Day 17 & 18

Tuesday, March 25

Absent: Robert

Scenework: Chip & Kathlyn. Will remount a final run on April 8.

Thursday, March 27

Absent: Sarah

Scenework: Mitchell & Paige. Completed. Taylor & Katherine. Completed.

NOTE: Please arrive for your scene ready. We cannot take time in class for warm-ups, but warm-ups are important. I want you physically limber, vocally open, verbally articulate.

*Do not use the scene to warm up* 

One More Thing.

Reduce time period of awkward silence to 45 sec.-1 minute in opening of funeral scene (pg.95-8).

March 27th,

1) Mark areas where you should put emphasis on certain moods during periods when it's evident those moods should be expressed.
2) Mark standing positions.

Rubric Ideas

My ideas for the rubric are as follows:
1. Mark every time your character has a choice.
2. Mark when your character is taking or giving.
3. Mark states (Adult, Child, Parent) and mark when it changes.

Day 16

absent: Taylor (ex), Sarah, Paige

Scenework from Carly & Robert.
We discussed the ways in which Toby's drunkeness enables him rather than disables him. We saw how he hits his "zone" with verbal wit - "freeing" his angry inner child.
Celia snapping fingers at Toby, a useful parental gesture.
We worked the game play with C & T around the news of the forthcoming interview with "Plastic Brides."
In the Toby/Sylvie scene, we worked the initial encounter and the softening of Sylvie as Toby entertains her leading into a nice moment of intimacy.

Upcoming:
Tuesday, March 25: Chip & Kathlyn / Paige & Mitchell
Thursday, March 27: Taylor & Katherine
Tuesday, April 1: Virgina & Tyler / Virginia & Ari
Thursday, April 3: Sarah & Jeffrey / Sydney & Jacob.

Day 15

Absent: Kathlyn, Robert, Ari

Scenework: Sydney and Jacob. Worked cigarette action in monologue.

Note: I need your final scenes off-book and as fully staged as possible, with costumes, set, and props.

Assignment: suggest a rubric for scoring your script that makes use of the different ideas we've been exploring as well as earlier scoring concepts you have found useful.
Script Score should be useful for performance and include cues to stage choices and action. For example, you might identify a change in ego state from A to C and list possible choices justified by that transition (smoking a cig, stomping a foot, etc).
Post your suggestions to the blog.

Day 14

Absent: Kathlyn

Game: Streets & Alleys. Jeffrey & Sarah were "it".

Worked Jeff & Sarah in "A Funeral."
Note the importance of taking time with the opening action as Miles approaches Celia.
We saw how the initial social transaction becomes more layered and "gamey" as the scene progresses.

Day 13

Day 13

Game: Red Light / Green Light. Variations: Teacher & Class; Boss & Employees; Preacher & Congregation; King & Peasants

Work-thru with Ari and Virginia on "A New Woman". We noticed ways in which Celia is attempting to maintain an Adult position and resist being drawn into the old games with Toby.

Schedule for upcoming final scenes:
3/13: Sarah & Jeffrey
3/18: Sydney & Jacob
3/20: Chip & Kathlyn / Carly & Robert
3/25: Paige & Mitchell
3/27: Taylor & Katherine
4/1: Tyler & Virginia / Ari & Virginia
4/3: Sarah & jeffrey redux