Tuesday, May 31, 2016

May 30, 2016 - June 3, 2016 Weekly Agenda

Monday, May 30th:
Memorial Holiday
No School!

Tuesday, May 31st:
Period 4:

Broke into scenes and rehearsed five times with blocking and business.
Worked with:
“Forever-n-Ever”
Katherine
Rita

“Geniuses”
Kimberly
Leslie 

Wednesday, June 1st: 
Guest Artists Today! 
Break into scenes and rehearse!
Worked with: 
"The Disappearance of Daniel Hand" 
Sadie and Audrey  

Thursday, June 2nd: 


Broke into scenes to continuing rehearsing

Worked with:
“Hanging out”
Kristina and Ki

“Waves”
Shakhina and Jelani

“Carnival”
Tyron and Arturo
Work with them tomorrow
Cut their lines tomorrow

Friday, June 3rd: 
Guest Artist: 
Alicia Fustig

Everyone broke into scenes and rehearsed
 Alicia worked with: 
Angie and Natalie

Worked with: 
Carnival
Tyron and Arturo 
Cut scene and blocked it midway through the 3rd page. 
 

Monday, May 23, 2016

May 23, 2016 - May 27, 2016 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 23rd: 

Went over ushering and extra credit for seeing HAIR SPRAY

Warm-ups:

Palm Trees
Pass the Clap
Murder

Break into acting scenes and rehearse five times.  After the first two run-throughs, stop and discuss with your scene partner about: relationship, situation, setting, conflict, etc. Then rehearse two more times but this time with blocking and business.

Work with:
 “Lunch”
Stepan
James

“A Room by Myself”
Dalicia
Jay-nice

 

Wednesday, May 25th:

Warm-ups:
Run Around like Crazy – Freeze in Crazy Position as Statues – Two people walk about and quickly say what story the statues create.
Palm Trees
The Number Game
Break into pairs:
Each scene runs their scene five times:
1st Time: Read through
Discussion – relationship, situation
2nd Time: Read through - objectives
Discussion of setting, where the scene is set, discuss what it looks like
3rd Time: Read through – with movement/blocking
Discussion – relationship, situation
4th Time: Read through – with movement/blocking
Discussion – objectives
5th Time: Read through – with movement/blocking and business
Discussion – relationship, situation

Guest Artist:
Alicia
Worked with Shakhina and Jelani

Worked with:
"Less Than Human Company"
Reyna
Joan

Friday, May 27th:

Guest Artist:
Melissa
Warm-ups:
Pass the Clap
Palm Trees
Do You Like Your Neighbor?
10 Second Characters:
Drunken sailor, happy dog, playful kitty, crying baby, crying two year old, whiney teenager, exhausted mom, bad teacher, bad hip-hop artist, bad driver
Break into groups:
Worked with:
“Forever –n – Ever”:
Rita and Katherin
Melissa worked with:
“Who’s Mad?”
Lyn, Mayleth







 

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

May 16, 2016 - May 20, 2016 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class



Special Block Scheduling for Two Weeks of SBAC Testing 

Tuesday, May 17th:
 Discussion of following subjects:
 Pam Awards
5:30 – 8:30
In the auditorium
Wednesday, June 1st

Food, entertainment, awards will be given, and important and surprising announcements!!!!!

HAIR SPRAY is this weekend and the next weekend!!!! You will be given extra credit if you see or if you usher!!!!!

You sign up for ushering in 503 during lunch today, Tuesday, May 17th!!!!

Class Agenda: 
 Guest Artist: Alicia and Melissa
Warm-up:
The Number Game

Scene Modeling:
“Hanging Out”
Kristina and Ki

Broke into groups to read and answer questions.

Alicia worked with:
“Juliet Revisited”
“Forever n’ Ever”

Over saw initial reading of “Lunch” with James and Stepan

Thursday, May 19th: 

Theatre Games:
Pass the Clap
Freeze Tag – with Objects
Everyone went up
Slide Show


Break into groups and rehearse

Rehearsed with:
 “Runaways”
Barajas
Marc

Assigned “Primed for Prom” to Thailer





 

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Final Scenes for 4th Period, Spring 2016


Forbidden Love:
Stephanie: Bekka
Gia: Miriam

A Room by Myself:
Jaynice: Mitzi
Dalicia: Annie

Juliet Revisited:
Xithlalli: Rosanna
Nelli: Mariah

Who’s Mad?
Lynn: Devina
Mayleth: Kate

He Promised Never Again
Chelsea: Angela
Michelle: Carmen

Forever n’ Ever
Rita: Sheila
Katherine: Viv

Genuises
Leslie: Emma
Kimberly Lemus: Bridget

Runaways - outside
Mark: Bird
Kimberly Barajas: Tonya

Hanging Out - outside
Kristina:Astrid
Ki: Gretchen

Fashionistas: lobby
Angie: Echo
Natalie: Calliope

The Less Than Human Club - Lobby
Reyna: Kirsten
Davis: Joan

Lunch - 503
Stepan: Dmitry
James: Ben

The Disappearance of Daniel Hand - 503
Sadie: Shannon
Audrey: Girl

Wave - 503
Shakhina: Rebecca
Jelani: Chris

The Stakeout - 503
Oscar:
Johan:

