May 25, 2015 - May 29, 2015 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 25th: 

Memorial Day!

Tuesday, May 26th: 

Break class into scenes and assigned areas to rehearse in.

Worked with:

Teach Me How to Cry: Yanira and Jasmine – A

Wednesday, May 27th: 

Alicia here

Alicia worked with Jardine

Over saw Breakfast Club and The Children’s Hour

Students assigned to areas to rehearse.

Finished rehearsing with Teach Me How to Cry

Rehearsed with the second part of Mean Girls

Nush, Annie,  

Thursday, May 28th: 

 

May 18, 2015 - May 22, 2015 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 18th:

Guest Artists: Alicia and James

Broke class into scenes. Many students not here due to field trip.

James worked with BILOXI BLUES: Travione and Ray did not have scripts; pretended they didn’t know the blocking even though James and I blocked their scene two weeks ago. Ray and Travione not cooperative.

Alicia worked with DMV TYRANT: George and Cheyenne  (A)

                                                            Jardine on “Too Old for This; Too Young for That” (A)

Gave Hakop a monologue “I am Not My Brother!”Just sitting there with earphones on. The other cast members in his scene ("Mean Girls") were here today due to field trip.

Tamani and Tamara not working. Total confusion about scenes and monologues they are supposed to be working on.  They were first assigned “He Promised Never Again” but that fell through.  Then I assigned Tamani “Either Mom or Me”.  Tamara is not working on anything right now.  I gave her a monologue but she doesn’t have it and I don’t remember what it was.

Exhausted!

Worked with The Children’s Hour: 

Sarena - A

Michelle - Did not have script

Annie - A

Yanira read for Sabrina today

Tuesday, May 19th: 

Tableaux

Party

Wedding 

Toys After Hours

Participants:

Ray, Juab, Amy Garcia, Yanira

Shawn, Millenia, Jess, Sarena, Travione

Directors:

Tamani

George

Travione, Carter, Henry, Guadalupe, Yanira

Joanna, Doug, Esteban, George 

Director:

Daylan

Millenia

Wednesday, May 20th: 

 

Not here today. Had sub. Sub had them do the alphabet game.

Thursday, May 21st: 

Broke class into their scenes to rehearse.

 Assigned Kenneth another ten page research paper on Bertolt Brecht.

Walked him into library to begin work.

Both Travione and Ray lost their scripts.

Gave Joanna and Tamara a scene together – which I had originally given to Joanna, I think, and Tamara anyway.

Gave everyone a place to rehearse.

BILOXI BLUES was scattered and Ray was wandering around in the lobby. I corralled them closer to me, but Ray still kept wandering around.

Worked with “Forever-n-Ever” : Amy Garcia and Precious

Blocked it and ran it once.

Amy knows lines but Precious still is holding book. 

Friday, May 22nd: 

Split class into scenes and worked with:

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR

Jasmine subbed for the absent Michelle

Finished blocking it and cut a huge chunk from it.

Worked on “Teach Me How to Cry” with Yanira 

Blocked it and ran it twice

Ray took a test with another teacher so was not present.

Anthony took a test with his resource teacher so was not present. 

BILOXI BLUES only had Travione, Juan, Jaylan and they were not working. Juan was hanging out by door and had to be told two times to come back and sit with his group to run lines.

Gave "Three Deep" with those whose scene partners were absent.

 

May 11, 2015 - May 15, 2015 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 11th: 

 

Guest Artist: James

Improv:

Two students are accused of cheating on the CAHSEE, but the good student is falsely accused.

Yanira, Ty, Henry, Amy

Tamani, Travione, Juan, Cheyenne

Improv:

Girl is excited about going to prom but boyfriend plans to break up with her to go with his new boyfriend.

Millenia, Shawn, Kenneth

Break into scenes:

Worked with THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (third time – still did not get through it b/c students did not write down blocking and don’t remember ANYTHING!!!!)

Clueless: Michelle – didn’t write anything down, wandering around

Sarena, Sabrina, Annie, Michelle

 

Tuesday, May 12th:

4^th Period has totally unraveled:

Improvs:

Racial profiling of two kids:

Ray – social activist

Tamani – police sergeant

Juan – cop

Ty – cop

George – kid

Jess – kid

Kids working on science project – two girls don’t like each other b/c  they like the same guy Esteban – who is, unbeknownst to them, gay. He likes Juan.
Millenia, Sarena, Jasmine, Carter, Danya, Travione, Esteban

Genesis:

Total fail:

Juan, Esteban, Ty, Millenia, Yanira, Ray, Jasmine, Sarena, Michelle, Daylan

Juan, Millenia, Sarena, Yanira, Jasmine

Wednesday, May 13th: 

Field Trip today: Take upper level drama classes to the Mark Taper Forum to see Immediate Family

Kids did theatre improvs based on Jerry Springer

Thursday, May 14th:

Travione had another breakdown with Narek.

Sent six kids from Tuesday to see Essick re:discipline

Improvs:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Millenia, Amy G,, Ty and Sabrina

Daylon, Ray, Shawn, Kyla

George, Ray, Shawn, Kyla

Juan, Jess, Jaylan, Ty

Carter, Esteban, Cheyenne, Ashley, Shawn,

Work with THE CHILDREN’S HOUR

Sarena, Sabrina, Michelle

Friday, May 15th:

Guest Artist:

Alicia

Improvs:

Tableaux

Two groups

A situation is given: for example, people gawking at animals at the zoo; people standing in line at a club. Audience judges which is better tableau.

