Tuesday, November 23, 2010

11/23/10 (Amanda's House)

12:30-4
Amanda
Connor
Corey
Emmaleigh
Kathy
(No DP/Cody/Garces)

Todays Objective
Rehearse Scene

Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal Summary

Techniques Used

Conclusions

2:28: SO FAR NO PROGRESS
2:29 Read through
Emmaleigh reformatted script
3:14 Finished script reformatting


Script Draft 4

Suck
Director, Dirk vonPeter Williams “Charles”………......………………….........…………….. Corey Bray
Assistant Director, Amber ……………………………………....………………….. Emmaleigh Carlson
Gay Kid, Kevin ………………………………….………………………………………. Cody Miranda
Idiot Kid, Gary ………………………………………………………………………..… Connor Griffith
Spazz Child, Lulu …………………………………………………………………………. Alex Garces
Emotionless Child, Jane ……………………………………………………………… Amanda Rodgers
Hipster, Andrew …....…………………………………………………………………... Alex Del Pilar
Athlete, Mia ………………………………………………………………………………….. Kathy Lee

Director:  I welcome you all to these wonderful auditions for the legendary WIZARD OF OZ! My name is Dirk vonPeter Williams and you can call me Charles. Please stand so I can judge you. [Walks through audience and makes hurtful comments about people. Walks to stage.] You’re all cut. Except you six. You are perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Get up here… Now why are you here again? Oh, auditions! Yes! So, my assistant here will begin by having you present your prepared pieces. I shall return shortly after locating my salamander named FLUFFY! [Walks off stage absentmindedly.]
Assistant: [Stares in disgust at director] So, anyways. Please come up one at a time and deliver your monologue. 
Kevin: [ELEPHANT LOVE MELEDY PLAYING BOTH PARTS EXCERPT. Finishes and slouches over with fatigue and gayness]
Assistant: Straighten up. NEXT!
Gary:  [Sings ABC’s to wrong tune with letters missing] … Next time won’t you sing with me?
Assistant: No…. I will never sing with you. Who could possibly follow that?
Lulu: My name is Lulu and this is my inter… interpret… interpreta…interpretive rain dance. [Interpretive rain dance]
Assistant: …That was terrible. Next
Jane: I’m here to present my range of emotions. This is when I’m sad. This is when I’m mad. This is when I’m happy. This is when I’m disgusted. This is when I’m heartbroken. This is when I’m surprised.
Assistant: And this … is when I’m done. Next!
Andrew: [Brings stool he brought with him to center stage, sits and sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” line]
Assistant: No no no, Dorothy has to be a girl.
Andrew: No, I really want this part. I really REALLY want this part. I NEED this part. I NEED TO BE DOROTHY. [Starts song again with falsetto]
Assistant: I thought the first kid was gay.
Mia: [PREPS HELLA MUCH] Romeo oh romeo! …
Director: [Enters, interrupting Mia] STOP EVERYTHING! I have found Fluffy and now we can begin. Say hello to Fluffy. [All watch silently. Director looks at all.] SAY HELLO TO FLUFFY!!!!!! [All greet Fluffy apprehensively] Now, shall we start running scenes? To your places! [People look at one another awkwardly. Director takes seat and “readies” self.]
Assistant: [Assistant Director directs individuals to their positions. Gives out parts.]
Director: Let us begin! And, action!
[Actors walk to center. Jane is in the corner, raised above others.]
Jane: Do you have the stuff?
Andrew: [Having trouble finding the right words] Yeah, we got the stuff. But it was super hard… to get… and stuff.
[Lulu runs in circles.]
