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Day 15: One Act Reading Part II

9/30/2015

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Today in class, we continued to preview One Act scripts.

Cagebirds

The Absolute Most Cliched elevator play in the history of the Entire Universe

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Day 14: One Act Readings

9/28/2015

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Today we previewed One Acts for performances. 

Bomb Art

Maniac Manor

Das Box

13 Ways to screw up your college interview

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Day 13: Monologue Master Class Conclusion

9/23/2015

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Today we complete our Mast Class over Agamemnon 2.0/Found Text:

Sam
Emma
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Day 12: Monologue Master Class Part 3

9/21/2015

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Today in class we continued our master class:

Claire
Samantha B.
Sena
Cora


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Day 11: Monologue Master class Part 2

9/17/2015

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Today we continued work shopping the found text monologues created by students. T
Performers today were:

Ellison
Lucy
Mary Larkin
Maddie
Yanda
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Day 10: Monologue Master Class Part 1

9/15/2015

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Today we began work shopping the found text monologues created by students. They were to combine the text of Charles Mee's Agamemnon 2.0 with a song of their choice and perform it for their classmates in a master class setting.

Performers today were:

Mary
Demi
Erin
Natalie
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day 9- Agamemnon 2.0 master Class Prep

9/11/2015

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Today in class, we warmed up and experimented with new tongue twisters. Mr. Cooper then graded everyones character analysis for 45 points. Students were allowed class time to block and practice monologues. 

We ended class reviewing the Performance Rubric that will be used for all performances in Theatre II and Theatre III. 

Assignment: 

Come prepared with monologue for Master Class. 
acting_rubric.docx
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Day 8- Agamemnon 2.0 memorization Check

9/9/2015

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Today in class, we reviewed the Building Blocks of acting and were graded on memorization over Agamemnon 2.0 monologue. (Worth 10 points)

Assignment: 

Complete Character Analysis due next class. (Worth 45 points)


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day 7- Building Blocks of Acting

9/4/2015

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Assignment Due: Agamemnon 2.0 Monologue due at the beginning of class.

Today we went of the Building Blocks of Acting

Assignment:

Complete Character Analysis over Agamemnon 2.0 monologue. DUE NEXT CLASS (Wednesday Sept. 9th)

1. 10 Given Circumstance.

2. Super Objective

3. Scene Objective

4. Stakes (What happens if you achieve objective/if you fail objective)

5. Obstacles (Internal/External)

6. Break scene into beats (2-3)

7. Tactics (One for each beat) To _______ ________ly (Use tactic worksheet below)


Monologue memorized by next class (Wednesday Sept 9)
building_blocks_of_acting.pdf
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tactic_worksheet.pdf
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Day 6- Found Text Monolgue

9/2/2015

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Today in class, we finished reading and discussed Charles Mee's play Agamemnon 2.0.

Assignment: Students were asked to pick a character from the play and create a monologue by cutting and pasting the texts from the play and incorporating a favorite song into the piece. Example Below. 

Due next class (Friday September 4th)
agamemnon_found_text_assignment_example.docx
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imagine_2.0_found_text_written_by_trevor_cooper.docx
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