Pavilion

            
             In April 2003 I saw the play The Pavilion, directed by Natalie Gaupp, at the Circle Theatre in Ft. The play is successful because in the trials and events of the main character's lives, they represent the values accepted by our American culture. Peter and Kari, old high school sweethearts, see each other again for the first time at their twenty-year high school reunion. Before the play started there is a video that plays on several screens that is the supposed high school year book of the main characters which helps to bring the audience into the mood of the play. Peter left Kari after getting her pregnant during their senior year and knows abandoning her was wrong. He still loves her and wants to make amends although Kari wants nothing to do with Peter because of how he hurt her. Throughout the entire play it is apparent that these two represent the archetypes of Father Creator and Great Mother. .
             Father Creator is represented in Peter several times throughout the play. Peters" association with the sun is proven while he and Kari are at the shore. He picks her up so she can lean back to wet her hair, and she sees the sun cast sparkles on the water. At this time, a disco ball made sparkles go around the room. She feels the warmth come over her, a spot light is put over her, and knows that Peter is "the one." The two then go to her house, make love, and Kari becomes pregnant. This also leads into the second way that Peter represents Father Creator. By getting Kari pregnant he made a new life, he is the begetter. The Father Creator is also known for ruling the sky, Peter shows this in the second act of the play. Kari tells Peter that for them to be together again, the whole universe would have to start over. Peter tells Kari that they can be together because he knows how to make it happen. He states that all he has to do is raise his hands to the sky and say he wants a new universe.