October 26, 2015 - October 30, 2015 Weekly Schedule

Monday, October 26th:

Warm-ups:

Palm Tree

Morf

Pass the Clap

The Most Pivotal Moment:

Worked with Whitney (Akilli as helper: drug addict brother) on “Who Cares”

Had students do the object/objective exercise – actor passes an object which embodies the objective to the other actor.

Then rehearse scenes

“DMV Tyrant” will  perform on Wednesday, then perform on Thursday Theatre.

All scenes will begin performing on Tuesday, November 3^rd.

Started working with “Jumpers” but bell rang.

Work with “Jumpers” with Franklin and Tanny tomorrow.

Tuesday, October 27th: 

Moved out of 502 today.
Theatre games!
Work on your scenes today.

Wednesday, October 28th: 

Karla informed me that Xochitl, her scene partner in “Thelma and Louise”,  checked out of school this week.  Assigned Pamela as Karla’s new partner. Told Pamela to hurry up on THE WOOLGATHERERS” with Justin Pivarell.


Review of Scenes:

ANGELS in AMERICA

Elizabeth  - A

Intelligent, good voice! Engaged in conversation!

Akili – A

Akili – really good eyes! He seems to really be thinking and feeling!  

“Jumpers”

Franklin – A- 

Good moments. Need work on beats; subtext; off Book

Tanny – C

Doesn’t know lines, still holding script! Funny, though. Good exit – she scooted across the ledge.

Thursday, October 29th:

Passed out Dramatic Analysis Sheet

Collected

Brief improv with Franklin and Chynna demonstrating objectives and how objectives can change in the middle of a scene. 

Students who have presented must run scene twice full out; then work on “Most Pivotal Moment”

Saw “Teach Me How to Cry”

Sarena

Karla

Friday, October 30th: 

Theatre Games
Work on scenes 

October 19, 2015 - October 23, 2015 Weekly Schedule

Monday, October 19th: 

Warm-ups:
Pass the Clap
Morf
Palm Tree
Assigned:
The Most Pivotal Moment
Worked with:
DMV Tyrant - Jazzmyn Clark, Luiza Hovhannisyan
Reassigned Mariam Bernabe a monologue - "First Date"
Find a new monologue for Tania Douroux

Tuesday, October 20th: 

The students pair up and work on their characters' most pivotal moment.

Wednesday, October 21st: 

Work on “The Most Pivotal Moment”

Presentations:

Franklin – “The Jumper”

Helpers – Chynna

Helpers – Miriam

Miriam – “The Jumpers”

Helpers – Franklin

Helpers – Chynna

5th Period stayed for lecture by writers from 2nd City

Thursday, October 22nd: 

Warm-ups:

Physical Warm-ups led by Akili and Whitney

Little Sally Walker

Free-for-All Dancing

Objectives: The students run their scene three times for memorization and blocking.

Then work on “The Most Pivotal Moment”.

Worked with:

“The Hereafter” – Pamela and Ariana

Friday, October 23rd: 

Did acting exercise:

Choosing a small object, the actors say their lines – preferably short lines – to each other, handing the object to the other actor as they are saying their lines.  The object represents the thoughts, the objectives, the emotions the actor is attempting to convey.

Worked with the following actors on the exercise:

Jazzmyn and Luiza

Franklin and Tanny

Rehearsed with A COUPLE of WHITE CHICKS

Emily

Elizabeth

Blocked half of it; will finish on Monday.

October 12, 2015 - October 16, 2015 Weekly Schedule

 Monday, October 12th: 

Warm-ups:

Palm Trees

Pass the Clap

Sandy Meisner Objective Exercise

Pair up and work on scenes

If you haven’t done “Three Deep”, please do so asap

Worked with:

“Teach Me How to Cry”

Karla and Sarena

Tuesday, October 13th: 

Warm-ups:

Kids are in a circle

I give an actor an emotion or an objective

One actor tosses a soft object to another actor as s/he says a line from his scene with the emotion given

Worked with TEACH ME HOW to CRY

With Karla and Sarena

Did improv of scene preceding their scene

Worked with subtext and objectives

Wednesday, October 14th: 

No class today.

Thursday, October 15th: 

Actors pair up and work on their scenes today.

Friday, October 16th: 

  

 Rehearse with scene partners

Sense Memory Exercise:

The Beach

 

October 5, 2015 - October 9, 2015 Weekly Schedule

Monday, October 5th: 

Warm-ups: 

Roll call!

Sandy Meisner techniques - objective observations 

"You have brown hair."

"You seem happy"

Discussion

Akilli and Whitney

Chynna and Tanny

Worked with Justin and Ivette on The Wool Gatherer

Assigned everyone to run scene twice with blocking

And then do "Three Deep"

Turn in "Three Deep"

Tuesday, October 6th: 

“Sing off!”

Worked with WOOL GATHERER

Justin and Ivette

Wednesday, October 7th: 

Akilli led the physical warm-ups

Work with: 

Wool Gatherers

Justin and Ivette

Read through of "The Medium"

Mariam

Tania

Thursday, October 8th: 

“The Mirror Exercise”

Worked with “DMV Tyrant”

Jazzmyn and Luiza

Friday, October 9th: 

Guided meditation

Work with “The Medium”

Miriam and Tania