Warriors Don't Cry

The story Warriors Don’t Cry, which is based on Melba Pattillo Beal’s experience to write down as a story. The main character in the show called Melba, which is herself. She and other eight black men and women went back to their state of Arkansas to meet the local governor, Bill Clinton. At that time Melba is a narrator and an author, and her friends, the nine people are called Little Rock Nine, they were the first several African American students to be integrated into the school Central High School.
So this performance is like a flashback that author, Melba, would introduce the different characters first, and then go back to their childhood to tell the event. However, in Melba childhood, she experienced many unbelievable events in the new environment and faced the resistance from new school and governor. In the beginning of the story, she and eight students were asked to move school, however, when they went to the new school, she and her eight friends were prevented to go to Central High School by the governor Orval Faubus. In the new school, even though the law permit she can study in, but she experienced the bullying from many white students, which includes the new school students and faculty both did not accept Melba join into them. When she wanted to stay in the Central High School, she faced many angry white man who wanted to punch her and there was one girl even throw acid into her eyes. These things were unbelievable but really existed on Melba. During that time, the main theme in Melba life was to escape and avoid the attack from the white men, she had choice to go back to her state to study but she rejected.
The plot mainly talked about the racial discrimination between white and black people, this was a perpetual topic in American history, and also this topic would attract more audience because everyone wants to know the result of the story. Fid Melba finally resolve the problem and how did it work. During the whole play, audience would see how did Melba grow up under the crucial circumstance but still becomes strong. Also the audience will know how can she counter with the large power group, like the governor and the headmaster in new school to get a chance to stay there. She, as a black people, is representing the small power group. I think the director may want to use the different costume and the different tones in different lines to show their sides. However, a play is not like a movie which the audience could watch the whole story in different aspects, which change from one place to another place immediately. Audience should follow with the director's mind, but the question is how? Maybe the director may use lights as a hint for audience to follow. And also I want to see how can the actor on the stage to arrange, not only to explain clearly what happened during the fight, but also to let audience do not feel confused toward his play.