April 24, 2017 - April 28, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, April 24th:
Clean up dressing area, the backstage, put away the props and the costumes.
Discuss the rest of the semester.

Tuesday, April 25th: 

5^th and 6^th Period:

Reflection on Your Performance

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences and email your typed reflection to me at jkatbridge2004@gmail.com

1.     How did you approach your role? Give at least three specific steps that you took in creating your role.

2.     How did you approach the rehearsal process?

3.     Describe a typical rehearsal.

4.     Did everyone work to his or her potential during the rehearsal?  If the actors didn’t, then what could have been done to get everyone working more productively?

5.     What was the biggest issue that you faced during the rehearsal process?

6.     What was the most pleasant aspect to the rehearsal process?

7.     Which performance did you think was better? Why?

8.     What could you have done to make your performances better?

9.     Which performance did you think was not as successful? Why?

10. What could have been done to make the performances better?

11. What was the best aspect of the production? 

Those people who did not perform their scenes on April 20th and 21st will perform their scenes on the following date: 

May 11th: 

5th Period Durang Scenes: 

"Wanda's Visit"

6^th Period Durang Scenes:

"Beyond Therapy" – Dale and Carter

"Nina in the Morning" – Elizabeth, Montserrat, Celeste, Bree-Anna

 Everyone must find a scene and a scene partner, or a monologue from a published play of a significant magnitude, to begin work on their final presentation.

Wednesday, April 26th:  
I was absent today. 
Students were to find scenes and/or rehearse scenes 

Thursday, April 27th: 
Guest speaker: Victoria Curtis 

Friday, April 28th: 
Dance Field Trip 
Remaining students are to find scenes and rehearse scenes 

Final Scenes: 
Nina Variations by Stephen Dietz
Dale and Jessalie

This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan 
Anton and Samantha 

The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman 
Montserrat and Elizabeth 

Excused List for April 20th and April 21st

Dear Colleague: 

Please excuse the following people form fourth, fifth, and six period today and tomorrow, Thursday, April 20th, and Friday, April 21st. We need rehearsal time to prepare for the performances at four o’clock and seven o’clock tonight and Friday night.

We would also like to extend a heart felt invitation to you to see our small production, which is in the auditorium at four o’clock and seven o’clock tonight and tomorrow. 

Thank you, 

Kate Bridges 

Revised Durang Production Schedule

Revised Durang Schedule 

5th Period: 

“Bed Time”

Irene Short 

One Minute Play 

Ariel and Lindsay 

DMV Tyrant

 Royer and Arianna 

The Actor’s Nightmare

Anton, Luiza, Shania, Abbey, Cooper, Ty 

6th Period: 

Mrs. Sorken 

Miriam Bernabe

1-900-Desperate

Beverly, Chris, Chynna, Dale, Michelle, Anton 

Phyllis and Xenobia 

Tais and Annie 

Canker Sores and Other Distractions 

Norman, Samantha, Emily

Intermission

Two Women at the Playground 

Hope and Abbey 

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls 

Jess, Chris, Akili, Millenia 

April 17, 2017 - April 21, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, April 17th:

In-class Rehearsal:
Canker Sores and Other Distractions
Emily, Norman, Samantha
Run-through

3:30 - 6:00
Two Women at the Playground
Hope and Abbey
Blocked

1-900-Desperate
Dale, Anton, Beverly, Chynna
Missing: Christopher and Michele

Phyllis and Xenobia
Tais and Annie
Blocked and run-through

Actor's Nightmare
Anton, Abbey, Luiza, and Shania
Missing: Cooper and Ty

 Tuesday, April 18th:  

Worked with Mrs. Sorken

Miriam Bernabe

Cut and edited the monologue

3:30 - 6:00

DMV Tyrant
Royer and Ariana

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls
Jess, Chris, Akili, Millenia

Wednesday, April 19th:  
Work on Actor's Nightmare
Women at the Playground -
Hope and Abbey - 5th Period
Hope and Jessyka - 6th Period  

