Twilight

This play requires a different kind of acting than psychological realism and depend on an "informed actor" 4

Language in this play creates identity, not from the words themselves, but from the actual arrangement of the words. 5

be a specific and individual as possible to avoid stereotype 5

It is useful to think of all the physical properties as functional, rather than decorative or indicative 5

The play sees actors as cultural workers, who reach towards that which is "other" than themselves. 6

The task for all the actors is to suspend judgment and stereotype at all times. 7

If a character is identified as "black," it is not the author's intention that a black person play the role. IF a character is identified as a "woman," it is not the author's intention that a woman necessarily play the role...The theory of the play is that an actor has the ability to walk in another person's "words," and therefore in their hearts. 7

Suggested casting for a company of six

One Korean male
One white female
One white male
One Latino male
One black male
One black female 8

And these are gang meetings / for the purpose of truces... / (The author was momentarily distracted.) / Pay attention! (Short laugh.) 25

this city has abused both sides..."Why do I have to be on a side? / There's a problem here!" 28

So we stayed and we watched the whole thing 50

We just feel like we were pawns that were thrown away by he system 57

I mean I haven't seen a movie like that! 61

See we showed the insides. / The core...It came forward / It / let it be known 66

"you could hear little bits / of information... / It's like we were transmitting / thoughts / to each other / all across the restaurant... / Just generic-guilt 76

it was like a carnival out there 94

And I felt I were being heard for the first time / it would not be singed as we know it / It would be a roar 100

But the reason why he's comic. / rather than tragic / is that he allows himself to linger longer / on the different manifestations / of sadness and sorrow. / He doesn't skip over! 107

Very few white people could / actually take seriously, / black sadness and live the lives that / they livin 108

And when things fell apart in this / country / in the fifties and sixties, / and everything / became processed 137

So to me, it's like I'm stuck in limbo, / like the sun is stuck between night and day, / in the twilight hours, / You know? / I'm in an area not many people exist. 170