March 27, 2017 - March 31, 2017 Weekly Agenda for Acting Class

 Monday, March 27th:

Worked on Wanda’s Visit – Valorie, Jose, Grace

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


Tuesday, March 28th:  
Worked on Actor's Nightmare
Blocked up to page 362 - 
Henry, " Two nights together had these gentlemen...."   


Wednesday, March 29th: 
Finished blocking “The Actor’s Nightmare”

Anton, Shania, Abbey, Cooper, Ty, Luiza,

Assistant director: Nona

Everybody else rehearsing their scenes

Thursday, March 30th: 
Continue working on Wanda's Visit 
Valorie, Jose, Grace

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

 

Durang Cast for 5th Period

The Actor's Nightmare:
Anton, Shania, Ty, Abbey, Luiza

Wanda's Visit:
Valorie, Jose, Grace, Jack, Ty

 Beyond Therapy
Scene 2
Jack and Nush

Funeral Parlor:
Ty and Kaitlyn

The One Minute Play:
Ariel and Lindsay


Beyond Therapy
Scene 3
Germain, Ariana

DMV Tyrant:
Kalah
Ariana

March 20, 2017 - March 24, 2017 Agenda

Monday, March 20th:
 

Students create new acting games.

Grace created “Angel and Demon”

One to two actors mime a story as an “angel” narrates.   The story is very sweet and filled with very nice, good things.

When the story ends, the “demon” says, “On the other hand….” And then narrates the same story but with really bad evil things occurring.

 Monday, March 20th:
Read “Wanda’s visit” with:

Valorie: Wanda

Cooper: Jim

Grace: Marsha

Shania: Narrator

Tuesday, March 21st: 

Tech Only:
Angela - lights
Angela - lights
Jay-Nice - sound
Precious - sound 
Josh - stage crew
Nona - costumes
Polina - filming

Finished reading Wanda's Visit
Valorie, Grace, Cooper

Read:   
Funeral Parlor
Ty and Abbey  

Wednesday, March 22nd: 

Had Nush immediately work on props

Passed out scripts:

“The Actor’s Nightmare”

George Spelvin – Anton

Meg– Luiza

Sarah – Shania

Ellen Terry – Abbey

Henry Irving – Ty/Cooper

“Wanda’s Visit”

Wanda – Valorie

Marsha – Grace

Jim – Jose

Waiter – Cooper

Thug – Jack

Thug – Daylen

“Funeral Parlor”

Ty and Kaitlyn

“Beyond Therapy”

Jack and Nush

"One Minute Play"
Kalah, Ariana

Not cast yet:
 Germain



Thursday, March 23rd: 
 Relaxation
Walking Sense Memory
Passed out the following scripts:

 Beyond Therapy

Scene 2

Jack and Nush

Funeral Parlor:

Ty and Kaitlyn

The One-Minute Play:

Ariel and Lindsay

Beyond Therapy

Scene 3

Germain and Ariana

DMV Tyrant
Ariana and Khalah

Friday, Monday 24th:

Copy your script out by hand. This will help you memorize your lines and in case you lose the script, then you will have a handy back-up!
Acting Exercise: Find a line in the script that captures who your character is - her issues, her needs, her objectives, the driving force in her life. Then standing in a circle, say the line with the same emotional intensity as your character would. If you do not have a scene yet, then say a line that reflects how you are thinking or feeling right now.

Emotional Cocktail with a twist - you are playing your character with your character's objectives,  needs, and issues
Cooper, Luiza, Grace, Ty, Anton, Jack,

Worked with:
One Minute Play
Lindsay and Ariel

If you are doing tech but are not acting in the show, then you need to find a scene to rehearse while we are working on Durang. 

 
 

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 Acting Class

Monday, March 13th: 

Guest speaker - Eleanor Owens

Tuesday, March 14th: 
Watch The Glass Menagerie

Wednesday, March 15th: 

Finish watching the last fifteen minutes of The Glass Menagerie

Discussion of the film, Tennessee Williams, etc.

Acting Exercise:

Meisner – Yes/No

 
Thursday, March 16th: 

Warm-up:

Walk about

Pair up: Yes/No! MeisnerActing Exercise

Read The Actor’s Nightmare

Luiza, Shania, Anton, Abbey, Athon, Roger

Did not finish

Friday, March 17th: 
 Many students absent from class to prepare for dance and singing performances for 6th period assembly. 

Finished reading the script, The Actor’s Nightmare

Watched the youtube.com video of a college production of The Actor’s Nightmare

March 6, 2017 - March 10, 2017 Weekly Agenda

 Monday, March 6th:

Watched A Streetcar Named Desire

Discussion

Watched A Streetcar Named Desire

Discussion: death versus life - Thanatos versus Eros

Life = sex, passion, art
Thanatos = death
Eros = love/sex 
Life and art are in a state of tension between life and death/thanatos and eros. 

Belle Reve means beautiful dream 

Belle Reve was shattered and destroyed by death

Blanche Dubois tried to 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. 

Tuesday, March 7th: 

Watched The Glass Menagerie
Discussion 

Wednesday, March 8th: 
Watched The Glass Menagerie 

Thursday, March 9th: 

Theatre Games:

“Emotional Cocktail”

Watch The Glass Menagerie; stopped at 28:46

Friday, March 10th: 
Shortened day today.
Watch The Glass Menagerie - up to 1:02