I Seek You(r) Journals!

Don't forget to do your journals!  I don't mark things like spelling or grammar (as long as I can figure out what you're saying).  I'm just interested in your ideas.  If you answer all the questions, you will earn an easy 10%!!!

Drama 10:  In detail, explain what you think happens at the end of the play, "I Seek You".  What things in the scenes we are performing foreshadow your ending?

Remember, we will perform the three scenes assigned, plus your own ending on December 9.

Drama 9:  Have you ever been in a fight with someone?  Who started it?  How did it feel?  (Actors use a technique called "emotional memory" to give their scenes believability and truth -- they try to remember an experience in which they felt an emotion which they are required to act.  Then they think of the physical and mental aspects of that emotion and try to recreate them on stage.)

Have you ever been afraid that you might see something supernatural?  (like the ghost in "Hamlet")  How did that feel?

Remember, we will perform all three Shakespeare scenes on Wednesday of next week.

Drama 8:  Which fairy tale did your group choose?  Why did the group choose that particular story?  Who is playing which role?  How will you create a character?  (Actors create characters in a variety of ways:  using physical traits (limp, hunch back, etc); facial expressions (evil smile, raised eyebrows, frowns, etc.); costumes (including shoes), hair styles, makeup, and stage business (doing housework, cleaning something, helping someone less fortunate, dancing with glee, etc.)

Remember, we will perform your fairy tale mimes on Thursday of next week.

Drama Club:  We are in the home stretch of the show!  We will work hard over the next week and a half, but it will all pay off in the end!  Learn your lines.  I want you off book on Monday, December 2!  We will run through the play at 1:30 p.m. on December 2.  Make note of the rest of the rehearsal schedule on the theatre bulletin board.  If you have a costume piece at home that you think would work for your character, bring it to rehearsal!  "Take pains, be perfect!  Adieu!"

Remember, opening night is December 10!  Tell your friends and relations!