February 27, 2017 - March 3, 2017 Agenda

 

 Monday, February 27th:

 Monday, February 27th:
Discussion of next production – A Deranged Evening of Christopher Durang, Part 2.

I will cast the roles; however, I will audition those actors whose work I do not know. Each class will be self-contained – the scenes will not overlap.

We will have after-school rehearsals the week of April 17^th – 21^st.

The shows will run Thursday – Friday, 3:30 – 5:30; and from 7:00 to 9:00.

5^th Period:

Thursday – Friday

3:30 – 4:30

7:00 – 8:00

6^th Period:

Thursday – Friday

4:40 – 5:40

8:15 – 9:15

Theatre Game:
Mosaic

Tuesday, February 28th:
Theatre Game:
Sculpture!
Discussion of Streetcar Named Desire 
Watched A Streetcar Named Desire up to scene where Stella leaves, leaving Blanche and Stanley alone.  

Wednesday, March 1st: 
Theatre Game:
Sculpture with Emotions!
Watch A Streetcar Named Desire  

Thursday, March 2nd: 
Watch A Streetcar Named Desire

Friday, March 3rd: 
Watch A Streetcar Named Desire - up to last scene     

The best moments from Obama's farewell address

February 20, 2017 - February 24, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, February 21st: 
Ms. Casalino rehearsed the students in "Lift Every Voice" 
Rehearse cultural appropriation

After school rehearsal:
Ran through show without lights and sound

Wednesday, February 22nd:  
Work on Cultural Appropriation:
Participants:
Elizabeth and Carter
Carter's Soliloquy
Du-Rag
Akili
Hair:
 India and Montserrat
Chynna and Dale
Chris and Millenia
Stage Notes: Millenia
Writers: Elizabeth and Hope

After school rehearsal: 
Run through of show without lights or sound

Thursday, February 23rd: 
1:30 - 5:50 Tech and run-through of "The Black History Assembly"

Friday, February 24th: 
10:15 - 2:00: Tech and Run-through of "The Black History Assembly" 
2:00 - 3:06: Performance of "The Black History Assembly"

The best moments from Obama's farewell address

Boone and Richard

LITTLE RICHARD - Tutti Frutti

2017 Black History Assembly

February 13, 2017 - February 17, 2017 Agenda

 

Monday, February 13th: 

Passed back corrected weekly work logs 

Passed out new weekly word logs  

Had Dale and Christopher work on the music appropriation scene - will present tomorrow

Reworked “Cultural Appropriation”

Have two students,  an African-America girl with cornrows, and a white girl with boxcurls, standing on either side of CS. The African-American girl says something to the effect, “Why is it that when white girls wear “boxcurls” which is the white name for cornrows, everyone says” – then a group of white girls swarm around the white girl and say, “Oh, how cute!” and “That is so cool!”

But when they see me with my cornrows, they say” – and then the white girls walk past and say to the black girl, “How ghetto!” or “That’s so ratched!”

Then we have someone step between the white girl and the black girl and explain what cultural appropriation is.

In the background we see two pictures: one of a black girl and the other of a white girl wearing the same hairstyle or dress of the black girl 

Writers and Directors: Carter, Elizabeth, Hope, Jessyka 

Participants: Norman, Montserrat, Miriam, Annie, Michelle, Celeste, Beverly, Leilani, Millenia

Tuesday, February 14th: 

Discussion about music

Dale and Chris working on the musical appropriation script

Elizabeth – directing

Millenia – assistant director

Cultural Appropriation

Participants: Akili, Norman, Anton, Annie, Montserrat, Emily, Michelle, Tais, Jessalie,  Beverly, Celeste,

Wednesday, February 15th:  

Cultural Appropriation:

Hair Styles

“The Becky Interview”

Director – Elizabeth, Carter,

Actors – Akili, Anton, Miriam, Montserrat, Jess, Tais, Annie,

Elizabeth, Carter

Singers: Jackie, Michelle, Norman,

 

February 6, 2017 - February 10, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, February 6th:

 

Shania and Grace shared their ideas about Sandra Bland and Christopher Kinsey

Showed the class the recording of the scene we did in 5^th period

Akili and Carter worked on “Twenty-Three Lives”

Jessyka and Hope worked on the poem for “Cultural Appropriation”

Paul Itkin came in to talk about the technical aspects of show – lighting, sound, video, photos, projections, etc.

Tuesday, February 7th: 

Discussion of what to put into the "Black Lives Matter” portion

Work on Cultural Appropriation

Chynna and Carter improv’d  a scene regarding black hair and white space

Chynna is the HR director delicately trying to tell Carter, the employee, that her hair is too “urban” for the office space

Elizabeth is offering valuable input on the above scene

Jessyka and Hope are both writing the scene and the following monologue about being bi-racial which will be performed by Carter

Wednesday, February 8th:  

 

Need to create something that conveys what “Becky” is.

Carter read Jessyka’s monologue regarding hair – “Becky hair”

"Imagine that everyday you wake up and have to deal with your “Becky” hair.

Or having to be in fear for your life with your “Becky” skin..."

Office scene:

Participants:

Hope – director; Jessyka – writer; Elizabeth – idea generator; Carter – actress/idea generator; writers: Dale and Chris

Office Scene segues into Carter’s soliloquy - see above

Improv: Dale as HR manager interviewing Carter about her hair not fitting into the culture of the office.

Dale: We've looked at your resume. You went to a good school.

 Elizabeth: Your hair is a little too unprofessional.  It doesn’t fit into our work place.

Carter: What do you mean?

Elizabeth: Well, the cornrows really don’t fit into the culture of our company.

Carter: Well, I can take them out.

Elizabeth: Really? What would your hair look like if you took out the cornrows – is it frizzy, or is it like Oprah?

Number of students went to see Ms. Casalino to learn the Black National Anthem

Finish writing the scene tonight. 

Everyone send me their music files and/or photo/video files and a list of where it should go.

Thursday, February 9th:
Heated discussion 

Friday, February 10th: 

Carter worked on Cultural Appropriation

Akili getting approval to shoot on campus