ALEXANDRA SOCHA as Wendla 8/25 Mat.- Page 4

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:34am

Hm, I've been misinformed then. Thanks for the info. :)

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 10:37am

Are you sure you weren't viewing it from further in the audience and couldn't see anything and thought something could've been exposed? Because I'm pretty sure I heard Krysta didn't do the nudity.

[desiree armfeldt]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 11:01am

Well, whether or not it was a dress malfunction.....socha, rodriguez, and michele all had to sign a releases that proved that they were at least 17 by a certain date. If not the nudity and stimulating sex, then what for??

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:09pm

"Are you sure you weren't viewing it from further in the audience and couldn't see anything and thought something could've been exposed? Because I'm pretty sure I heard Krysta didn't do the nudity."

That's probably it. I was in the back of the orch so maybe it just looked like she did. But one of my friends who saw her on a later date said that she did do the nudity.

And I think they sign the contract for stimulating sex and not nudity.

[Shplink]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:17pm

hee hee hee..."stimulating" sex

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:39pm

What I was thinking, Shplink.
You sure you don't mean "simulating"?

~Steven

[carnimiriel]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:42pm

I saw Krysta go on as Wendla when I sat on stage. I don't think it was her first performance as Wendla though. Anyway, I was sitting in the second row on stage left and her breasts were definitely exposed in the hayloft scene.

[Action2]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:46pm

My question is that hasn't Lea been working on this piece for a number of years (I think I heard since she was 13!). If so, did the sexual overtones/situations ever come up before?

My roommate saw one of the first preveiews of SA and swears that Lea did not expose her breasts at that time...so wonder if she turned 17 after the run started...and they added it in.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:46pm

Of course I meant simulating.

And thats interesting, carnimiriel. When did you see Krysta go on?

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:58pm

When was this preview, Action? Earlier on? I saw it Off-Broadway and there definitely were breasts.

~Steven

[Midoria]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:17pm

"My question is that hasn't Lea been working on this piece for a number of years (I think I heard since she was 13!). If so, did the sexual overtones/situations ever come up before?

My roommate saw one of the first preveiews of SA and swears that Lea did not expose her breasts at that time...so wonder if she turned 17 after the run started...and they added it in."

I was wondering that myself. When the cast was on Rosie, Lea herself said she's been working on this show since she was 13.

I would hope they added it in later. I don't mind light nudity on stage, but it's just nasty when the girl is middle school aged.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:35pm

The interview of Lea that was posted on this site a while back (it was a video interview) talked about the nudity. She said it was just put in a while back, and they never really talked about it. I don't think she mentioned a particular time in the process of workshopping the show.

[carnimiriel]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 4:29pm

And thats interesting, carnimiriel. When did you see Krysta go on?

Hmm... I would need to check my tickets to be 100% sure, but I believe it was Apr 9.

My question is that hasn't Lea been working on this piece for a number of years (I think I heard since she was 13!). If so, did the sexual overtones/situations ever come up before?

Sater & Sheik did a discussion and Q&A via video conference at the Guthrie in Minneapolis earlier this year and addressed this issue. I have a friend who volunteers there and apparently one of them talked about how they didn't introduce the nudity into the show until after Lea turned 17. Or at least Wendla's nudity.


Updated On: 8/27/07 at 04:29 PM

[dressingroom4]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 5:02pm

i think you just thought u saw krysta's breasts. she is the only actress who did not do the nudity. it's true, trust me. alexandra is wonderful in the role of wendla and the fact that she looks so young is fantastic. it is truer to the original concept of the wedekind text and makes the play more powerful in my opinion.

[carnimiriel]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 5:16pm

I see. Well I suppose I should trust you then since you've informed me, in your inimitable non-capitalized style, that what I saw is not what I saw. Interesting.

Anyway, I've no personal investment in Krysta's bared breasts or lack thereof, so that's that.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 5:18pm

She says no about a hundred times before finally giving in. It's rape. Period.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 5:31pm

^ Amen!

Maybe it needs to look "scary" for the teenagers to get that it's a serious subject and not a cute little love story.

Updated On: 8/27/07 at 05:31 PM

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 7:37pm

"hee hee hee..."stimulating" sex"

O HAY 3RD GRADE.

[Midoria]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 7:45pm

I thought it was supposed to be vague to start with. It's certainly rape in the original play. But in the current version, the fact that she puts his hand on her chest and kind of cradles it makes it confusing.

Unfortunately, I've been in a similar situation, and trust me - I wasn't putting his hands anywhere on me. I was fighting like hell to get them OFF!!

(I succeeded too! Yay Me!)

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:01pm

Mayer said that he wanted to make the sex between Melchior and Wendla 100% consentual. I mean in a way she does consent (if you can even call it that) but it's still rape. It's the one of the main problems I have with the show. I hate that they've made it seem like Melchior and Wendla were in love and that's why they had sex, I think it ruins the message a little bit. Oh well, that's for another thread I guess.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:05pm

^ I personally saw it as one of those "I'll consent so I don't feel so bad" kind of things. Where it's not really an "I want to" but more of a "He's gonna do it anyway..." If that makes any sense.

[jg4892]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:05pm

I don't think he made it seem like they were in love. They're barely together other than that scene, the beating scene, and word of your body. the only time they kiss (a romantic sign) is in the hayloft scene, and that's because of lust, not love.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:08pm

I agree, jordangirl. That's what I loved so much about Alexandra's Wendla. She CLEARLY showed that she didn't WANT to give in, but that she was forced to. With Lea's Wendla I don't get that impression at all. So maybe it's the fault of Lea and not the writing but...

[gustof777]

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:41pm

I think it's more though than just her "wanting it". While I agree that she gives in at the end I don't think it's necessarily because "wants it" as much as she's confused and overcome by her own lust which to me is very vaid and interesting. It's her moment of discovery and loosing control to desire which I think Michele captures beautifuly. I don't think that it should ALWAYS be played that she doesn't want it 100%. I don't think that there is anything wrong with playing it that way but I think it's just as valid to perform it with her wanting it but being scared and timid and curious which illicits screams of "No". She's shown in earlier scenes that (whether she knows it or not) that she has a sexual appetite and I always read that that's why she seeks him out that night in the hayloft. To me Lea plays the scene perfectly and infuses these quiet but very firm sexual drives in Wendla that come through strong and clear in the hay loft scene and it's stunning to watch. That being said, I loved what I saw Socha do and it was terrifying and scary and more on the rape side of things and I loved her Wendla. To very different choices on how to a play a scene. Both as valid, in my opnion.

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:28am

She stars today! Break a leg Socha!!!! =]