Mia: I AM IRON MAN.
Director: TIN MAN!
Mia: That’s gay!
Kevin: Heeey!
Director: FOCUS!
Gary: Moooo. Oh wait – rawr.
Assistant: You are a lion! You roar! Ugh! Continue!
[Lulu continues to run around disruptively.]
Andrew: So uh, we got this thing for you. Can we like, you know, get our crap and go? This place is getting way too mainstream for me.
Jane: Am I a god? Do I grant you your every whim? I do not want your stick. Get out! [Points offstage.]
Kevin: That’s like, totally not right. That’s wrong. Cause you know, you said you’d give us our shizz if we got you your shizz so can we have the shizz? That’s just like wrong. If I asked you to get my shizz I’d give you your shizz. Like shizz. Oh, did I say shizz? Shit, my bad. Sorry.
[Gary finds fuzzy, starts wandering stage, eventually walks offstage and into a wall.]
Mia: YEAH! That’s right! UH! [Flexes. Jane stares.]
Director: I need more from you Wizard! Give me something! JOY! ANGER! DEPRESSION! Perfect! Hold that!
[Lulu finds out wizard.]
Jane: Oh no, they found me. Saaadface.
Andrew: I knew it! I hella called that.
Kevin: OMG. Does that mean we get all our – things?
Jane: Yes. Scarecrow, here is your brain. Tin man, here is your heart. Lion, here is your courage! [Wizard holds hand on Scarecrow’s head, on Tin man’s chest, leans offstage towards Lion]
Gary: [From offstage] Yay!
Jane: And for you Dorothy, a way home. Click your shoes together three times… CLICK CLICK CLICK… and you will be home.
Andrew: These shoes are from an authentic Rastafarian merchant from Cuba. I’m not gonna bang them together. [Lays down and holds up feet trying to get the shoes off the floor, feet towards Wizard]
Gary: [Walks on stage right with a map] Where’s Rastafaria? I can’t find it.
Assistant: Where’d you get a map?
Gary: What’s a map? [Gary continues walking, exits stage left]
Mia: So what’s the next scene? [Feeling awkward with Wizard’s hand still on her chest]
Director: GIVE ME A MINUTE. I’M WORKING! I need silence.
[Very long awkward pause, positions with Wizard held]
Assistant: Moving on. Here is your second scene. [Yells out roles]
Mia: [Witch laughter] I am the witch!
Kevin: OMG. It’s like the Wicked Betch of the West guys.
Andrew: I got this. [Throws his ax]
Mia: REFEREE…oh wait my bad. Never mind.
Jane: [Begging] Uh, we need your broom. Please.
Gary: What’s my line?
Director: You’re a scarecrow. Make it up.
Gary: ‘You’re a scarecrow. Make it up.’ [Mocking Director’s movements]
Director: What an idiot…I like him. Now Dorothy, kill the witch using the bucket of water.
Jane: [Picks up bucket and stares at it. Throws it then fails.]
Director: No, you must have feeling. [Kills “Wicked Betch” with style]
Jane: [Fails again]
Mia: I’m melting! I’m melting! [Drawn out, rolls around on floor to exaggerate her death]
Kevin: ICK! That’s hella nasty [RUNS AWAY]
Gary: [Follows another dust bunny off stage]
Director: ENTER FLYING MONKEY!!
[Lulu enters and goes apeshit. Everyone runs away.]
Director: [Walks on to the now empty stage, says as he exits] BRILLIANT! 

11/19/10 (In Class)

Todays Objective
Read through Script

Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal Summary
Read through script
Individually we need to research our characters
Feel like our script needs more depth
Possibly switch Cody/Alex DP roles

Techniques Used
Read through

Conclusions
One read through.
Need to rehearse over break.
Should do independent characterization work.

