Sunday, April 15, 2018

April 16, 2018 - April 20, 2018 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, April 16th:
Theatre Games:
"Who Gets Voted Off the Island?"
"Rock Star!" 
Three Deep Writing Exercise
Students continue rehearsing scenes
Scene Check
Agnes of God" - Elizabeth and Jasmine 

Tuesday, April 17th:
Pass out pictures of people
Students choose a picture and write down first impressions of this person

Spread out photos of various people – different genders, ethnicities, different ages – students select one photo and analyze the person in the photo. Write down what you see. What kind of person is this? Where is she/he from? What does this person do to make money? What does this person do for fun? Does s/he have a partner? Where does this person live?


Wednesday, April 18th:
Students write a backstory of this character - share
Carter -
Back Story: Syrian-American girl who is offended when people try to pity her. Third-generation American; born here as were her parents. Grandparent immigrated in the 50's. She was born and raised in Washington State.

Vlad -
Back Story: Indian born nurse named Danash. Due to language issues, has not been able to rise above his job as a lab tech dealing with urine samples. Hate his co-workers but holds his bitterest vitriol for his boss, Patricia. The only person who loves  him is his Yorkshire dog. 

Students continue rehearsing scenes

Scene checks
"The Body"
Yaslynn and Angel
knew lines, energetic, clear on objectives, were listening, in the moment, alive to the sensory reality of their scene.

Thursday, April 19th:
Students continue sharing backstory of their character
Katherine - Young Latina Artist
Yaslynn - "Bobbi Lorraine Smith"; 22 years-old; doesn't like stereotypes; opinionated; doesn't tolerate dissenting opinions; intolerant of other views; close minded; female gamer; works at McDonald's. 
Students begin writing a monologue based on the character
Students continue rehearsing scenes
Scene checks
Worked with "Seinfeld"
Ty, Yubendi, Pedro 

Friday, April 20th:
Students continue rehearsing scenesScene checks:
Flicks 
No Exit 

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