A Desert Fugue Analysis

In this staged reading of A Desert Fugue, the character I thought was interesting was Jack. Jack is this cowboy who was trying to find his kidnapped fiancé, Alice. He seems like a very violent guy, but he is going after something he holds dear. Jack’s through-line of action in this reading is to get his fiancé back. He had to enter a different world and basically destroy different parts of him to get to his fiancé. Jack also met some different people along his journey and after he would talk to them that would die, and he had no clue why. He was willing to take pieces of his body so he could better find Alice. The inciting incident was his fiancé going missing and he spent time looking for her. Rising action was him getting close to completely

I believe that Greg made his points clear to the actor who read for Alice. Even though Greg was reading, he could stay connected to the other; he was reacting off his actions. Since this was a staged reading it’s hard to use your bodies unlike in a play. Greg could tell a very sad, and dark story of this Jack character; he used good facials and body movements even if they were minimal, this did service to the character because the audience could see that Jack wanted Alice very badly by the way Greg was moving around and using his face. Greg used a god voice for Jack, he had a little of a southern accent happening and by the way he used language and pitch the audience could tell when he was being tough and when he was being vulnerable for Alice. This did service to the character because it showed the audience that Jack had more than one side; he had a soft spot for someone who didn’t love him. Jack lost someone he cares deeply for and he will do anything to get her back. He went on this journey, taking some of his part away to help her come back to him. This scene has high stakes, he did all of this for her and she doesn’t care about him in anyway; of course, this would crush him, it could seem like a