1. What surprised you the most in the production of The Bells? How did it compare to your expectations?

2. Theresa Rebeck employs a ghost in The Bells. Do you consider this a powerful convention? What other plays or film use this device successfully? How would this play change without the use of the ghost?

3. Do you feel that there is one central character in The Bells? If so, who? Is there one character you relate to and whose choices you understand? Are there characters you did not relate to or whose choices you questioned? Putting yourself inside one of the character’s positions, what would you have done differently?

4. Consider each character in The Bells. What are their specific desires at the beginning of the play? Do they achieve these desires by the end of the play? What tactics do they use to obtain these goals?