Theater III: Observation Paper Deadline Approaches

Theater II: Journal #8 - Character Assumptions

Choose one of the following characters and write what the audience can assume about him or her.  On what do they base their assumptions?

Margaret Narwin

Philip Malloy

Administrator/Intercom voice

Theater III: Don't forget that your OBSERVATION PAPER is due:

Friday, December 11th

45 days left!  Go see a show!  Write your observation paper!

Theater I: Journal #8 - Play Selection & Description

First: Select one of the following plays.  Choose wisely, as this will be the scene you will be working on for your next project.  (If you have not read the scenes with us in class, then a scene will be assigned to you.)

Pleasantville Dead Parrot Blithe Spirit Ferris Bueller Mean Girls

Second:  In your own words, describe a person that you know very well.  This might be a brother or sister, a friend, another family member, or a teacher.  WITHOUT USING THEIR NAME, describe this person IN DETAIL.  Please make sure to write about their appearance, their personality traits, their likes and dislikes -- anything that makes up who they are as a person.

Theater I: Journal #7 continues! Vocabulary!

Ch-ch-check it out!  Word on the street is, you'll need to know these terms for your next theater project!

 

Add them to your #7 journal entry for 10/20/09!

 

blocking: movement of actors onstage

 

staging: bringing to life onstage

 

director: a person who oversees the entire production (generally what you see onstage)

 

actor: a person who portrays a character

 

cross: movement from one place to another

 

cast: (noun) a group of actors who play the roles in a production, (verb) to be selected to play a role

 

"upstaging": stealing the focus in a scene

 

cue: signal for something to happen

 

prop/property: anything an actor handles onstage

 

set: the onstage physical environment that actors perform in/on

 

QUIZ Wednesday, October 21 on STAGE AREAS.  Be prepared.

 

Please make sure that you have your journal checked by Ms. Yanchak BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23.  Please arrange to make up any missed assignments by this time as well.