Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28, 2015 - October 2, 2015 Weekly Schedule

Monday, September 28, 2015 

Went over the revised cast list and the week's rehearsal schedule for ARGONAUTIKA

In-Class Scenes and Cast:  


Whitney Akujobi –"Who Cares?"
Elizabeth Alvarez - A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking 
Emily Ayala - A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking 
Miriam Bernabe –The Medium
Jazzmyn Clark – The DMV Tyrant 
Ariana Cavarrubias - The Hereafter
Elizabeth DiMuro – Angels in America (pages 89 – 96)
Tania Douroux – The Medium
Karla Gonzalez – Teach Me How to Cry
Luiza Hovhannisyan - The DMV Tyrant 
Pamela Lara – The Hereafter
Akili Nkosi – Angels in America (pages 89 – 96)
Xochitl Perez - Thelma and Louise
Justin Pivaral – The Woolgatherers
Ivette Priego The Woolgatherers
Katia Ramos – Thelma and Louise
Augusto Rodriguez – Hercules 
Chynna Tumalad – Medea
Sarena Williams – Teach Me How to Cry

Tuesday, September 29th: 

Passed out the scenes today. 

Read as many times as you can. 
Then discuss the scene with your scene partner. 
Discuss the following questions: 
Where are you physically? 
Who are you - age, occupation, marital status? 
What is your relationship with other character? 
How do you feel about the other person? 
What do you want or need from the other character?

Wednesday, September 30th: 


Passed out more scripts
Pair up
Read through of scenes
Discussion:
Where are you?
Who are you?
What is your relationship with the other character?
What do you want from the other character?

Thursday, October 1st: 


Discussion with Akilli and Elizabeth on political, historical and personal back story of ANGELS in AMERICA.
Worked with “Teach Me How to Cry”
Sarena, Karla

Friday, October 2nd: 


Warm-ups:
1, 2, 3, and 4;
Pair up with scene partners
Run twice
Discussion of scene
Do “Three-Deep”
Turn in for grade

 

 


 


Monday, September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015 - September 25, 2015 Weekly Agenda


 Monday, September 21st:


Warm-ups!
“Palm-trees”, “Morph!”
Break into groups of three and create a two – three minute scene of the “Entrance Exercise” – an event that happened off-stage and the emotional baggage is carried on stage.

Entrance Game:
Mom upset that daughter has brought her girlfriend home
Tanny – girlfriend
Elizabeth A. – Mom
Emily - daughter

Tuesday, September 22nd: 

Warm-ups:
Carnival
Entrance Exercises:

Gus – indifferent to friend’s suicide attempt
Karla – suicide attempt
Justin – indifferent to friend’s suicide attempt
Katia – concerned friend

Akili – Law of the Street
Pamela – defending box of rocks from a thief
Serena – protesting their treatment of a boy they hurt to get drugs back

Elizabeth – Senile granny convinced granddaughter is pregnant
Arianna – granddaughter
Louisa – trying to convince Granny she is not pregnant, but that she just wrecked the family car.

Whitney – murder suspect
Chynna – cop - clever plot twist!
Miriam – widow bride accused of murdering her husband
Franklin – cop

Jazzmyn – upset that she got busted for cheating
Xochitl – friend who doesn’t care
Tania – friend who doesn’t care

Wednesday, September 23rd: 

No school today!

 

Thursday, September 24th: 

Warm-ups! "Sing-Off!" Everyone participated!
The exit game: 
Chynna - the pregnant lady, Akili - the nervous dad, Arianna - the hospital admissions officer
Franklin - Simon, judge of "American Idol" Jazzmyn - bad singer, Elizabeth - bad singer

Friday, September 25th: 

Warm-ups!
Roll Call
The World's Worst Competition
 Acting Exercise:
Character Walks:
Lead with head; lead with chest; lead with pelvis, lead with feet
Express your self: Strike a pose expressing how you are feeling!
Strike a pose expressing the opposite of what you are feeling! 
Pass the Clap
Rain Forest 

 


Thursday, September 17, 2015

September 15, 2015 - September 18, 2015

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Theatre games:
Genesis
Emotional cocktail
Fairy Tale

