Luna Park (play)
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''Luna Park'' is a play written by Latina-American playwright
Caridad Svich Caridad Svich ( ; born July 30, 1963) is a playwright, songwriter/lyricist, translator, and editor who was born in the United States to Cuban-Argentine-Spanish-Croatian parents. Biography A member of the New York's New Dramatists, she earned her ...
in 2005. Commissioned by International High School in
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, the play was first performed as a
workshop production A workshop production is a form of theatrical performance, in which a play or musical is staged in a modest form which does not include some aspects of a full production. For example, costumes, sets and musical accompaniment may be excluded, or may ...
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, Kayla, 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 suffer minor injuries but live. During the second act, the characters attempt to deal with their loss, anger and other emotions, while Lee, Kayla, Daniel, and Leslie follow through with their relationships, Daniel and Leslie become engaged. The play lacks a final resolution per se; the audience is somewhat "left hanging."


Characters

*Lee *Flaco *Cory *Daniel *Kayla *Monica *Leslie *Optional
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(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 Francisco in November 2005. It ran six productions for two weekends, each performance selling out.


Sources

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110627102807/http://www.playscripts.com/plays/lunapark.pdf American plays 2005 plays {{2000s-play-stub