anazlye characters

This week, I have a scene with John. In the play, I still play Amanda, the mother, and John plays Tom, my son. In our scene, Amanda has just come to know that Jim is engaged to be married. She is beyond mad at Tom for putting her and his sister in this position. Tom tells his mom that he didn’t know but Amanda doesn’t believe him. Tom told her that Jim was his best friend and Amanda considers that title to mean you know every aspect of that person’s life. When Tom tried to explain himself, he added that Jim was his best friend from the warehouse. He works at the warehouse to earn a living so he isn’t talking to Jim like a brother. He goes to the warehouse to work not to make friends. Amanda goes on about how they have wasted to much money and time on this dinner. That it was all a waste to get Laura new clothes or get a new rug or a new lamp. While Amanda is yelling at Tom, Tom is getting more frustrated by the second. The more Amanda talks, the more Tom is getting triggered. Amanda being stuck in this angered said things she didn’t mean. She said to Tom at one point to just leave and forget about her and his sister.

In this scene, Amanda is motivated by the betrayal she feels from Tom. Tom is motivated by the words coming out of Amanda mouth. Tom at first, isn’t really paying attention to Amanda or what she is saying. He doesn’t really care but as the conversation keeps going he starts to get offended and pissed off. Amanda tries to keep her cool when she is talking to Tom but the more she realizes how much of a snake he could be just makes her more and more mad. This scene escalates quickly.