The comical personalities all the characters had helped the audience become more intrigued in the story of this play. From this play, I liked that there was only one actor for each character. It made it easier to understand which character was which. The actors had different costumes, which made it easier to apprehend who was…
Every person has had a traumatic past or an unfortunate event that has affected them one way or another; all have a different way of coping, and for Tennessee Williams it was writing. One of his better known plays,“A Streetcar Named Desire”, is a play constructed of pieces of his past childhood. The play is constructed of symbolism, aggressive diction, and conflict to be as a stage for William’s broken, beaten down mind. Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi; he had two siblings and his mother and father- a full house. Though it may seem like he had a complete undamaged family, life wasn’t easy for him.…
Comedy and Farce Part One- Plot In the beginning of the play The School For Lies by David Ives, the inciting event is explained right away when Philinte mentions his friend Frank has arrived back in Paris. The reason the play starts is because Philinte wants to introduce Clitander to his friend Frank.…
On November 22nd , 2015 , I had attended a play “A servant of Two masters” that played downtown Pittsburgh at the O’Reilly theater, the play was directed by Ted Pappas. He had put together a creative and intriguing play, having actors stay spontaneous and interact with the audience, therefore no parts would be found boring nor dry. All the actors had held up their end of their roles quite well, by fully disguising themselves as that character they were suppose to be during the entire play. In the play “A Servant of Two masters” is about a girl Clarice who originally had an arranged marriage but was called off due to her fiancé death, who was Federigo Rasponi of Turin.…
Furthermore, the stage setup was utilized well. With the stage in the middle, they had three sides of audience seats that surrounded the stage. I thought this set up made the play more interactive and able to focus on the main character more closely. The lighting for this play was used effectively as well.…
Script Analysis: The Given Circumstances and Background Story In the well-made play Better Living by George F Walker, the world of the play is shaped around the effect of Tom, the family’s absent Father returning after many years of financial and emotional despair. Through the mechanical analysis the background story shows the struggle of working class families and how the background story shapes the characters prior to the curtains opening that also later affects their decisions in the play. On the other hand, a key element found through the given circumstances was how the mother Nora’s main goal is to keep the family intact. However, keeping the family intact in this play seems that Nora’s goal is only keeping the family from moving forward in their lives.…
In the play, I chose to take on the role of Shuttle, in Mike Wheeler’s educational play “Arson About”. The story is of three high school students who break into their school to find out who is sending threatening letters to one of the characters, to only find themselves trapped in a fire. Because it is a theatre and education play, we chose to set it in a Scottish area to make it more relevant to people at our school. I did a bit of research and found out “Over 1,350 schools in the UK are damaged by fire every year.” This is relevant to the play and has helped me understand both the play itself and my character.…
“A Christmas Story”, the play directed by Susan Ferley and performed at December 2nd, 2015, was a well-performed play in my opinion. The story is about a boy named Ralphie Parker wanting a BB gun: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and "this thing which tells time" for his Christmas present. In the story, he does all he can to receive that gun but their parents reject his wish because they thought it was too dangerous for him. The writer, Jean Shepherd, wrote about a very boring outline of the story but made the story humorous and exciting for the audience. The performances in the “A Christmas Story” was very well done by the actors.…
Play Review For my play review I chose Medea, originally written by Euripides and redone by director Robert Whitehead in 1982. The play Medea is about a wife betrayed by her unfaithful husband, Jason who marries Clauce, the King of Corinths daughter. Medea and her two sons are then exiled by Creon the King of Corinth in fear that she may cast some spell or evil doing upon his land and daughter. Medea’s heart has already turned cold by the loss of her husband to another woman and the loss of her own home.…
Contemporary Australian Theatre playwrights use their plays as a way of exploring the social concerns within society using various techniques and conventions. These dramatic techniques and conventions used alongside the elements of drama help to convey ideas that not only entertain but also engage the audience by evoking their emotions as they find themselves dragged into the characters worlds. The two contemporary Australian plays we had studied in class ‘Fearless’ by Mirra Todd and ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ by Lally Katz, provided us with examples of how the directional choices within this theatre style can create an engaging experience for Australian audiences, but universal audiences. By exploring social concerns in these plays such as mental…
The Snow Queen Recently, I had the chance to see The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson at Park Square Theater. The play presented itself different from the time the viewer walked in. When walking in, viewers were greeted with a friendly staff, whose goal was to make each persons view easier and more enjoyable. At first glance, the stage looked different from what most would come to expect. The theater itself appeared clean and prepared for an audience expecting something similar to Frozen.…
The production of She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen was performed by the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and directed by Wesley Broulik. I attended the performance on April 9th, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Overall, I really enjoyed the performance. The whole plot of the story kept me very intrigued. Normally by just reading the title I wouldn’t choose to go see this performance, but was very pleased with how it was all performed and organized.…
Lucy McCormick, of ‘GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN’ (GITBOTV), influenced my practice through her solo workshop and subsequent conversations because I found her style and attitude towards creative work particularly stimulating and we share an enthusiasm for pushing theatrical boundaries. Her approach demonstrates that, “the question of boundaries and extremes is always in the room” (McCormick, 2014). In our workshop on ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Lucy got one of my classmates, Laura, to chew up cucumber and then spit it into bread. I was aware of the process involved and, of course, ate the cucumber sandwiches, to the vocal displeasure of the audience. Laurence was unwilling to eat but was encouraged to by my response.…
Play-Based Curriculum In early childhood education, there are different methods that can be used when teaching the curriculum. Two approaches of teaching the curriculum include play-based and subject-based curriculum (Downey & Garzoli, 2007). A play-based curriculum approach to teaching revolves around teaching the curriculum through play.…
The actors and actresses were very good, and they did great job. There were a lot of actors and actresses in the play. Jayla who played the role of Mama Nadi is very talented. She impressed me because she represented rigor, and she did it perfectly.…