Wednesday, September 16, 2015


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Auditions for ARGONAUTIKA:
Whitney -  Hera
Miriam – Alcimede
Jazzmyn – Aphrodite
Elizabeth – Asterion
Franklin – Asterion
Karla – Athena
Pamela – Hera
Katia – Aphrodite
Gus – Hercules
Chynna – Medea
Sarena – Hera 


Thursday, September 17, 2015

--> Emotional Soccer: (Courtesy of Whitney)
Emotional Zip-Zap-Zum (Courtesy of Akili)
Sing Off!
Tableaux:
Break into teams of two
Teams are given ten seconds to create a tableaux based on a suggestion from an audience member.
Example: Guy catches girl cheating on him, or girl getting caught coming home past curfew.

Friday, September 18, 2015 

 

Theatre Exercises:

Guided Meditation
Walking through Space
Everyone worked


Tuesday, September 08, 2015

September 8, 2015 - September 11, 2015 Weekly Agenda




Tuesday, September 8th:

Assignment:
One Minute Commercial:
Divide into groups of four:
You must have the following:
A Product
An animal of some sort
A Group Dance
A Group Song
A Jingle or a Phrase
Group Movement 

Groups: 
Ariana, Pamela, Sarena, Jazzmyn, Xochitl - lobby
Chynna, Augusto, Katia, Elizabeth A., Tania - onstage
Elizabeth D., Emily, Franklin, Justin, Luiza - lobby
Miriam, Tanny, Karla, Akili - 502

After School:
Call-Back List: 

Miriam Bernabe
Anton Burman
Dale Bockleman
Abbey Cuevas
Shakhina Devron
Elizabeth DiMuro
Cheyenne Dioh
Jess Gallegos
Timerica Griffin
Cooper Larnach
Roger Perez
Valorie Reyes
Chynna Tumalad



Wednesday, September 9th

Assignment:
One Minute Commercial:
Divide into groups of four:
You must have the following:
A Product
An animal of some sort
A Group Dance
A Group Song
A Jingle or a Phrase
Group Movement 

Groups: 
Ariana, Pamela, Sarena, Jazzmyn, Xochitl - lobby
Chynna, Augusto, Katia, Elizabeth A., Tania - onstage
Elizabeth D., Emily, Franklin, Justin, Luiza - lobby
Miriam, Tanny, Karla, Akili - 502

Performers:
Miriam,  Karla, Akili, Whitney - A
"Monkey - Ade": a toy companion monkey
Akili - good dancing skills, excellent tableaux!

Performers: 
 Augusto, Chynna, Elizabth, Katia, Tania


After School Auditions for Argonautika: 


Page Numbers for Auditions for ARGONAUTICA Today:



Hera and Jason: pages 4 – 9



Cepheus, Asterion, King Pelias: pages 9 – 15


King Pelias and Jason: pages 15 – 19

Idmon, Meleager, Castor, Pollux, Tiphys, Hercules: pages 24 – 28

Hylas, Atalanta, Hercules, Jason: pages 30 - 32

Aphrodite, Eros: pages 95 – 97

Jason, Aeetes: pages 98 - 99

Tiphys, Jason, Idmon, Dymas, Uncle: pages 104 – 106

Athena, Hera, Medea: pages 107 – 112

Jason, Medea: pages 113 – 117

Medea: page 129

Athena, Hera: pages 141 – 145

People who auditioned today:
Miriam Bernabe, Elizabeth DiMuro, Akili Nkosa, Chynna Tumalad,


 Thursday, September 10th:


Rehearse their commercials

Performances: 
"Oxyclean" 
Elizabeth
Justin
Louisa
Emily 
Franklin 

"My Vann's"
Pamela 
Xochitl
Sarena
Jazzmyn  

Tomorrow: 
Begin auditions for ARGONAUTIKA 

Friday, September 11th: 

Students interested in being in show: 
Whitney
Emily Ayala
Elizabeth DiMuro +
Jazzmyn
Xochitl
Karla 
Pamela
Akili +
Gus 
Katia
Chynna +
Sarena