Thursday, April 20th: 
4th Period - 6th Period: 
In auditorium rehearsing scenes 
 Performances: 
4:00 - 5:00 

5:00 - 7:00 Rehearse Crew and Tech for 5th Period Performances

7:00 - 8:00 Crew and Tech Performances for 5th Period Performances



Friday, April 21st: 
4th Period - 6th Period: 
In auditorium rehearsing scenes 
 

4:00 - 5:15

Crew and Tech  for 5th Period Performances 

 

5:15 - 7:00 Rehearsal

 

Performances: 

7:00 - 8:15

 

April 17, 2017 - April 21, 2017 Rehearsal and Performance Schedule for Christopher Durang Explains It All for You

Monday, April 17th: 

6th Period: 

Rehearse all scenes 

3:30 - 6:00

Rehearsal 

Tuesday, April 18th: 

Shortened Day!

6th Period:

Rehearse all scenes 

3:30 - 6:00

Rehearsal 

Wednesday, April 19th: 

6th Period: 

Rehearse all scenes 

3:30 - 6:00

Rehearsal 

Thursday, April 20th: 

5th - 6th Period: 

Rehease all scenes 

Thursday, April 20th Performance: 

4:00 - 6:00

Mrs. Sorkin 

Miriam Bernabe

1-900-Desperate

Dale Bockelman, Anton Burman, Christopher Flores, Michelle Lopez, Beverly Phillips, Chynna Tumalad 

Nina in the Morning 

Elizabeth DiMuro, Bree-Anna Martinez, Celeste Plata, Montserrat Robles 

Beyond Therapy

Dale Bockelman, Carter Demus

Intermission 

DMV Tyrant 

Christopher Flores, Chynna Tumalad 

Canker Sores and Other Distractions 

Emily Ayala, Norman Thatch, Samantha Zaragoza 

Two Women in a Playground 

Hope Cardona, Jessyka Moreno 

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls 

Millenia Cadet-Wells, Christopher Flores, Jessalie Gallegos, Akili Nkosi 

Friday, April 21st: 
5th and 6th Period: 
Rehearse all scenes 

Friday, April 21st Performance: 

7:00 - 9:00

Mrs. Sorkin 

Miriam Bernabe

1-900-Desperate

Dale Bockelman, Anton Burman, Christopher Flores, Michelle Lopez, Beverly Phillips, Chynna Tumalad 

Nina in the Morning 

Elizabeth DiMuro, Bree-Anna Martinez, Celeste Plata, Montserrat Robles 

Beyond Therapy

Dale Bockelman, Carter Demus

Intermission 

DMV Tyrant 

Christopher Flores, Chynna Tumalad 

Canker Sores and Other Distractions 

Emily Ayala, Norman Thatch, Samantha Zaragoza 

Two Women in a Playground 

Hope Cardona, Jessyka Moreno 

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls 

Millenia Cadet-Wells, Christopher Flores, Jessalie Gallegos, Akili Nkosi

April 3, 2017 - April 7, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, April 3rd:
Worked on Nina in the Morning
Elizabeth, Montserrat, Bree-Anna, Celeste

Tuesday, April 4th:  
Worked on 1-900-Desperate
Beverly, Chynna, Dale, Christopher, Anton, Michele - blocked

Worked on Nina in the Morning
Elizabeth, Montserrat, Bree-Anna, Celeste - blocking

Wednesday, April 5th: 
Worked on Nina in the Morning - blocking
Elizabeth, Montserrat, Bree-Anna, Celeste

Thursday, April 6th: 
Worked on Nina in the Morning 
Elizabeth, Montserrat, Celeste, and Bree-Anna 
Finished blocking

 Read-through of Canker Sores and Other Distractions 
 Samantha, Norman, and Emily   

Friday, April 7th:
Worked with Canker Sores and Other Distractions
Samantha, Norman, and Emily   

March 27, 2017 - March 31, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, March 27th: 
 

Visit by Constance Pang from “Young Arts” and “Spotlight”

Worked on For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls

Jessalie and Christopher

Tuesday, March 28th:  
Worked with For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls
Jessalie, Chris, Millenia, Akili
Blocked up to page 18 -
Ginny, "I didn't get too much of that...." 

