September 25, 2017 - September 29, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, September 25th:
Freeze-tag
Finish up "The Entrance Exercise"
Ivonne: Self-involved baby sitter forgets baby at Mcdonalds
Helper: Katherine
Brana: Rude customer goes to manicurist
Yaslynn: manicurist
Elizabeth: stood up by guy for football game
Helper: Yaslynn

Tuesday, September 26th:
Field trip

Wednesday, September 27th:

Theatre Games:

Warm-ups: Ninja

Theatre Exercises:

Bus Stop: Yaslynn, Alice – objectives

Entrance Exercises:

Francisco: Wants to retake a test

Helper: Ariana – strict teacher won’t allow him

Sophia: Stressed out teen who has given up; doesn’t see point in taking a test in order to graduate.

Helper: Yaslynn – burned out teacher who has a glimmer of compassion for her.

Katherine: homeless woman who jacked someone for money but only got 25 cents.

Helper: Chandler, a clueless cop who lets her go.

Finish tomorrow:

Amy: Calling parents about getting accepted into college

Helpers: Yaslyn and Elizabeth are parents who think she’s lying and is actually pregnant.

Thursday, September 28th:

Speed Date!

Sophia, Brana, Grace, Yubendi, Ty, Chandler, Jessica, Vlad, Jacqueline, Alice, Angel, Vlad, Grace, Brana, Grace, Pedro, Chandler, Joan, Vlad, Alice, Ty, Yaslynn, Jacqueline,

Final Entrance Exercise:

Amy: student just found out she was accepted into college but parents think she is calling to tell them she is pregnant.

Helpers: Yaslynn – dad, Elizabeth – mom

Parents don’t understand daughter at all and jump to the wrong conclusion.

Friday, September 29th:

Watched videos:

Commedia dell’ Arte – Tim Robbins and the Actors’ Gang

The World of Commedia dell’ Arte – the National Theatre

Discussion of the stock characters and history of Commedia dell’ Arte

On Monday, watch the following videos: “Make “em Laugh”, “Commedia dell’ Arte: Language”, and “Commedia dell’ Arte: Emotion”