Has March gone out like a lamb or a lion?

 All:  Which character would you be better at playing?  A lion or a lamb?  Explain.  How would you play it?

Drama 9:

What does an audience bring to a performance?  How do you "perform" as a member of the audience?  (Give yourself a score from 1 to 5, with 5 being good and 1 being terrible.  Explain your answer.)

If someone in an audience of which you are a part is talking during a performance, what do you do?

Senior Drama:

You are probably aware that the Ministry of Education wants school to do more to incorporate indigenous themes in our classes.  What are your thoughts on this?

What is "cultural appropriation"?  What is the difference between that and "cultural APPRECIATION"?

Drama 8:  From the Aesop's Fables we've read, which lesson applies to you?  Explain.  Remember to put the name of the person with whom you would like to work in this journal.  If you don't care, please say so.

The last post before Spring Break! (Have a great relaxing rest.)

 Drama 9/Senior Drama:  Write a complete scene for your playbuilding project.  Include stage directions (Alice enters stage right, for example), costumes, props, dialogue (if the scene has dialogue), a detailed description of what happens in the scene and how the metaphor is used, musical accompaniment, if any.  You must appear in the scene.  Explain what it says about your topic.

What does it mean when people say something is a "grey" area?  (Hint:  almost everything in drama is a "grey" area!)

Drama 8:  How do you think the world was created?  Could you make a play out of your idea?  (Explain your answer.) Which role are you playing in the Creation of the World performance?  What does your character contribute to the story?  How will you dress?  How will you move?  Draw a labelled picture of one of your tableaus.  Where is the focal point?

March came in like a grumpy lion.

 Does the weather affect your mood?

Drama 8:  Write a review of one of the fairy tale mimes.  Give your review a title (example :  Snow White is Red Hot at Steveston London Theatre), describe the play briefly and say what you liked about it and what could have been improved.  Provide as much detail as possible.

Drama 9:  Write a paragraph that tells the story of your relationship to your theme.

Example:  (if your theme was "be yourself") I always felt like no one would like me, so I always pretended to be someone else.  If someone was sad, for example, I would pretend I cared, even though I really didn't.  I'd listen to them whine and complain about something I thought was stupid and I'd put on a sympathetic face and make all the right sounds, "oh, no", "he said that to you?" and while I was doing it, I'd congratulate myself that I was being a good friend.   But really, was I?  I didn't ACTUALLY care.  Most of the time, I'd think "grow up.  There are people starving and you're obsessing about this?"  But I was scared that if I showed my true self, people wouldn't like me and I wouldn't have any friends.  I still think that, I guess.

You might be able to incorporate your monologue into your play.

Senior Drama:

Theatre Production:

You should have a clear idea of what your set will look like.  If you haven't done this already, draw a picture of it for this stage.

Make a list of sound effects you will need to have for your play.

Make a list of props you will need.

(You can keep adding to these lists as you develop your play.)

Director/Actors:  Theatre people use a technique called "emotional memory" to bring truth to their scenes.  Think of the theme you have chosen for your play.  Let's say your theme was "leadership" but let's say you have never been a leader -- how can you explore the theme if you don't know anything about it?  Well, think of a time when you helped someone, or when you had to work with a group of people who are younger than you are, or when you were told to pick people for a pick-up game of volleyball.  Describe what it was and what it felt like.  Give a lot of detail!