Monday, December 12, 2016

December 12, 2016 - December 16, 2016 Weekly Agenda

Monday, December 12th:
Sam
Final Presentations of  Self-Written Monologues that Need to Be Performed:
Bree-anna
Gus
Modi
Daniel
Akili
Carter – on Thursday, along with your scene

Bree-Anna: Only presentation of her self-written monologue.
Young mom who was a heroin addict has been clean for a year and is about to regain custody of her daughter tomorrow.  She is speaking to her therapist and confesses that she placed herself in jeopardy by going to a junkie friend’s apartment,  which triggered her desire to do drugs again. Has script.

Sam: Final presentation.
Changed significantly since first presentation – much shorter and lacking in detail about coming to this country and having a daughter.  Thirty-nine year old waitress is being fired by young guy who has taken over the restaurant she works at and wants to make it young and hip.  Will turn in her script tomorrow.

Modi: Final presentation
Last day of school but not ready to give final scene with Gus.
Seventeen year old who is pregnant from being raped by her stepfather confronts her bullies at school.

Daniel:
Final Presentation
Twenty-four year old brother confronts his slacker eighteen year old brother about his grades and asking him to buy alcohol for him – this after they lost their father to a drunk driver.
Will give me script tomorrow. 

Akili: 
On Thursday, with his finals scene, "The Conference", with Cheyenne.  Has script for his self-written monologue but not typed. 

Final scenes are this Thursday

Wednesday, December 14th: 
Rubric for Your Class Reflection:
Must be typed
Should be two pages
You may submit it in class tomorrow, Thursday, December 15th, or e-mail it to jkatbridge2004@gmail.com no later than 10 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14th.
This two page, five hundred word paper should be a reflection on your work in this class over the past four months. It should be double-spaced and 12 font.

Please list in detail what you did in this class, including your work on the Halloween shows; Peter and the Starcatcher; your self-written monologue – the initial presentation, the first performance, and the final performance; and your final scene.
Please reflect on what you learned from your work in this class and on the shows. What were your successes? What were your failures? What did you learn about yourself in this class?

The following people will perform their scenes and monologues for the final on Thursday: 

 Jess, Carter, Beverly –
Montserrat and Elizabeth – The Children’s Hour
Jessyka – “Dear Dad”
Michelle and Jackie – “Fast Girls”
Akili and Cheyenne – “Conference”
Akili - his final self-written monologue
Avery – Butterflies Are Free”
Emily and Samantha – Julia
Aisha and Daniel – Breakfast
Bree-Anna and Annie – Something Happened Here”


Annie K. presented her final of her self-written monologue today.

Thursday, December 15th:  
Finals: 
Presentations of final scenes!  

Carter: Self-Written Monologue
The first hour after her beloved brother's death in a violent car crash. She is a distraught sister in the ER who must tell her parents that their son has died. 

Akili: Self-Written Monologue
Speaking to his dead lover after a long valiant fight with AIDs.

Avery: Monologue; Butterflies are Free

Jackie and Michelle: Scene; Fast Girls 

Jessyka: Monologue;"Dear Dad" 

Elizabeth and Montserrat: Scene; The Children's Hour

 Jess, Carter, Beverly: Scene; Family Affair

Samantha and Emily: Scene; Julia 

Akili and Cheyenne: Scene; "The Conference" 

Daniel and Aisha:  Scene; "Breakfast" 

Annie and Bree-Anna: Scene; Something Happened Here

 








Monday, December 05, 2016

December 5, 2016 - December 9, 2016 Play Production

Monday, December 5th:
Your research paper is due today
Clean out the dressing room today
Return all props to the prop room
Separate the costumes:
Hang up the "clean" costumes
Take the dirty costumes to the cleaners





Tuesday, December 6th:  
Monologue Presentations today:
Jessyka: injured her boyfriend when she pushed him for kissing another girl; now she is frantic after she realized what she has done.

Michele: "Chantal", thirty four years old. Husband is a construction worker and she is a daycare worker. He has come home late again - 1 a.m. - drunk and abusive. She has had enough.

Jess: Online dater. Ryan (played by Beverly) is her sixteenth date. She plays a litany of things she has done to make her online presence more interesting - avid skier (though she's only skated and broken her leg doing that), gourmet cook but can only do popcorn and cereal, etc., and a litany of disastrous
online dates. But when Ryan expresses interest in her, she tells him she is looking for someone a little younger and more her type.

Wednesday, December 7th: 


Students who have finished their research papers and/or their final presentations of their monologues must find a scene and a partner for their final acting scene.
Students must present the titles of their final scenes and the names of their scene partners today: 

"Breakfast" - Daniel and Aisha
"Fast Girls" - Jackie and Michelle 
The Children's Hour -  Elizabeth and Montserrat 
"The Lawsuit" - Akili and Cheyenne 
 Beverly, Jess, and Carter - Christopher Durang
"Julia" - Samantha and Emily

Thursday, December 8th: 

Students break into groups to work on scenes and/or monologues
Melissa Navarro here - worked with Elizabeth and Montserrat on The Children's Hour for their finals.

Friday, December 9th: 

 
Students pair up with scene partners and rehearse their scenes.
Eric Bumaty gave brief presentation to students regarding film project.