The Carnival - lobby
Arturo: Alex
Tyron: Michael

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

May 9, 2016 - May 13, 2016 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 9th:
Ms. Bridges not here today.
Theatre Games

Tuesday, May 10th:

Warm-ups: “Palm Trees”, “How Do You Feel Today?”
Last Entrance Exercise:
Thailor – handing off a bomb to Johan
Johann – handing off a bomb to Marc
Marc – does not know that the bomb is set to go off
Improv:
Situation
Relationship
Four people
Whenever one person in the group does a particular thing – move a certain way, clears her/his throat, scratches her/his head, does a characteristic gesture – it triggers the other three to do something bizarre:
Four friends at a club
One friend wants to stay, the others want to leave.
Thailor wants to stay
Shakina: every time Thailor takes two steps she barks like a dog
Audrey: every time he fidgets, she sings
Gia: every time he breaks focus, she begins to wildly dance 

Wednesday, May 11th: 


Guest Artists:

Melissa

Alicia

Warm-ups:
Pass the Clap
Palm Trees
Numbers Meditation:
Everyone in group closes his/her eyes, and trying to get the vibe of the group, a random person from the group says "one"; then another random person from the group says "two",  and continuing sequentially without two people from the group saying a number at the same time. The goal is to get to twenty.

Trigger game:
Burger King:
Michelle – sneezes when Dalicia talks
Dalicia meows when Audrey walks
Audrey walks when Michelle sneezes

Movie Theatre
Jelanie does running man when Lynn barks like a dog
Lynn barks like a dog when Ki talks
Ki goes “Yaaaaaz!” every five minutes

Last five minutes “story time”: Shakhina, Rita, Kristina, Nellie, 

Thursday, May 12th: 

Passed out some of the scripts today. Not all scripts have been copied yet.

Had those with scripts read their scripts with their partners.
Those without scripts did theatre games:
Angie, Oscar, Reyna, Sadie, Thailer, Joan, Jelani, Audrey, Natalie,
Slide Show
Two rounds of Slide Show
One round of subtext

Friday, May 13th: 

Student run class
Audrey ran class today:
Theatre Games:
A Night at the Museum
Numbers
Murders
Alphabet

Passed out remaining scripts to class
Forbidden Love:
Stephanie: Bekka
Gia: Miriam

A Room by Myself:
Jaynice: Mitzi
Dalicia: Annie

Juliet Revisited:
Xithlalli: Rosanna
Nelli: Mariah

Who’s Mad?
Lynn: Devina
Mayleth: Kate

He Promised Never Again
Chelsea: Angela
Michelle: Carmen

Forever n’ Ever
Rita: Sheila
Katherine: Viv

Genuises
Leslie: Emma
Kimberly Lemus: Bridget

Runaways
Mark: Bird
Kimberly Barajas: Tonya

Hanging Out
Kristina:Astrid
Ki: Gretchen

Fashionistas:
Angie: Echo
Natalie: Calliope

The Less Than Human Club
Reyna: Kirsten
Davis: Joan

Lunch
Stepan: Dmitry
James: Ben

The Disappearance of Daniel Hand
Sadie: Shannon
Audrey: Girl

Wave
Shakhina: Rebecca
Jelani: Chris

Thirteen  Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview
Oscar: Interviewer
Thailer: Ben

The Carnival
Arturo: Alex
Tyron: Michael

 
 


 







Monday, May 2, 2016

May 2, 2016 - May 6, 2016 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, May 2nd: 
Guest Artist: 
Alicia 

Finished doing "Subtext"
Jay-Nise - student always complaining about being sick at school
Dalicia - school called saying her daughter is sick 
Discussion

Angie - Angie didn't really have a subtext
Joan - Wants Angie to ask his mom for permission for him to go to a party
Discussion

"The Entrance Game"
Shakhina: little girl stole money to buy candy

Audrey: Sadie brought drugs to school, were smoking and now in trouble
Sadie:
Jelani: voice of principal on the intercom

Tuesday, May 3rd:  


Theatre Warm-Up:

Palm Trees

The Entrance Exercise:
Stephanie – pregnant teenager
Michelle – older sister

Kristina – went out with sister’s boyfriend
Rita – hit her sister in anger

Chelsea – killed their boss b/c he wouldn’t give them a raise
Nicole – an accomplice

Ki – upset b/c boyfriend broke up with her in a text message
Helpers – Jaynice, Lynn

Wednesday, May 4th: 

Theatre Games:
Palm Trees
“The Entrance Game”
James – parent waiting for child who has broken curfew
Stapan – child whose curfew is 8 but sneaks in at 12

Barajas – Worried about results for test; rushes in for test results
Sadie – helper

Reyna – annoyed with Mayleth and threw away her ticket to a concert
Mayleth – suspects Reyna threw away her concert tickets and killed her cat.

Shakhina: helper; bully who is threatening Dalicia to bring the drawing project to school the next day.
Dalicia: student artist who is being bullied

Katherine: homeless, stole food but doesn’t want to share with her siblings.
Tyrone: sibling; hurt when he killed father
Leslie: said the family is homeless because of her gambling debts (?)


Gia – broke up with best friend
Arturo – wife has just left him