2. SCRIPT
8 Characters in the play
-What each character says,
and
what they do.
-New act starts, scene change
The script is the base of a play.
A bus arrives at a restaurant and due to bad weather cannot
continue
for a couple of hours. During this time, the passengers and
restaurant
owner and worker and sheriff go through differences but at the
end they
leave happy.
3. CAST
The cast
involves:
Grace: Jennifer Aniston
Elma: Emma Watson
Sheriff Will: Bradley
Cooper
Cherie: Marilyn Monroe
Dr. Lyman:
Bo: Leonardo DiCaprio
Virgil: Robert Downey
Carl: Charlie Sheen
4. SPINE OF BUS STOP
Takes place in a small town in
Kansas about thirty minutes
from Kansas City. It is either
early March or late February
in the 1950s and there is a
snow storm. Each character
faces conflict with feelings or
actions.
6. STYLE
the play is presented in a way where the
audience would feel as if it was just an
everyday thing getting stuck
somewhere.
7. DIRECTORIAL CONTENT
-the time period:
1950s, take the
audience back to that
time.
is just a stop on their journey in life.
-Relationships and
finding happiness.