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The Pavilion In April 2003 I saw the play The Pavilion, directed by Natalie Gaupp, at the Circle Theatre in Ft. Worth. 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 Fat