the top of the show and that moment was a good two minutes or so of his struggle in silence, and then act two opening with Vladimir pacing around the space looking at all the differences between days was just as long. I think they were great ways to start off each act. It was a good show and I think that I will always be processing this show because of the way the text is and how it can be viewed, but I like those kinds of shows.