January 30, 2017 - February 3, 2017

Monday, January 30th: 

Warm-ups:

Twenty Second characters

Finish up with Jennifer’s group – Jennifer, Onyx, Sandra, Stephanie, Naiya.

A house full of roommates. Jennifer has a wild party while her roommates are gone for the weekend.  They come back and the house is a mess and Jennifer refuses to clean it up.

Assigned “The Exit Game” – a continuation of the “The Entrance Game”

Tuesday, January 31st: 

Avery was here to help

Theatre Games: 

"Follow the Leader" 

"Murder" 

Break into groups to rehearse "The Exit Scene" 

Presentations: 

Presenters: Hannah, Danny, Lesly, Nikki, Kimberly

After the Christian rock-out confusion with the Chris Brown Concert

Lesly is dead, killed by a slap by Danny. Her funeral is invaded by Nikki who wants her money back for the no-Chris Brown concert.  Lesly rises from the dead and is slapped dead again – this time by Nikki.

Anthony, Latija, Briana, Brana – “Scared Straight!”

Did one scene of a three scene skit

Finish the rest tomorrow

Wednesday, February 1st: 

Warm-ups:

Telephone/Charades: Person-Place-Thing

Murderer/Location/Murder Weapon: Nial, Disneyland, Mirror

Players: Malia, Jeiden, Briana, Emily

Class breaks into their groups and present their “Exit Scenes”

1.     Anthony, Jeiden, Brana, Kateryn, Briana – “Scared Straight!” and “Two Months Later”.  Anthony and Jeiden have reformed – Kateryn, not so much.

2.     Nathan, Hannah, Latija, Verena, Malia, Rachel, Gerardo – Parents have been taken over by Trump robots trained to kill.

Thursday, February 2nd: 

Freeze-tag: Verena, Latija, Malia, Nathan, Nikki, Anthony, Davon

Translations: Verena, Kimberly, Nathan, Nikki, Anthony, Devon,

Presentations:

The Exit Game:
“Caged!” - Jennifer, Naiya, Onyx, Stephanie

 The roommates plot to punish Jennifer for leaving the house a mess; they lure her into a cage which she cannot escape. But Jennifer turns the table on them and begins to remind them of the favors she’s done for them and when that doesn’t work, she begins to spill their secrets.

“Video Game” – Elijah, Emily, Latija, Jaspreet

Dispute over who is “Mario.” Jaspreet has a cool Italian accent.

Friday, February 3rd: 

Guest artist: Jack

Games:

“Freeze-Tag!”

“Telephone/Charades”

“Mafia”

Scenes:

1. Antigone Now:

2. “Check Now”:

Guy: Danny

Melanie: Briana

3. “The Disappearance of Daniel Hand”:

Shannon: Emily

Girl: Nikki

4. “F’ever ‘N Ever”:

Verena: Sheila

Onyx: Viv

5. “The Less Than Human Club”:

Kirsten: Rachel

Davis: Jaspreet

6. “Prom Perfection”:

Taylor: Gerardo

Annie: Nikki

7. “A Room All by Myself”:

Annie: Kimberly

Mitzi:Jeiden

8. “Runaways”:

Tonya: Jennifer

Hummingbird: Eli

9. “Wave”:

Chris: Nathan

Rebecca: Malia

10. “Genuises”:

Stephanie:

Latija:

January 23, 2017 - January 27, 2017 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, January 23rd:

Warm-ups:

Twenty-Second Characters

Sing-Off Competition: Three Rounds

The Entrance Game: 
Actors are given a scenario that has just occurred offstage and they carry that event or situation in with them as they enter the stage. 

Briana: just killed her entire family
Anthony: at a doctor's office for a physical
Hannah: coming home drunk from a party and not wanting parents to find out
Jeidn: she just walked into heaven

Discussion of Fourth Wall 

Tuesday, January 24th 

Twenty Second Characters!

The Entrance Game!

Scenarios are given to students who enter the room playing the situation which just occurred or is occurring as they enter the room.

Students from Lesly to Jeydn have performed. 

Wednesday, January 25th: 
I was absent today. Students played theatre games

Thursday, January 26th: 
Students will work in groups of five and create a scenario of experiencing an event just prior to entering the room. 
 

Theatre Games led by Nathan

Broke into groups to work on “The Entrance Scene”

1^st Group: Nathan, Rachel, Verena, Gerardo – lobby

2^nd Group: Hannah, Lesly, Danny, Kimblery, Nikki - lobby

3^rd Group: Jaspreet, Elijah, Davon, Latija – 1^st Window

4^th Group: Anthony, Briana, Brana, Kateryn, Jeiden – stage 

Friday, January 27th: 

Brief Warm-up!

Worked with:

Elijah, Emily, Davon, Latija,

1.     Video Game: Latija playing a video game; Elijah and Emily wake up as characters in a video game; Davon is the “Mushroom”. Latija finishes the game, and they wake up from their horrible nightmare.

