November 17, 2014 - November 21, 2014 Weekly Agenda

Monday, November 17th: 

Today  groups 1, 3 and 6 will perform their scenes for their guest artist: Adinette, Tessa and John

While groups 1, 3, and 6 are rehearsing for ten minutes, the rest of the class will be divided into new groups to work on sketches:

1.     Bus to New York : Jess, Alex, Ray, Rachel, Joshua, Henry, Carter, Ronald

2.     Elevator: George, Precious, Jessica, Jose, Sabrina, Jackie, Danya,

3.     Taxi: Zara, Chris, Lorena, Jaylan, Jennifer, Michelle, Jenea, Kyla, Diana, Yanira

4.     Genre: Noelia, Alejandra, Anne, Jasmin, Travione, Doug, Marlyn

 Bus Trip: The kids are each playing a different character waiting to get on a bus to New York. One kid can be a no-nonsense ticket taker; another can be an aspiring Broadway actress/actor (always a favorite!); a third can be a runaway or a bank robber running from the law or two kids running away together; and the final one can be an undercover cop posing as a homeless guy to arrest the bank robber or to bring the runaway(s) home. 

Elevator: There are a few people – all VERY STRONG PERSONALITY TYPES or with very specific and/or unusual issues - already in the elevator; other people, with equally strong personalities or issues get on until the elevator is full. Suddenly, the elevator stops and everyone is trapped!

Taxi: Another group or two can be assigned to do "Taxi": Four chairs are set up like a cab with three people in the car - the driver and two passengers.  A fourth person hails the taxi and gets in. The fourth person must make a very strong character choice - she or he can be a rapper, a hick from a small town or a farm, a southern red neck, a Valley chick, a hipster, a criminal running from the law - anything but it must be very strong with an accent or a particular way of talking, or a specific or unusual occupation, or a strange idiosyncrasy such as a twitch. The other people in the taxi take on the character type or idiosyncrasy of the fourth person. When the driver pulls over to pick up a new passenger, the driver, fed up with the craziness,  gets out, everyone slides over, the person sitting next to the driver becomes the new driver and the game starts all over again. I was thinking of assigning about eight people for this to keep the game going for a while. 

Restaurant: A busy restaurant with eccentric staff and customers.

Doug: Owner, waiter and cook. Only guy on the job today.

Anne: Stole sister’s boyfriend but sister doesn’t know it

Jasmin: sister whose boyfriend was stolen; it’s her birthday and she’s getting drunk

Noelia: pregnant mother of the two sisters, never liked the boyfriend

Tavione: boyfriend; asks Alejandra to same restaurant he was supposed to take Jazmine to, but he forgot.

Alejandra: the date of the two-timing boyfriend.

 Started the scene but didn’t finish.

For tomorrow: give scenes more time to work on them and then present on Tuesday.

Tuesday, November 18th: 

1.     Bus to New York : Jess, Alex, Ray, Rachel, Joshua, Henry, Carter, Ronald

2.     Elevator: George, Precious, Jessica, Jose, Sabrina, Jackie, Danya,

3.     Taxi: Zara, Chris, Lorena, Jaylan, Jennifer, Michelle, Jenea, Kyla, Diana, Yanira

4.     Restaurant: Noelia, Alejandra, Anne, Jasmin, Travione, Doug, Marlyn

Bus to New York: 503

Good: Jess, Rachel, Ronald

Problematic:

Ray: late, got into altercation with Jenea, wandering around

Elevator: Lobby

Problematic:

George: tossing around bottle,

Sabrina: wandering around

Taxi:  502

Absent: Zara

Problematic:

Chris: moody, uncooperative, vaguely threatening,

Jenea: got in an argument with Ray at beginning; said she couldn’t work with Kayla  so I changed her group

Restaurant: Outside

I worked with them the most

Good group!

Absent: Noelia,  Doug

Good:

Anne: daughter of restaurant owner

Jasmin: mother and restaurant owner

Travione: student who likes daughter

Marlyn: bratty student who doesn’t like Anne

Okay: Alejandra

Wednesday, November 19th: 

Work on the sketches for ten minutes and present:

1.     Bus to New York : Jess, Alex, Ray, Rachel, Joshua, Henry, Carter, Ronald

2.     Elevator: George, Precious, Jessica, Jose, Sabrina, Jackie, Danya,

3.     Taxi: Zara, Chris, Lorena, Jaylan, Jennifer, Michelle, Jenea, Kyla, Diana, Yanira

4.     Restaurant: Noelia, Alejandra, Anne, Jasmin, Travione, Doug, Marlyn

 Thursday, November 20^th:

4^th Period:

Finish up the last two sketches!

Work on the sketches for ten minutes and present:

1.     Elevator: George, Precious, Jessica, Jose, Sabrina, Jackie, Danya, Jenea

2.     Taxi: Zara, Chris, Lorena, Jaylan, Jennifer, Michelle, Kyla, Diana, Yanira

The Entrance Game:

Group 1: Jess, George, Zara, Noelia, Alex, Yanira - 503

Group 2: Ray, Precious, Lorena, Alejandra, Rachel - 502

Group 3: Jessica, Jaylan, Anne, Joshua, Jose - 502

Group 4: Jennifer, Jasmin, Henry, Sabrina, Michelle - lobby

Group 5: Travione, Carter, Jackie, Jenea, Doug - outside

Group 6: Ronald, Danya, Kyla, Marlyn, Diana – outside

Friday, November 21^st:

Guest Artists: John, Niki, Stephanie

Group 1: Jess, George, Zara, Noelia, Alex, Yanira, Chris – 503 (Me)

House haunted by a demon who possesses the soul of the new home owner. A year later, a new family moves in, but the stepmom is actually the demon who hates her stepdaughters.

George: home owner who is possessed by the demon Jess.

Jess: the demon and the demon stepmother.

Chris: Dad

Zara: bratty daughter

Yanira: bratty daughter

Jess: Evil stepmother and demon

Group 2: Ray, Precious, Lorena, Alejandra, Rachel – 502 (Stephanie)

Group 3: Jessica, Jaylan, Anne, Joshua, Jose – 502 (Stephanie)

Group 4: Jennifer, Jasmin, Henry, Sabrina, Michelle, Regina He – lobby (John)

A lawyer takes a group of friends as his guests to Paris for a vacation.  But the girl he likes takes a sudden liking for another one of the guests.

Joshua: Lawyer

Jasmine: Josh’s girlfriend

Henry: Josh’s best friend who hooks up with Jasmine.

Friends: Jennifer, Sabrina, Michelle

Tour Guide: Regina

Group 5: Travione, Carter, Jackie, Jenea, Doug – outside (Niki)

Doug knocks on a random door for help because his car broke down. A convict has just escaped from a prison so the family thinks that Doug is the escaped convict and that’s when the comedy begins.

Doug: guy whose car has just broken down

Carter: Dad

Jenea: Older sister

Raccoon: younger brother/rapper

Jackie: younger sister

Group 6: Ronald, Danya, Kyla, Marlyn, Diana – outside (Niki)

A girl just got dumped by a boy, who turns around and asks two other girls out.