Hope and Jessyka - Women in a Playground

Wednesday, March 29th: 

Finished blocking “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls”

Jessalie, Christopher, Millenia, Akili

Stage Managers: Modi and Gus

Thursday, March 30th: 
Beginning working on Nina in the Morning 
Elizabeth, Montserrat, Celeste, Bree-Anna

Friday, March 31st: 
No school today in observance of Cesar Chavez' birthday! 

  

Play Production Durang Show

6^th Period Durang Scenes

Tech Only:

Jackie, Daniel, Leilani

1-900-Desperate

Beverly, Christopher, Anton, Michelle, Chynna, Dale

DMV Tyrant

Chynna, Christopher

Nina in the Morning
Montserrat, Elizabeth, Celeste, Bree-Anna

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls

Jess – Amanda

Chris – Lawrence

Akili – Tom
 Millenia - Gina

Beyond Therapy

Carter

Dale

Mrs. Sorkin

Miriam

Canker Sores and Other Distractions

Samantha, Norman, Emily

Not Cast Yet

Tais, Hope, Modi, Annie, Jessyka, 

March 20, 2017 - March 24, 2017

Monday, March 20th: 

Students create new acting games.

Chynna and Akili: Taxi/Dance

Three students in a dance class, lead by a dance teacher. Teacher leads the dance which expresses an emotion.  The dance teacher finds a reason to leave the class and a student steps forward and becomes the dance teacher, leading the class in a different dance expressing a different emotion.

Carter: People lie on the floor, feet touching, hands touching. The teacher calls out an emotion and people make a sound and a movement expressing that emotion.

Me: Students say a line from a play they are working on and the students react to the line with a sound and a movement. 

Read: Beyond Therapy, Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2

Carter: Prudence

Bruce: Hope

Stuart: Akili

Tuesday, March 21st: 
Tech only: Jackie, Daniel, Leilani 
 Read:  1-900-Desperate
Beverly, Christopher, Anton, Michelle, Chynna, Dale 

DMV Tyrant 
Bree-anna

Wednesday, March 22nd:
Chynna and Dale led class in theatre games: "Prom Couples"

The following students want to do tech only:

Jackie, Daniel, Leilani

1-900-Desperate

Beverly, Christopher, Anton, Michelle, Chynna, Dale

DMV Tyrant
Chynna and Chris

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls

Jess – Amanda

Chris – Lawrence

Tom – Akili

Gina – Millenia

Beyond Therapy

Carter

Dale

Mrs. Sorkin

Miriam

Canker Sores and Other Distractions

Samantha, Norman, Emily

Diversions - 10

Women on a Playground - 2

Phyllis and Xenobia -2

Thursday, March 23rd: 
Passed out scripts for For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls for them to do initial read-through
Passed out scripts for 1-900-Desperate for them to do initial read-through

Had Samantha, Norman, and Emily take a picture of Canker Sores and Other Distractions 
Had Miriam take a picture of Mrs. Sorkin 

Not cast:
Tais Borges Do Carmo, Hope Cardona,, Annie K., Bree-Anna, Jessyka Moreno, Celeste Plata,

Tech people:
Leilani, Daniel, Jacqueline, Modi, Gus

Friday, March 24th:  

Copy out your scenes by hand! Copying the scene by hand helps actors memorize the scene! And if you happen to lose your script, then you have a back-up handy.

Everyone stands in a circle and says with the appropriate emotion a line from her/his script that captures the character.  If you do not have a script yet, say a line that expresses how you are feeling at the moment.

Emotional Cocktail with a twist - the actors are playing their characters with their objectives and issues.

