Murder At Midnight Research Paper

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This is my first time taking finals in college and I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. The group aspect of this is as group projects so often end up being
Truly up until the beginning of finals week
I did have continued concerns at times because the group struggled to meet early on and we only really started to meet more regularly after Thanksgiving Break. Our first meeting with Fran didn’t go as well as it could have as

We were the last group to pick out a script, something that made me somewhat concerned. Thankfully, the decision to do Murder at Midnight is one that I am happy with. The script is more often than not lewdly comedic in a way that an audience should love. The characters are all ridiculous and hard to believe once you give them anything more than a passing thought, but that is why this script works so well in its 10-minute format.
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We finished the construction of the last few props: an egg timer, the paint on the telephone, and a bright blue box of condoms. We continued to run lines, just to be sure we had all the little things correct. We had Tattnall reserved for 4:00, so we drove over at that point and continued rehearsal. We did our first dress rehearsal, something that I feel really helped us near the completed product. I, for one, felt much more like the character of Woman when I got to really throw open my towel rather than simply pantomiming the movement. Having the desk full of props also gave the rehearsal a sense of finality, and having everything laid out in that way made performing feel more urgent. If it all didn’t start to work at that time, then it never

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