November 28, 2016 - December 2, 2016 Play Production Agenda

Monday, November 28th: 
Students will work on their research paper which will be due on Monday, December 5th
Students who are not doing their research paper will find a two character scene to do for their final.
Those who have not presented their final monologues will do so on Monday, December 5th.
The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher  will be working on their scenes, monologues or music.

Tuesday, November 29th:  

Students will work on their research paper which will be due on Monday, December 5th
Students who are not doing their research paper will find a two character scene to do for their final.
Those who have not presented their final monologues will do so on Monday, December 5th.
The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher  will be working on their scenes, monologues or music.


Wednesday, November 30th: 
Students will work on their research paper which will be due on Monday, December 5th
Students who are not doing their research paper will find a two character scene to do for their final.
Those who have not presented their final monologues will do so on Monday, December 5th.
The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher  will be working on their scenes, monologues or music.



Thursday, December 1st: 
Students will work on their research paper which will be due on Monday, December 5th
Students who are not doing their research paper will find a two character scene to do for their final.
Those who have not presented their final monologues will do so on Monday, December 5th.
The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher  will be working on their scenes, monologues or music.



Friday, December 2nd: 
Students will work on their research paper which will be due on Monday, December 5th
Students who are not doing their research paper will find a two character scene to do for their final.
Those who have not presented their final monologues will do so on Monday, December 5th.
The Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher  will be working on their scenes, monologues or music.

November 28, 2016 - December 2, 2016 Weekly Agenda for Peter and the Starcatcher

Monday, November 28th:
5th and 6th Period:
Rehearse scenes, monologues, and music
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-ups
Kill or Be Killed
Work on Melee scene in Act One 
Run-through

Tuesday, November 29th:
5th and 6th Period:
Rehearse scenes, monologues, and music
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-ups
Run-through

Wednesday, November 30th:
5th and 6th Period:
Rehearse scenes, monologues, and music
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-ups
Run-through

Thursday, December 1st:
2nd Period - 6th Period
Work on various scenes, monologues, and music
3:30 - 4:30
Work on various scenes, monologues, and music
4:30 - 5:00
Get food
5:00 - 7:00
Warm-ups
Make-up and costumes
7:00
Curtain
9:30
Hang up costumes, put away props, clean up dressing room
Dismissal

Friday, December 2nd:
5th and 6th Period
Work on various scenes, monologues, and music
3:30 - 4:30
Wok on various scenes, monologues, and music
4:30 - 5:00
Get food
5:00 - 7:00
Warm-ups, make-up and costumes
7:00
Curtain
9:30
Hang up costumes, put away props, and clean up dressing room
Dismissal

Saturday, December 3rd:
5:00 Call
Warm-ups
Make-up and costumes
7:00
Curtain
9:30
Hang up costumes, put away props, and clean up dressing room

Sunday, December 4th:
12:00 Call
Warm-ups
Make-up and costumes
2:00
Curtain
4:30
Hang up costumes, put away props, and clean up dressing room

November 14, 2016 - November 18, 2016 Weekly Agenda for Peter and the Star Catcher

Monday, November 14th:
Auditorium
3:30 - 7:30
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2

Tuesday, November 15th:
Auditorium
4:20 - 6:30
Work on:
Act 1, Scene 10
Act 2, Scene 3
Music

Wednesday, November 16th:
Auditorium
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-up:
Act 1, Scene 10
Act 2, Scene 3
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2
Work on scenes as needed

Thursday, November 17th:
Auditorium
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-up:
Act 1, Scene 10
Act 2, Scene 3
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2
Work on scenes as needed

Friday, November 18th:
Auditorium
3:30 - 7:30
Warm-up:
Act 1, Scene 10
Act 2, Scene 3 
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2
Work on scenes as needed

Saturday, November 19th:
Auditorium
9:00 - 12:00
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2

November 14, 2016 - November 18, 2016 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, November 14th:
Research Papers:
Emily, Aisha, Gus, Jackie

Character Presentations

Asked questions about who the characters are; where are they, who are they talking to, what do they want, what is central conflict? 

