Farewell Jessie

As dramaturge, I agree with the director about the major dramatic question. The director believes the major dramatic question is "Will Jesse kill herself?" I agree because after we hear the shot, the play is over. It is argued that if that is the major dramatic question why isn't the play like this:

The lights come up. Jesse goes into a back room while Mama putters around. We hear a shot. Mama jumps, startled. She asks, "What was that?" End of play.

Honestly, who wants to watch (or in our case read a play) that only contains that much in the script? It is short, direct, and does not have anything to build on. A play in that matter will leave the audience with more questions than answers. The audience would not know for sure that Jessie shot herself, she could have been shooting at something else. In this script the audience can ask "Will Jesse kill herself" in the beginning of the play after Jessie says she is going to kill herself. Throughout the play, the question is being pondered on, "Will Jessie do it?" "Can mama prevent Jessie from killing herself?" All these questions which generally have the same answer/conclusion gets answered and then after that the play ends. I thought of rather the major dramatic question should be, "Why does Jessie want to kill herself?" But that question seems to get answered several times throughout the play without it closing. The audience learns so much from the dialogue between Jessie and Mama. They see what drove Jessie to the point of no return and it builds the story for the ending. The script answers and supports the major dramatic question, which is there to help the script unravel.