Monday, January 16, 2017

January 16, 2017 - January 20, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, January 16th: 
No school
Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday!

Tuesday, January 17th: 
Warm-ups
Theatre games
Go over assignments
Break into crews and begin research
Went over assignments
Went over the format of the assembly 
Break into committees and begin research
Please write down the information you have found: 
Music - include the website, song title, and artist's name
Videos - include the website, the source for the website, and artist's name
News Stories - the source
Make sure the music and video are not R-rated
Make sure you check the credibility of the information 
Check out the information with other credible news sources: 
New York Times, Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Manchester Guardian, Factcheck.org, Politico.org
Make sure you turn it into me with your name on it so you can get credit! 
Please e-mail the research to me you have done at the end of the period:

Assignments for the Black History Assembly

Dale Bockelman - Actor/Writer
Millenia Cadet - Assistant Director/Stage-Manage
Hope Cardona - Director/Stage-Manage
Carter Demus - Writer/Researcher/Director
Elizabeth DiMuro - Writer/Props
Christopher Flores - Writer/Actor
Modi George - Costumes/ Musical Research
Michelle Lopez - Set Crew/Lights
Jacqueline Martinez – Lighting/Props
Jessyka Morena - Props/Writing
Beverly Phillips – Act/Presenter
Montserrat Robles – Props/Research/Writer
Norman Thatch - Singer/Actor 
Gus Torres - Costumes/Musical Research
Chynna Tumalad - Director/Supervisor

Wednesday, January 18th:  

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Tableau

Michael Brown

Eric Garner

Trayvon Martin

Sandra Bland
Valorie – get in touch with leadership about spreading the information and learning “The Black National Anthem”
Nona – Put the lyrics to the Black National Anthem on the screen so that everyone can sing
Abbey and Shania – have Beyonce’s backdrop of the names of all the people who have died
Flo/Anton – Don’t use the same well-known people like Trayvon Martin but unknown people who have lost their lives
Shania – Cultural Appropriation
Appropriation of hair styles
Racism of High Couture
Luiza – have people wear cornrows, etc.
Grace – personal anecdote
Roger – racism in film
Grace – black model’s skin is lightened
Shania and Abbey
Melding “23 Ways to Die While Being Black in America” with “Black Lives Matter Tableaux” 
– Sandra Bland
 Grace Lyde – speaker telling the story of Sanda Bland 

Thursday, January 19th:
Group discussion about cultural appropriation
Researchers: Dale, Carter, Elizabeth, Chris, Montserrat, Jessyka, Beverly, Norman
Musical Researchers: Modi, Gus
Costumers and props must also do research

Friday, January 20th:

Assignment:
Continue research on news stories having to do with either: Cultural Appropriation or Black Lives Matter.
Black Lives Matter: the lesser known stories
Send to me at the end of the period:
One news story corroborated from two credible news sources.
Plus:
A summary of the news story in your own words
Plus:
An idea on how to stage it.



 




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