11/18/10 (In Class 2)


Script Draft 3

Suck
Director:  
I welcome you all to these wonderful auditions for the legendary WIZARD OF OZ! Please stand so I can judge you. [walks through audience and makes hurtful comments about people. Walks to stage.] You’re all cut. Except you six. You are perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Get up here… Now why are you here again? Oh, auditions! Yes! So, my assistant here will begin by having you present your prepared pieces. I shall return shortly after locating my salamander named FLUFFY! [Walks off stage absentmindedly.]
Assistant Director:[Stares in disgust at director] So, anyways. Please come up one at a time and deliver your monologue. 
Cody: [ELEPHANT LOVE MELEDY PLAYING BOTH PARTS EXCERPT. Finishes and slouches over with faituge and gayness]
Emmaleigh: straighten up. NEXT!
Connor:  [Sings abc’s to wrong tune with letters missing]
Emmaleigh:
Al: [Interp rain dance]
Emmaleigh: that was terrible. Next
Amanda: I’m here to present my range of emotions. This is when im sad. This is when im mad. This is when im happy. This is when im disgusted. This is when im heartbroken. This is when im surprised.
Emmaleigh: this is when im done. Next!
Alex: [sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” line]
Emm: No no no, Dorothy has to be a girl.
Alex: No, I really want this part. I really REALLY want this part. I NEED this part. I NEED TO BE DOROTHY. [starts false-setto]
Emmaleigh: I thought the first kid was gay.
Kathy: [PREPS HELLA MUCH] Romeo oh romeo!
Director: [enter director] STOP EVERYTHING! I have found fluffy and now we can begin. Say hello to Fluffy. [all watch silently. Director looks at all.] SAY HELLO TO FLUFFY!!!!!! [all greet apprehensively] Now, shall we start running scenes? To your places! [People look at one another awkwardly. Director takes seat and “readies” self.]
Emm: [Assistant Director directs individuals to their positions. Gives out parts.]
Director: Let us begin! And, action!
[Audition-people-stuff walk to center. Amanda is in the corner, raised above others.]
Amanda: Do you have the stuff?
DP: Yeah, we got the stuff. But it was super hard… to get… and stuff.
[Al runs in circles.]
Kathy: I AM IRON MAN.
Director: TIN MAN!
Kathy: That’s gay!
Cody: Heeey!
Director: FOCUS!
Connor: Moooo. Oh wait – rawr.
Emm: You are a lion! You roar! Ugh! Continue!
[Al continues to run around disruptively.]
DP: So uh, we got this thing for you. Can we like, you know, get our crap and go? This place is getting way to mainstream for me.
Amanda: Am I a god? Do I grant you your every whim? I do not want your stick. Get out! [Points offstage.]
Cody: That’s like, totally not right. That’s wrong. Cause you know, you said you’d give us our shizz if we got you your shizz so can we have the shizz? That’s just like wrong. If I asked you to get my shizz I’d give you your shizz. Like shizz. Oh, did I say shizz? Shit, my bad. Sorry.
[Connor finds fuzzy, starts wandering stage, eventually walks offstage and into wall.]
Kathy: YEAH! That’s right! UH! [Flexes. Amanda stares.]
Director: I need more from you Wizard! Give me something! JOY! ANGER! DEPRESSION! Perfect! Hold that!
[Al finds out wizard.]
Amanda: Oh no, they found me. Saaadface.
DP: I knew it! I hella called that.
Cody: OMG. Does that mean we get all our – things?
Amanda: Yes. Scarecrow, here is your brain. Tin man, here is your heart. Lion, here is your courage!
Connor: [From offstage] Yay!
Amanda: And for you Dorothy, a way home. Click your shoes together three times and you will be home.
DP: These shoes are from an authentic Rastafarian merchant from Cuba. I’m not gonna bang them together.
Connor: [Walks on stage right with a map] Where’s Rastafaria? I can’t find it.
Emm: Where’d you get a map?
Connor: What’s a map? [Connor exits stage left]
Kathy: So what’s the next scene?
Director: GIVE ME A MINUTE. I’M WORKING! I need silence.
[Very long awkward pause in awkward positions]
Emm: Moving on. Here is your second scene. [Yells out roles]
Kathy: [Witch laughter] I am the witch!
Cody: OMG. It’s like the Wicked Betch of the West guys.
Alex: I got this. [Throws his ax]
Kathy: REFEREE…oh wait my bad. Never mind.
Amanda: [Begging] Uh, we need your broom. Please.
Connor: What’s my line?
Director: You’re a scarecrow. Make it up.
Connor: ‘You’re a scarecrow. Make it up.’
Director: What an idiot…I like him. Now Dorothy, kill the witch using the bucket of water.
Amanda: [Picks up bucket and stares at it. Throws it then fails.]
Director: No, you must have feeling. [kils wicked bitch w/ style]
Amanda: [fails again]
Kathy: I’m melting! I’m melting!
Cody: ICK! That’s hella nasty [RUNS AWAY]
Connor: [follow another dust bunny off stage]
Director: ENTER FLYING MONKEY!!
[AL GOES APESHIT. EVERYONE RUNS AWAY]
Director: [as he exits] BRILLIANT! 

