Music

Throughout the play, music functions as an expression of the connection between the black characters - Kaneisha, Phillip, and Gary - and their OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Part of their intention with participating in the therapy prescribed for them by Teá and Patricia is to help them redefine their relationship with music, and therefore with their OCD.

The MacGregor Plantation

The building and settings in which the play's three acts take place are each part of the MacGregor Plantation, which functions as a visual representation of the socio-cultural-historical context within which the action of the play takes place. That context is defined by slavery, the source of the power and influence of this and many other similar plantations in the American South.

The Virginia Breeze

When the so-called "Virginia Breeze" (49, et al) blows through several scenes in the play, it represents a connection between the emotional...