Trifles by Glaspell "I want to focus in the words and emotions in this production."

I actually really like this idea of a “blank, "abstract," and minimalistic setting and design idea for this show and I would love to see it done  like this as opposed to a production of it with historically accurate costumes and an elaborate set and props.  A production like this, I believe would carry a stronger message because it would minimalize distractions and really make the audience focus on the characters facial expressions, reactions and dialogue.  They audience would be able to home in on what they characters were actually saying and exactly how they felt or perceived about an object that they encountered rather than the audience actually being able to see said object and making them focus on the object rather than the actual reactions to the object.  The reactions to the items found throughout the play are what make the play so enticing, not exactly what the objects look like.  The text itself is very meticulous in the way it describes things.  The dialogue creates a very vivid imagery in which it doesn’t leave the audience guessing as to what exactly the women found when they were rummaging through the house.  The audience can paint a picture in their minds primarily on the comments the women made about the quilt or the box or the bird.  There was a lot of attention to detail and frankly I think that physically having these elaborate props would be more distracting from the story than if they were present.  Even though I would prefer a minimalistic production, it would lose quite a bit.  I think that the costumes especially, if they were only in black clothing rather than historically accurate attire would take something away.  Even though, it is obvious as to the time period and the life style is sort of evident in the dialogue, it would be helpful to have the costumes to reinforce the idea of where women stood in this time and how insignificant men regarded their opinions and banter to be. The costumes would be a consistent reminder of the time period and allow the audience to more easily connect the female characters to their position in life.  In addition, I do feel like seeing the bird all mangled in the box would be really daunting for the audience to see and make it that much more of a tense moment rather than depending on the audience to e very focused and hung on every word and relying on them to be creative and imaginative.  I think having such a minimalized production would indeed be risky , but I think it would add to the rawness  of the show and really get to the heart of how these women felt about not only themselves, but how men saw them and in the end their sympathy and sense understanding they had for Minnie Foster.