Broke class into scenes.

Alicia worked with “DMV Tyrant” (George and Cheyenne) and “Funeral Parlor” (Shawn and Millenia)

I worked with “Mean Girls” (Carter, Henry, Kyla, Nush, Annie, Jess and Jack)

Rest of class did not work, did not follow directions, sat and talked instead of working. 

 

 

May 4, 2015 - May 8, 2015 Weekly Schedule for World Theatre Class

 Monday, May 4th:

Work with:

Shopping with Danya and Guadalupe

The Children’s Hour – read through only

Sarena, Millenia, Michelle, Sabrina – no script

Guest Artists:

James – worked with BILOXI BLUES: Travione (had another break down), Ray (not here), Anthony, Juan, Jaylan

Alicia – The Breakfast Club and Mean Girls

Shawn disappeared during 4^th Period

Tamara and Tamani will do "He Promised Never Again!" 

Jardine will do a monologue - "Too Young for This; Too Old for That!"

Tuesday, May 5th:

Theatre Games:

TV commercials: song, dance, jingle, slogan

Student Invisibility Spray

Ty, Tamani, Tamara, Travione

Stalkers Be Gone:

Esteban, Shawn, Jess, Kyla, Nush

Swagalicious – spray that makes raggedy clothes nice

Sarena, George, Millenia, Yanira

Teacher Be Nice

Annie, Carter, Danya, Ashley

Spray that makes strict parents nice

Amy M., Guadalupe, Anthony, Kenneth, Travione

 Geriatrics Aerobics – Travione, George, Jess, Ty, Tamani,

Wednesday, May 6th: 

No guest artists today

Dramatic Scenes today:

Class discussion about selling of daughters to pay off family debt

Afghani family sells daughter to old man as payment

Scenes:

Travione, Jess, Jasmine, Juan

Shawn, Esteban, Millenia, Tamani

 Kenneth and George walking into class talking loudly

Thursday, May 8th: 

Dramatic Improvs:

1.     Teen calling parents from jail after car wreck totaling the family car

Improv Casts:
Millenia, Carter, Guadalupe, Jess, Juan, Tamani
Travione, Sarena, Kyla, George, Daylan, Shawn

Worked with THE CHILDREN'S HOUR in front of class:
Sarena, Sabrina, Michelle, Annie 


May List of Scenes and Actors:

 BILOXI BLUES:

Jaylan - Eugene

Travione - Selridge

Anthony - Carney

Juan - Arnold

Esteban - Hennessey

Ray - Wozowski

"Funeral Parlor"

Millenia

Shawn

"DMV Tyrant"

Cheyenne - good

George

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

Sarena

Sabrina

Michelle

Annie

"Forever-n-Ever":

Precious Amy Garcia

"Shopping":

Danya,

Amy Martinez

Mean Girls

Kyla, Henry, Carter

Jess, Nush, Annie, Jack

The Breakfast Club:

Doug, Ashley, Guadalupe, Ty, Daylan

 

 

April 27, 2015 - May 1, 2015 Weekly Schedule for World Theatre Class

Monday, April 27th: 

Theatre Games:
Translations:
Jess, Kyla, Juan, Henry
George, Ray, Kyla, Juan - 2 eskimos building an igloo
Daylan, Ty, Sarena, Travione - 2 Americans in a Parisian jail for dropping a croissant in the car resulting in a collision.

Narrators Tell the Actors What to Do:
Carter, Jack, Michelle, Guadalupe
Robots in a futuristic world trying to take over the world

Esteban, Nush, Shawn
A farm invaded by city slickers

Reading:
"Teach Me How to Cry"
Yanira, Jasmine

Tuesday, April 28th: 

Special Two Hour Schedule:

Guest artist: Alicia
Big Circle
People jump in and start a song; everyone joins in or if they don't know the song, they clap or stomp or dance but they must participate in some way.
When the song reminds a participant of another song, then s/he jumps in and starts singing the new song and everyone begins to sing, clap, stomp, etc.

Divided class into two groups and had a song off.

Theatre Games:
Oympic Events:
Toothbrushing:  Millenia, Juan, Doug, Hakob
Daylan said it was gay and stormed off stage; later apologized
Tying your shoes with honey:
Combing your hair with a huge comb:
Eating a huge plate of worms:
George, Jess, Ty, Travione, Kyla

Emotional Classroom:
Esteban, Juan, Ray, Hakob, Travione, Sabrina, Kyla 

Non participants: Yanira, Ashley, Amy Martinez


Rehearse with BILOXI BLUES:
Anthony, Esteban, Jaylan, Juan, Ray Travione, 

Thursday, April 30th: 

Regular Schedule

Not here today!

Friday, May 1st: 

Shortened schedule today. No guest artists!

Had entire class watch while I directed BILOXI BLUES with
Anthony, Esteban, Jaylan, Juan, Ray, and Travione

Anthony and Ray did not have scripts
Ray seemed to kind of know his lines.