11/18/10 (In Class 1)

Todays Objective
Script Writing

Ideas/Discussion/Rehearsal Summary
Finished Script writing
Emmaleigh was absent
*See 11/18/10 (In Class 2) for Script Draft 3

Techniques Used
Multiple Writers
Brainstorming

Conclusions
Finished script

11/17/10 (In Class 2)


Script Draft 2

Suck
Director:  
I welcome you all to these wonderful auditions for the legendary WIZARD OF OZ! Please stand so I can judge you. [walks through audience and makes hurtful comments about people. Walks to stage.] You’re all cut. Except you six. You are perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Get up here… Now why are you here again? Oh, auditions! Yes! So, my assistant here will begin by having you present your prepared pieces. I shall return shortly after locating my salamander named FLUFFY! [Walks off stage absentmindedly.]
Assistant Director:[Stares in disgust at director] So, anyways. Please come up one at a time and deliver your monologue. 
Cody: [ELEPHANT LOVE MELEDY PLAYING BOTH PARTS EXCERPT. Finishes and slouches over with faituge and gayness]
Emmaleigh: straighten up. NEXT!
Connor:  [Sings abc’s to wrong tune with letters missing]
Emmaleigh:
Al: [Interp rain dance]
Emmaleigh: that was terrible. Next
Amanda: I’m here to present my range of emotions. This is when im sad. This is when im mad. This is when im happy. This is when im disgusted. This is when im heartbroken. This is when im surprised.
Emmaleigh: this is when im done. Next!
Alex: [sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” line]
Emm: No no no, Dorothy has to be a girl.
Alex: No, I really want this part. I really REALLY want this part. I NEED this part. I NEED TO BE DOROTHY. [starts false-setto]
Emmaleigh: I thought the first kid was gay.
Kathy: [PREPS HELLA MUCH] Romeo oh romeo!
Director: [enter director] STOP EVERYTHING! I have found fluffy and now we can begin. Say hello to Fluffy. [all watch silently. Director looks at all.] SAY HELLO TO FLUFFY!!!!!! [all greet apprehensively] Now, shall we start running scenes? To your places! [People look at one another awkwardly. Director takes seat and “readies” self.]
Emm: [Assistant Director directs individuals to their positions. Gives out parts.]
Director: Let us begin! And, action!
[Audition-people-stuff walk to center. Amanda is in the corner, raised above others.]
Amanda: Do you have the stuff?
DP: Yeah, we got the stuff. But it was super hard… to get… and stuff.
[Al runs in circles.]
Kathy: I AM IRON MAN.
Director: TIN MAN!
Kathy: That’s gay!
Cody: Heeey!
Director: FOCUS!
Connor: Moooo. Oh wait – rawr.
Emm: You are a lion! You roar! Ugh! Continue!
[Al continues to run around disruptively.]
DP: So uh, we got this thing for you. Can we like, you know, get our crap and go? This place is getting way to mainstream for me.
Amanda: Am I a god? Do I grant you your every whim? I do not want your stick. Get out! [Points offstage.]
Cody: That’s like, totally not right. That’s wrong. Cause you know, you said you’d give us our shizz if we got you your shizz so can we have the shizz? That’s just like wrong. If I asked you to get my shizz I’d give you your shizz. Like shizz. Oh, did I say shizz? Shit, my bad. Sorry.
[Connor finds fuzzy, starts wandering stage, eventually walks offstage and into wall.]
Kathy: YEAH! That’s right! UH! [Flexes. Amanda stares.]
Director: I need more from you Wizard! Give me something! JOY! ANGER! DEPRESSION! Perfect! Hold that!
[Al finds out wizard.]
Amanda: Oh no, they found me. Saaadface.
DP: I knew it! I hella called that.
Cody: OMG. Does that mean we get all our – things?
Amanda: Yes. Scarecrow, here is your brain. Tin man, here is your heart. Lion, here is your courage!
Connor: [From offstage] Yay!
Amanda: And for you Dorothy, a way home. Click your shoes together three times and you will be home.
DP: These shoes are from an authentic Rastafarian merchant from Cuba. I’m not gonna bang them together.
Connor: [Walks on stage right with a map] Where’s Rastafaria? I can’t find it.
Emm: Where’d you get a map?
Connor: What’s a map? [Connor exits stage left]