Initial Presentations: 

Modi: "Ava Montgomery", fifteen year old girl who is seven months pregnant; raped by her step-father; ridiculed by other students and called names - like "slut". "Ava" finally snaps during class and rages at her tormentors. 

Beverly: "Erin", thirty-one years old, desperately wants children, but is has been  told that she is sterile. She is in the doctor's office.

Miriam: "Ali Marie", married, has two children, her father was involved with the drug cartels. He abandoned her when she was thirteen because she wasn't a boy.  She was taken in and raised by a kindly family who owned her favorite ice cream place. Years later, she is now the kingpin of the cartel and she has set up a surprise visit with her dad to reveal that she did what he thought only a son could do - take over and run the drug cartel.

Tuesday, November 15th:  

Peter and the Star Catcher actors are working on lines.

Students who are working on research papers in the library

Students who are working on monologues are writing and working on monologues today.

Passed out: rubric, requirements, and list of approved research topics passed out today.

Wednesday, November 16th: 

Peter and the Star Catcher actors are working on lines.

Students who are working on research papers in the library

Students who are working on monologues are writing and working on monologues today.

 Continued presentations of initial work on monologues: 
 

Presentations:

Chynna: Mother-in-Law from hell telling her son’s fiancée that she is not good enough for her son and she will never marry into the family.

Gus: “Geo”, a hitman in a confessional confessing his sins to the priest before killing the priest for his abuse of children.

Michelle: “Chantal”, a married thirty-four year old woman living in San Francisco with her husband who has come home late again, drunk and abusive.

Thursday, November 17th: 

Flo: will do research on his topic for the research paper

Students were doing research in the library

Or

 Students were with the music teacher learning the music for the show

Or

Students were working on, polishing, rehearsing their monologues.

Final Presentations:

Elizabeth: 19 year old college student determined to keep baby and give it the home that she never had with her mother.  (Not memorized)

Montserrat: Angry at her fifteen year old daughter for getting pregnant. 

Friday, November  18th: 

Theatre Research Paper for Play Production

Theatre Research Paper for Play Production and Intermediate Acting Class 

The research paper must be about theatre and the topic must be pre-approved by the teacher.

The research paper must be:

Eight pages in length

12 font

Double spaced 

Pictures may be used but there must be eight pages of text

Citations: 

The work must be cited 

Please go to the library website and use the “Research Help” section to learn how to cite your work 

The paper must have five sources: 

Three sources must be from books (which may be online)

Two from reputable websites 

You may also use documentaries 

You must have five bibliography listings on your bibliography page

Requirements and Due Dates: 

You must have twenty four notecards for your research paper 

(If you don’t know how to do that, consult the “Research Help” section on the Hollywood High Library website) 

You must have an outline for the research paper 

You must have a bibliography page listing your five sources 

The due date for your research paper will be Tuesday, December 6, 2016 

Research Paper for Theatre: Topics for Research Paper

The research paper must be on the subject of theatre. Some possible topics can be one of the following, but not limited to the list below. The student may choose a topic that is not on the list as long as it is approved by the teacher. Here is the list of possible theatre research topics: 

Primitive Theatre

Early Theatre 

Theories 

Rituals 

Greek Drama: 

Greek Dramatists

Aeschylus

Aristophanes

Euripedes 

Socrates 

Athenian Play Festival

Dionsysus - god of Greek Theatre

Greek Acting 

Greek Staging

Greek Costuming 

Roman Theatre

Roman Playwrights 

Staging 

Elizabethan Drama: 

Dramatists:

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Staging  

Restoration Theatre

Playwrights

Plays

Staging 

Costumes

Masques 

American Theatre 

Stella Adler 

Sanford Meisner

Lee Strasberg

African American Drama: 

