George's Final Response to "Feel the Bend"

AFFIRMATIONS
It was great to hear/see so many of the in-class discussions come to fruition. You both clearly investigated questions in the previous classes that you genuinely cared about and incorporated them into the latest draft.

Great new Carol/Anna scenes - did not miss the office at all.

I LOVE the Betty drowning section, particularly the "it wasn't your fault" chorus.

"Unexpected oasis" rules.

Liked the motion™ of the jump into bed with John after only one pick-up scene.

Continue to love the "married someone else before Marie got back" line

Great work, you two - "Feel the Closure."

QUESTIONS
John's dialogue in their first "in-bed" scene sounded like they'd been involved for some time. Is that true?
What leads Betty to swim her final swim?

OPINIONS
1st scene of 2nd act - "Anna, I don't want to lose you" ends the scene. I'm curious to hear how that scene would continue. How would Anna respond?

Betty's poetic interludes are great, but have the effect of making her seem deeper and more interesting than Anna. In general, Betty has become a great, complicated character (yay!)- the only danger with that is that to me she's become more interesting than Anna and feels like the main character of the play.

I wonder if there's some way to combine all three characters' reactions to Anna cutting her hair into one scene? (Anna in the middle, having a simultaneous conversation with all three?)

Here's a biggie - take it or leave it as you please. The play increasingly seems about relationships (the new opening and closing push it even farther this way) and as a result, I am less interested in the hair and black widow aspects of the script. The hair used to be the hook of the play to me, but now it feels like an unecesary appendage. Which is a credit to all the work you've done on the relationship material. Again, take or leave.

Again, great work to you both.