11/17/10 (In Class)

Todays Objective
 Script writing

Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal Summary
*See 11/17/10 (In Class 2) for Script Draft
Amanda, Alex, and Emmaleigh talked about process

Techniques Used:
Multiple writers
Brainstorming

Conclusions:
Corey and Cody will finish the script outside of class

*note Corey and Cody never met outside of class. We finished it the next day in class

11/16/10 (In Class)

*No warm up game. Substitute today.

Today's Objective:
Improv Scenes and Develop Script Ideas

Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal summary
Different kinds of Scene work structures
Character Walks
Group Therapy
Two Scenes: Casting, New Choice Improv

Techniques Used:
Improv Games
Character Walks

Conclusions:
Didnt have Cody. No one really wanted to work. Hard to develop anything. Not a very successful work day.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

11/15/10 (In Class 2)


Script Draft 1

Suck
Director:  
I welcome you all to these wonderful auditions for the legendary WIZARD OF OZ! Please stand so I can judge you. [walks through audience and makes hurtful comments about people. Walks to stage.] You’re all cut. Except you six. You are perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Get up here… Now why are you here again? Oh, auditions! Yes! So, my assistant here will begin by having you present your prepared pieces. I shall return shortly after locating my salamander named FLUFFY! [Walks off stage absentmindedly.]
Assistant Director:[Stares in disgust at director] So, anyways. Please come up one at a time and deliver your monologue. 
Cody: [ELEPHANT LOVE MELEDY PLAYING BOTH PARTS EXCERPT. Finishes and slouches over with faituge and gayness]
Emmaleigh: straighten up. NEXT!
Connor:  [Sings abc’s to wrong tune with letters missing]
Emmaleigh:
Al: [Interp rain dance]
Emmaleigh: that was terrible. Next
Amanda: I’m here to present my range of emotions. This is when im sad. This is when im mad. This is when im happy. This is when im disgusted. This is when im heartbroken. This is when im surprised.
Emmaleigh: this is when im done. Next!
Alex: [sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” line]
Emm: No no no, Dorothy has to be a girl.
Alex: No, I really want this part. I really REALLY want this part. I NEED this part. I NEED TO BE DOROTHY. [starts false-setto]
Emmaleigh: I thought the first kid was gay.
Kathy: [PREPS HELLA MUCH] Romeo oh romeo!
Director: [enter director] STOP EVERYTHING! I have found fluffy and now we can begin. Say hello to Fluffy. [all watch silently. Director looks at all.] SAY HELLO TO FLUFFY!!!!!! [all greet apprehensively] Now, shall we start running scenes? To your places! [People look at one another awkwardly. Director takes seat and “readies” self.]
Emm: [Assistant Director directs individuals to their positions. Gives out parts.]