August Wilson 

Group Theatre 

Harold Clurman 

Cheryl Crawford 

Clifford Odets

British Theatre

Method of Training Actors 

Russian Theatre

Anton Chekhov

Constantin Stanislavski

Moscow Art Theatre 

Kabuki Theatre

Noh Theatre 

Vsevolod Meyerhold 

Max Reinhardt

Experimental Theatre 

Scene Design and Stage Lighting 

Costumes

Theatrical Make-up

November 7, 2016 - November 10, 2016 Weekly Schedule for Play Production

Monday, November 7th: 
Theatre Warm-ups:
Initial Presentations of Characters:
Emily
Elizabeth
Aisha
Michelle
Avery
Jacqueline
Montserrat
Samantha

Tuesday, November 8th: 
Theatre Warm-ups:
Continuing Presentations of Characters:

Vocal Warm-ups from “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Theatre Games: 20 Second Characters 

Star Catcher Actors work on lines

Others: work on writing monologues

Others who have presented their initial monologues, get on feet and rehearse

Presenting Initial 1^st Drafts of Monologues:

 Presenters:

Jessyka

Samantha

Wednesday, November 9th: 
Theatre Warm-ups:
Continuing Presentations of Characters:
Blowing off steam in the class.

Thursday, November 10th: 
Theatre Warm-ups:
Final Presentations of Characters

Dale gave impassioned speech/poem about Trump.

Class anti-Trump political walkout.

November 7, 2016 - November 10, 2106 Weekly Rehearsal Schedule

Monday, November 7th:
Auditorium
3:30 - 6:30
Run-through of Act 1
6:30 - 7:30
Work on scenes with Molly, Peter, Ted, and Prentiss
Act 1, Scene 4, Scene 7,
Molly and Peter
Act 1, Scene 9

Tuesday, November 8th: 
Auditorium
3:30 - 6:30 Run-through of Act 2
6:30 - 7:30
Work on scenes with Molly, Peter, Ted, and Prentiss
Act 2, Scene 1, Scene 3, Scene 4

Wednesday, November 9th: 
Auditorium
3:30 - 6:30 Run-through of Act 1
6:30 - 7:30
Work on scenes with Molly, Peter, Ted, and Prentiss
Act 2, Scene 6, Scene 9

Thursday, November 10th: 
Auditorium
3:30 - 7:30
Run-through of Act 1 and Act 2

October 31, 2016 - November 5, 2015 Weekly Rehearsal for Peter and the Starcatcher

Monday, October 31st:
Not here

Tuesday, November 1st:
4:20 - 6:00
Lobby
Review Act 2, Scenes 1, 2, 3, 4
Block Act 2, Scenes 5, 6, and 7

Wednesday, November  2nd:
4:20 - 6:30
Lobby
Review Act 2, Scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
Block Act 2, Scenes 8, 9, and 10

Thursday, November 3rd:
3:30 - 7:30
503
Finish blocking Scene 10
Review Act 2, Scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10

Friday, November 4th:
No rehearsal
Dance Show

Saturday, November 5th:
503
9:00 - 2:00
Full run-through of Act 1 and Act 2

October 31, 2016 - November 4, 2016 Weekly Agenda

 Monday, October 31st: 

Not here. 

The students' self-reflective essay will be due tomorrow. 

Tuesday, November 1st: 

Your self-reflective essay is due today! 

 Assignment:

Create – a – Character

You have five minutes to create a character

You must create a character who is completely different from you in age, occupation

You have five minutes to create this character.

You must create a location

You must create a situation

You must create a conflict. 

Coming Down the Pike!

Assignment:

For those of you who are not interested in acting, you will be writing two eight page research papers on theatre.

The first research paper will be due on November 18^th.

The second research paper will be due on December 9^th.

The process must include the following:

Note cards

Bibliography cards

An outline

A first draft

A final draft

Bibliography page 

Wednesday, November 2nd: 
Work on creating scenes and characters
Initial Presentations: 
Chynna
Avery

Thursday, November 3rd: 
Quiet writing hour 

Friday, November 4th: 
Initial Presentations of Characters
Carter - excellent!