WEEK 4, Day 21: HOW TO END IT

Think whether you are man or woman at the end.

What is the message of the piece?

You have layered and woven many ideas of HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN into one another. Your piece of theatre is operating on various different levels of reality. You have understood what is going on by making lists: of characters, intentions, scenes, concerns, joys and woes. (Tuck the last few personal lists in your pocket, they are for your eyes only). Surrounded by your lists, shoes, cigarettes etc., and stretching out after busting out some Jane Fonda moves, wonder: how should the piece end? Unfortunately you have realised that when the story by Lorrie Moore ends you have to keep working. As a very clever story- teller you have created a level of reality of you as a shop assistant making the story, being part of the story, you have become the author of your own fate. What happens as Charlene's reality fades? Are you the shop assistant in fact Charlene? Are all of you in the ensemble Charlene? Who even is Charlene and the various men in her life, is she and all the characters you have incarnated in a montage of all of the story-tellers experiences? Remember that you can't reveal all the answers on the internet - to find out how this piece ends, book tickets and find out: www.gatetheatre.co.uk or call the box office on 0207 229 0706 Mon-Fri 10am-6pm.