May 23, 2016 - May 27, 2016 Play Production Agenda

SPECIAL BLOCK SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:

Monday, May 23^rd:

BIC 
Working on developing a character, writing a monologues as this character.

Warm-ups:

Walking Meditations: conflict with another person, major issues: projections, ancient hurts, ancient traumas, frustrations, unresolved family conflict

Write

Share:
Melissa: dating a football player who was assaulted by the boyfriend
Anton: middle-aged man battling substance abuse


Wednesday, May 25^th:

BIC

Final for Play Production:

You are to create a character and write a two minute monologue as this character!!!!!

What you must have is a typed two minute monologue which you have written!

This two minute monologue, which you have written,  must be memorized!!!!!

You are to become this person.

You should dress like this character.

You should have the props your character would have.

You should do the business.

The monologue should have a point.

Your character should have an objective.

Your character should have subtext.

What change do you want to elicit either in yourself, the other character, or the situation?

You must discuss within the monologue the central conflict, issue, and/or question of your character’s life.

The monologues do not have to be dramatic. They can be funny!

In every comedy there is a kernel of tragedy, and in every tragedy there is a kernel of comedy. 

The eniors must present the rough draft of their monologue - one to two pages. The final draft will be presented next week in a final performance. The monologue must be memorized and full throttle! 

Writer’s Conferencen/Share-out:

Kamron: NFL, rough childhood. Surrounded by users who don’t respect him but are only using him for his fame and money.

Joseph: Bullied by kids at school; his best friend is his grandpa who would give him wise advice, but he died from a heart attack a few years ago, and Joseph has no one to help him. Family is having financial issues and his parents are getting into violent arguments. His father has left a few hours ago after another violent fight where Dad began breaking things and Joseph felt he had to protect his mother.  Things have calmed down now, and after the turmoil of the past few hours,  he and his mother are talking about his grandpa’s death and the bullying he is enduring at school.

Taraz: NFl player who was on top of his game until he started the hard partying life that sudden fame and lots of money can bring. Became addicted to the hard stuff – heroin, cocaine, etc. And  after losing his contract with the NFL, he’s been arrested for drugs. Now he’s sitting in his mom’s kitchen,  where she is facing eviction in a few weeks because her son no longer has money to give her, having the difficult conversation about why and where it went wrong – and asking her forgiveness for his betrayal.

Eddie: 27 years old named Mike West. Wealthy family. Mother died when he was a child. Father cold, distant workaholic who was - at best - indifferent to his son. Mike West started “New Balance” shoe company to gain his father’s love and to prove he is worthy of his father’s love.

Anton: 52 year old man, unemployed, alcoholic, addicted to cigarettes, awaiting eviction, performing a stand-up comedy routine at open mike night at a comedy club.

Write!

Friday, May 27th:  

 

-->BIC

6^th Period:

Quiet Writing Time

Presentations of Senior Rough Drafts of Character Monologues:

Kamron

Taraz

Eddie

Joseph

Jayhayra

Melissa