Emotional Cocktail participants: Chynna, Miriam,  Dale, Chris, Millenia

Assigned Nina in the Morning to Montserrat and Elizabeth.

Worked with Miriam on Mrs Sorkin

Modi – assistant director, taking notes and blocking.

Meisner Acting Exercise

Meisner Acting Exercise:

Returning alumnus: Amber Florin!

Lead an acting exercise: 

Meisner

Actors partner up

Actor A and B

Close eyes and visualize the other person as someone you care about.

Person A says  "Yes!" Person B says "No!" 

Continue going back and forth.

Then switch - Person A says, "No!" and Person B says "Yes!" 

Continue going back and forth.

Then change to "Screw You!" Both A and B say, "Screw You" and go back and forth.

Then switch to "Why?" Both A and B ask, "Why?" and go back and forth.

Then stop, breathe in the other person's essence and say, "I am sorry". 

 Both A and B say, "I'm sorry" and switch, going back and forth. 

Then stop and look deep into the other person's eyes: this is the person you are fighting for. 

March 13, 2017 - March 17, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls 

Monday, March 13th: 
Guest Speaker - Eleanor Owens

Tuesday, March 14th: 
Guest Artist: 
Returning alumnus: Amber Florin!
Lead an acting exercise: 
Meisner
Actors partner up
Actor A and B
Close eyes and visualize the other person as someone you care about.
Person A says  "Yes!" Person B says "No!" 
Continue going back and forth.
Then switch - Person A says, "No!" and Person B says "Yes!" 
Continue going back and forth.
Then change to "Screw You!" Both A and B say, "Screw You" and go back and forth.
Then switch to "Why?" Both A and B ask, "Why?" and go back and forth.
Then stop, breathe in the other person's essence and say, "I am sorry". 
 Both A and B say, "I'm sorry" and switch, going back and forth. 
Then stop and look deep into the other person's eyes: this is the person you are fighting for. 

Begin reading: 
 For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls


Wednesday, March 15th: 

Warm-up:

            Walk about, whisper what you are feeling, scream what you are feeling,

            Scream without words, scream and attach a movement to it expressing what

            you are feeling.

            Finish reading For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls

            Christopher – Lawrence

            Dale – Tom

            Jess – Amanda

            Elizabeth/Millenia - Betty

Thursday, March 16th: 
Warm-up:

Freeze-Tag with Object

Read The Actor’s Nightmare - did not finish.

Dale, Elizabeth, Tais, Millenia, Akili, Miriam

Friday, March 17th: 
PAM Meeting

March 6, 2017 - March 10, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Play Production

Monday, March 6th:

Watched A Streetcar Named Desire

Discussion: death versus life - Thanatos versus Eros

Life = sex, passion, art

Belle Reve means beautiful dream 

Belle Reve was shattered and destroyed by death

Blanche Dubois tried to escape death and find life through desire 

The streetcar which took Blanche  to Stella's apartment in the French Quarter in New Orleans  was called "Desire." 

Stanley giving Blanche a check for bus fare back to Auriol, Mississippi, was a death warrant - only death and humiliation awaited her there.

The doctor checking Blanche's eyes by lifting her eye lids was a hint that she might be subjected to a pre-frontal lobotomy, which was the same fate as Rose, Tennessee William's sister, suffered. Tennessee wrote The Glass Menagerie, which was about his unhappy life with his mother and his fragile sister, Rose, whose character's name was Laura.

Tuesday, March 7th: 
Shortened day
Read Desire, Desire, Desire, Christopher Durang's parody of A Streetcar Named Desire

Wednesday, March 8th: 
Finished reading  Desire, Desire, Desire
Discussion  
Began watching The Glass Menagerie 
 
Thursday, March 9th: 

Watch The Glass  Menagerie; stopped at 1:38

 Friday, March 10th: 
Watch The Glass Menagerie
Discussion of the play 

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,