2.     Briana, Anthony, Jeidn, Kateryn, Brana – “Scared Straight!”Brana played three different prisoners who are brought in by Briana to scare the three kids straight. Anthony shot his mom with a bb gun, gets tazered by Briana; Jeidn spoiled rich kid who shoplifted, Kateryn – not clear what she did.

3.     Nathan, Malia, Rachel, Verena, Gerardo – Kids row for two day to the Bahamas; they hear the news Trump has won; Rachel faints; kids start fighting; then they see Mom and Dad and stop fighting. Funny, tight, energetic, fast moving but a little confusing.

4.     Hannah, Nikki, Lesly, Danny, Kimberly – Nikki and Kimberly are at a Chris Brown concert; Hannah, Lesly and Danny show up thinking it’s a church.

On Monday, finish up with Jennifer’s group – Jennifer, Onyx, Sandra, Stephanie, Naiya.

Do the Exit Game on Monday!

 

January 16, 2017 - January 20, 2017

Monday, January 16th:
No school!
Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday

Tuesday, January 17th:
Warm-ups
Theatre Games - Emotional Cocktail
Break into groups of five and create "Three Scenes and a Phrase"

Wednesday, January 18th:
Warm-ups
Theatre Games:
"Graveyard"; "Ten Second Characters"
Break into groups of five and create "Three Scenes and a Phrase"

Nathan Lesly Elijah Onyx Kateryn

Hannah Malia Emily Sandra Daniel Stephanie

Jaspreet Nikki Rachel Jeydn Brana

Jennifer Davon Briana Verena Danny

Anthony Kimberly Latija Naiya Gerardo

  Group #1: "What is this?" A break-up; a party; people smoking

Group #2: "And then they died." Climbing a mountain; each person tells a story

Group #3: "Shut the fuss up, bench" Mom trying to watch t.v.; teens are joking around; rude teens

Group #4: "Where's my pineapple?" Party with the perfect pineapple; pineapple worshipers; Danny's pineapple backscratcher gets eaten.

Thursday, January 19th:  
 Warm-ups: World’s Worst

Sense Memory: Nature Walk

Break into groups to work on “Three Scenes and a Phrase”

Guest Artist: Jack

Presenters:

Nathan, Lesly, Elijah, Onyx, Kateryn – “What’s this?”

1.     Nathan’s boyfriend comes over to meet the family

2.     Demon Party

3.     Nerd boys smoke to calm down to meet girls

Anthony, Kimberly, Latija, Naiya, Gerardo – “C’mon!”

1.     Rollercoaster

2.     At a check-out stand

3.     Fight with metermaid over expired meter

  
Friday, January 20th:

Presentation of the last three scenes:

Hannah Malia Emily Sandra Daniel Stephanie

Jaspreet Nikki Rachel Jeydn Brana

Jennifer Davon Briana Verena Danny

Hannah, Malia, Emily, Sandra, Onyx, Nathan – “And then they all died!”

1.     Climbing Mt. Everest

2.     Existential Fairy Tale

3.     Singing Telegram

Jennifer, Davon, Briana, Verena, Danny – “It’s a pineapple!”

1.     Worshipping the Pineapple

2.     Where’s My Pineapple?

3.     Pineapple Backscratcher

Jaspreet, Nikki, Rachel, Jeydn, Brana – “Shut the fuss up, bench!”

1.     Bad mother screaming at kids for interrupting her t.v. watching

2.     Jaspreet makes a dumb suggestion

3.     Rude teenagers being disrespectful to homeless person 

Introduction of the "Entrance Game" 

Demonstrated by Nathan 

 

January 9, 2017 - January 13, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, January 9th:
Sign students in
Went over the syllabus and contract for this class

Tuesday, January 10th:
Shortened day!
Theatre Games:
"Palm Trees"
"Yes"
"Murder"

Wednesday, January 11th:
Tongue Twisters
Sing-Offs!
Break into groups of five and create a one minute commercial
Must have a product, product must serve a purpose, must have a jingle, and some sort of dance
Perform
Group 1: Nathan, Hannah, Tony, Lesly, Malia - "The Bravo"
Group 2: Nikki, Elijah, Kimberly, Briana - "Boy Be Gone"
Group 3: Verena, Rachel, Emily, Onyx, Latija - "TextPhone"
Group 4: Jeidn, Danny, Sandra, Naiya - "Teacher Be Gone" 
Group 5: Brana, Jennifer, Jaspreet, Gerardo

Thursday, January 12th: 
Finish the presentation
Break into groups and create a two minute Sitcom
Must have a mom and a dad, a teenager, an annoying younger sibling or pet, and a crazy neighbor
Group 1: Hannah, Danny, Rachel, Nikki
Group 2: Briana, Jaspreet, Verena, Latija, Emily 
Group 3: Anthony, Onyx, Gerardo, Jennifer, Kathryn, Eli, Jeidn
Group 4: Nathan, Hannah, Malia, Kimberly, Sandra 

Friday, January 13th: 
Guest Artist: Jack 
Perform scenes
Games: "Once Upon a Time"