Monday, November 15, 2010

11/15/10 (In Class)

Grandma warm up - one persons back turned, allowed to move when not facing you, first to tag "Grandma"
Two Worksheets from Ms. Weil today
 "Preparing for Performance" (one sided) and "Post Performance Self Evaluation Sheet" (two sided) to be used for reference

Todays Objective:
 Add to characterization
 Start script
Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal summary:
 *See 11/15/10 (In Class 2) for script draft
Techniques used:
 Multiple writers
 Brainstorm
Conclusions
 Name the play "Suck"
 Improv tomorrow to develop scene auditions to continue script

11/12/10 (After School)

Potential actors are sitting amongst the crowd
"All cut except you six"
Corey explains the play WofOz (during Director's talk, actors react)
  - introduce assistant director
      -start auditions (prepared pieces - to show characterization)
      -enter Corey, yells at people
AUDITIONS START

Beckett "Waiting for Godot"
    - line then walk
Stanislavski "Uncle Vanya"
   - tableau
   - subtle looks
Brecht "Good Woman of Szechwan"
   - clearing throat
   -audience participation

Director Sends Dorothy Up
  - Monologue with Dorothy
  - Enter Scarecrow
  -Enter Tin Man
  -Enter Lion

Prepared Pieces:
Cody (gay kid) - "My favorite things"/ elephant love melody
Connor (idiot) - mess up simple song (ABC's)
Alex (spazz) - spazz/lack of/interpretive rain dance
Amanda (awkward, serious) - range of emotions (but not change)
Kathy (jock) - cut off by assistant after warm up (Romeo... romeo... - cut off -)
DP (hipster) - Bruno Mars song

Oz Scene
  - meet the Wizard
Flying Monkey Scene

Costumes
Corey-
Emmaleigh -
Alex DP -
Alex G - leotard, tights
Connor -
Kathy - warm ups, athletic clothes
Amanda - all black
Cody - scarf, jacket/vest, gloves, hat

Sunday, November 14, 2010

11/12/10 (In Class 2)

Stereotypes - Actors
gay kid
emo/goth
jock
idiot
stuck up female
twilight/hp obsessive
   - pop culture
hipster
wizard of ox fanatic (Bottom from Midsummer)
foreign kid
spazz - ADD
blind/deaf/mute
cheerleader
awkward nerd
egotistical

Originally Selected: gay kid, jock, idiot, hipster, foreign kid, egotistical (by voting)

Director Personality
hippie
militaristic
neurotic
drunk
visionary
  - never says what they mean
pessimistic
  -everything wrong

Selected: visionary (by voting)
Note: Director deaf in one ear and assistant sits on deaf side

Casting: (decided by Volunteering)
Director - Corey
Assistant - Emmaleigh
Gay kid - Cody
Jock - Kathy
Idiot - Connor
Hipster - Alex DP
Ego - Amanda
Spazz - Alex G.

Characterization notes:
 Gay kid: Secretive, constantly reaffirming his "straightness"
 Jock: pumping up for the big game, career-driven, encouraging, warm- ups
 Ego: no emotion, serious, Snape from Harry Potter

11/12/10 (In Class)

Warm up: Slow Mo Freeze Tag

Todays Objective: cast our play, develop characters
Ideas/Discussions/Rehearsal Summary:
 * See 11/12/10 (In Class 2)
 Actor Personalities
Director Perosnalities
Casting
Inspiration from a stereotype to guide characterization process

Techniques used:
 Stereotypes
 Random selection
 Volunteering
 Brainstorm
Conclusions:
 *See 11/12/10 (In Class 2)
 - Casting
 -Personalities (generalized)

11/10/10

Objective: Find inspiration for our original piece and start crafting the basic plot
Ideas/Discussion/Rehearsal Summary:
Suck - high school drama spoof
Random stimuli Discussion - Movies/Books/Plays
     -Wizard of Oz
Improv Character Auditions
     - 6 Actors, 1 Director (changed character personality each time)
Things we liked:
iron man/tin man
opposite characters
director/assistant
stuck up actor
idiot - repeats "make it up" line