Final coaching sessions
Reading excerpts from Glass Menagerie and "Duet for Bear and Dog", as well as Matt's play "Buried Treasure"
KEEP IN MIND:
Anything you want copied by me-- must be e-mailed to lesliepatient@rocketmail.com by 8:30pm tonight!!! Otherwise you need to come into class tomorrow with enough copies yourself.
THUR:
Choosing/casting/rehearsing staged readings
FRI:
Staged Readings
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Day 11, Tuesday, 7/12
Final work day before scripts due for copying
REMEMBER: If you want your work in the readings on Thursday/Friday then you must have enough copies of them for all characters + 1
UPCOMING:
Tomorrow-- reading excerpts from Glass Menagerie, "Pill Box Hat"
Thursday-- rehearsing staged readings
Friday-- doing staged readings-- RECAP of What we learned
REMEMBER: If you want your work in the readings on Thursday/Friday then you must have enough copies of them for all characters + 1
UPCOMING:
Tomorrow-- reading excerpts from Glass Menagerie, "Pill Box Hat"
Thursday-- rehearsing staged readings
Friday-- doing staged readings-- RECAP of What we learned
Monday, July 11, 2011
DAY 10, Monday, July 11
Museum Inspired Monologues:
Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring inspired a novel
Seurat's Sunday in the Park inspired a full musical
What inspires you?
Work time on final projects.
Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring inspired a novel
Seurat's Sunday in the Park inspired a full musical
What inspires you?
Work time on final projects.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Day 9 -- Friday, July 8
Writing Day (the whole time)
conferencing order:
Matt
Veronique
Priya
Lucy
What you can be working on:
Revision of 5-10 page play (due typed with copies Wed [or emailed by Tue night])
Questions to ask yourself:
Are my characters well developed? Contrasting? Believable?
Is my dialogue natural? Believable? Helping to establish character?
Is my plot plausible? Action driven? Have a beginning, middle and end?
Monologue (1st draft due by end of class on Friday, Final draft [typed] due Wed-- have copy for self and for me)
Questions to ask yourself:
Does my character have a NEED to speak?
Is there a beginning, middle, punch ending?
Do I reveal character through the voice, using natural pauses, phrases or dialect?
BONUS ASSIGNMENT: (everyone must attempt this-- but can be in any draft stage by Wed-- clearly more bonus for more polished)
-Eavesdrop on a conversation between people you don't really know
-write/record/remember exactly what they say
-CRAFT this into a scene with stage directions, character descriptions, beginning/middle/end
conferencing order:
Matt
Veronique
Priya
Lucy
What you can be working on:
Revision of 5-10 page play (due typed with copies Wed [or emailed by Tue night])
Questions to ask yourself:
Are my characters well developed? Contrasting? Believable?
Is my dialogue natural? Believable? Helping to establish character?
Is my plot plausible? Action driven? Have a beginning, middle and end?
Monologue (1st draft due by end of class on Friday, Final draft [typed] due Wed-- have copy for self and for me)
Questions to ask yourself:
Does my character have a NEED to speak?
Is there a beginning, middle, punch ending?
Do I reveal character through the voice, using natural pauses, phrases or dialect?
BONUS ASSIGNMENT: (everyone must attempt this-- but can be in any draft stage by Wed-- clearly more bonus for more polished)
-Eavesdrop on a conversation between people you don't really know
-write/record/remember exactly what they say
-CRAFT this into a scene with stage directions, character descriptions, beginning/middle/end
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
DAY 8, Thursday, July 7
MONOLOGUES-- what they are and how to write them (see handout)
ADDITIONAL Coaching time:
5. Sophie
6. Bella
7. Katie
8. Priya
9. Matt
10.Veronique
11. Lucy
ADDITIONAL Coaching time:
5. Sophie
6. Bella
7. Katie
8. Priya
9. Matt
10.Veronique
11. Lucy
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Day 7-- Wednesday, July 6
Work day--- concentrate on natural dialogue, using subtext, contrasting characters
Order for "coaching"
1. Katarina
2. Elika
3.Tatijana
4. Julie
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Order for "coaching"
1. Katarina
2. Elika
3.Tatijana
4. Julie
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.
Friday, July 1, 2011
DAY 6, TUESDAY, July 5
Playreading: scenes-- "The Children's Hour", "Spring's Awakening"
Natural dialogue/subtext in stage directions and character development
Developing "voice" for characters
Workshop Readings: anyone with copies ready
Writing Time remainder of class
ASSIGNMENT: make sure you have your play started for workshopping-- remember e-mail to Leslie or have enough copies for all characters + stage directions.
Natural dialogue/subtext in stage directions and character development
Developing "voice" for characters
Workshop Readings: anyone with copies ready
Writing Time remainder of class
ASSIGNMENT: make sure you have your play started for workshopping-- remember e-mail to Leslie or have enough copies for all characters + stage directions.
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