This past Friday, I went and saw the play A Few Good Men, at Actors Theater. The play was put on in the Mex. The Mex is a black box theater room that is very small. This was my first time seeing a play with the actors up so close, so it was different for me. The play was directed by Rich Galey.
The theme of the play was that there was 2 US Marine Marshals arrested and accused of killing another US marshal. The two marshals were Dawson and Downey he man they were accused of killing Santiago. This play talks about how the lawyers and Army finds out if they really did kill Santiago.
There wasn’t really a main character in the play. Almost everyone had a big part. Surprisingly the 2 marine’s marshals didn’t have many lines, but when they did, it was very important to listen to what they were saying. But Lawyer Jo, and Lawyer Kaffee had very important part. They were Dawson’s and Downey’s lawyers. Both lawyers wanted to prove the two marshals not guilty, but they also had different goals also. Lawyer Jo wanted to be on a case that she could win very badly, because in her other 6 cases she had lost them. She also wanted to have people respect her for being a top time lawyer, but she felt like no one would give her another chance to prove she could win a case. Lawyer Kaffee was a man that wasn’t very good at law, but was assigned this case. He was always afraid of losing what he had, so throughout the play he would always try to play it safe in court and not ask to much. But at the end of the play it talks about how he stops being afraid. The other main character was Jessup. He was the army’s leader. The lawyers had to talk to him a lot to find out many questions about the night of the killing. At first the lawyers and Jessup seem to have a good relationship, but then once Jessup starts being questioned harder, he starts to get mean.
A minor character was Ross. He was Kaffee and Jo’s “side-kick”. He would always be with them and try to help them find out the truth of the murder case. He was an important character because he was very funny. He played as the comic character. In serious scenes he would lighten it up and make people laugh!
The play took place in modern day time. The time doesn’t really have much of an effect on the clothes or the setting. Most of the actors costumes were army uniform. That was the camouflage and the tall brown work boots. The lawyers had simple suit pants and work shirt. The setting was very simple. They had two fold out table and fold out chairs that were put on the opposite side of the stage from one another. One table on the right would represent the lawyer’s office and the lawyer’s side of the court room. The other table on the left side would be the Jessup’s office and Santiago’s lawyer’s side of the court. When they had the court room scene, they would bring out another table and put it at the center top of the stage with 3 chairs that stood for the questioner’s chair, and the 2 marshal’s chairs. The props were very simple. They didn’t have many props at all. But they did use old brief cases for the lawyers. They also had a gun, bottle of whiskey, files, work papers and gum ball jar. Other than that they didn’t have any props.
I would not recommend this play to many people. They acting in the play was very good. The actors all had very long and hard lines and I was very impressed on how they could remember all their lines. The only reason I wouldn’t recommend it was the plot line isn’t something you want to sit through for 2 hours and 30 minutes. But if you are in to law and big words, then this play would be good for you to go and whatch.
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