When approaching this project, I hoped to choose an important theme from the original text that I could choose to amplify in the adaptation. Initially, I was unable to identify a theme I felt was both particularly impactful to the text and important to me as a reader. However, after further thinking, I started to notice and understand the theme of power that I ultimately chose to emphasize in this adaptation. I explain that in much more detail in the Director’s Pitch and Essay sections, so I won’t go beyond that explanation here. My process was fairly straightforward. First, I decided on the theme I wanted to emphasize (subversion of traditional power dynamics). From there, I made decisions on what changes I would make to the plot and setting of the play in order to emphasize this theme and modernize the story. Then, I further explored the context of the theme in the original text in order to explain my thoughts in the essay. From there, I began to focus on the characters. I began with the descriptions, motivations, and dispositions. This was relatively straightforward, as I simply had to combine my knowledge from the original text with my intentions for the adaptation. However, I encountered substantial difficulties when deciding actors for each character. My knowledge of actors is fairly limited, making finding actors that suited the roles to be extremely difficult. That’s why I ended up settling on historical figures and “Unnamed European Peasant[s]” for some of the actors. After these portions were complete, I completed a peer review of the essay portion with Dylan and Victor, bringing the project to the point where it currently is.