Workshop Schedule
Hope your Thanksgiving has been wonderful! I've slept in and enjoyed visiting friends and family. :)
Remember to work on your King Lear review ...
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All MND cast: The table reading of the script is this coming Tuesday from 3-5pm. Bring a change of clothes (to be comfy) and all your pent-up excitement -- this is the kickoff!
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Scenes
Consultations
I desperately want to watch each of your scenes sometime on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. I'm available during lunch, recess, & after school.
I'll post a sign-up sheet in my classroom -- sign up on Monday for a time slot. And it would help a lot if some of you could meet w/ me after school ... I can have you on your way home by 3:10.
I'll give you suggestions for blocking, characterization, costumes, props -- whatever I notice. And I'll answer any questions you have.
Workshops = "Dress Rehearsal"
I will take drama class this week to watch each of your scenes & offer critique (and a small grade on your progress). I'd like this to be as close to a dress rehearsal as possible -- with the understanding that there will still be loose ends (costumes in progress, maybe a prop missing...)
You will perform your scene for me and the other group in the room at the time. You will give your classmates feedback (and receive it from them)l.
The other groups scheduled for that day need to rehearse when they aren't meeting with me. My current plan is to give you a study hall on the day you aren't doing a workshop -- with the request that you run your scene once or twice first.
The workshop schedule is as follows:
Thursday
1:00 (note early start time)
Hamlet & Ophelia -- Sam & Alicia
Perelandra -- Bethany & Mr. Ramey
1:30
Antigone Retold -- Taylor & Bettina
Turkish Delight -- Jessie & Ryan
Friday
1:10
Silver Chair -- Nate, Rebekah, Claire
Jill Meets Aslan -- Abigail & Sara
Scrooge & Marley -- Casey & Aaron
Stuff To Work On
1. Stay in character throughout the entire scene, from before you step onstage until the scene is finished.
In fact, try staying in character throughout the entire *rehearsal* ... it's a good exercise in how "you" react to events outside your scripted scene. Encourage your partner to do the same ... support one another's efforts. So will I.
2. Continue to act (react) when you aren't speaking. Don't distract the audience from what your partner is saying, but your face and body need to communicate a subtext that is a reaction to what is being said.
3. Try different blocking ideas for your scene.
Maybe switch sides with your partner ... try standing right behind him (her) and speaking from behind his (her) ear, both of you facing forward ... do SOMETHING different.
performance time draws near!
i am SO excited.
and kind of jealous... *whines* I don't get to do a scene!
OK, enough of that.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
posted by lorojoro @ 11/25/2005 11:15:00 PM
13 comments
13 Comments:
Pretty neat!!Im really excited I have the perfect costume for Jill.Thank you sooo much miz R for putting me and Sara on Friday.
,AMR
dude. you can have my scene if you want. i'm seriously starting to stress bout it. ack. i thought this break was sposed to get my mind off it. lol, i've just been thinking of it more i guess. but i'm still too lazy to work on it. i'm such a procrastinator. *sigh*
Um...no need to whine; I think you would make a great hamlet. As far as rehearsals go, must we go first? We've been focusing a lot on just learning the lines because the point can be hard to convey in shakespeare...the characterization has quite a ways to go.
Ooh...I just realized we need props. Anyone have any white blankets, ornate goblets, or royal looking cookie tins?
heh.
No, I don't want to be Prince Rilian or Hamlet ... for several reasons. For one, I don't look that good in all black. ;)
Like most things in life, few of us really get to work untill we're "under the gun." So ... welcome to pre-performance week. Most of you will rehearse like madmen to make up for lost time & motivation before T'giving.
And it'll all come out just fine... but I do recommend the whole "rehearse like a madman" thing if you don't yet feel confident with your scene.
Sam:
As for the workshops on Thurs & Fri, I'm afraid that "what I have written, I have written"--the schedule needs to stay the way it is (for various reasons that matter to me). But I will take into account your shorter preparation time.
Jessie:
Nope. But I'll ask around ... and hopefully some folks in the class have some stuff you need.
*sigh* back to work. I hope our scene goes well; I still need to do a lot of work on it.
uhhh costumes.....what on earth should taylor and I wear? Would it be good 2 match? I'm excited about the table reading!!! that'll be LOTS of fun!
Bettina,
there are some comments on a previous post (I can't remember which one, but you can find it pretty quickly) with suggestions for what you & taylor might wear for your scene.
It sounds like "rich prep school" is the look that will work. Don't wear the exact same thing, but shoot for the "preppy school uniform" look.
One example: Plaid skirt, white collared blouse, solid color cardigan sweater.
Search Google Images for "school uniform" and look at the photos.
Mrs R =)
OK.
got it.
hope everyone had a great break!
yeah i really need to get started on my costume thing...i wonder if anyone has a good tall hat i could use????
i find i am talking about what to do thinking that i will have time to do it later, and now that the time is drawing near i find i'll have to start doing stuff. =D
so....depending on how long the sences go will the ones going on friday roll into last period? if not thats fine I would like to make rhetoric a tad shorter. Going on Friday is absoulutley fine with me. I hope that we all do good in the performances. See you all soon.
i like the stay in caracter the whole rehersal idea I might do it longer
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