Play Time

After seeing Hamlet performed and reading the original play, I've grown to appreciate the different interpretations of the play. At the Shotgun Theatre performance, they did not include every scene and line, and cut back the number of characters. As there were only seven actors, all but two actors played multiple characters. This led to an interesting new take on most of the scenes, because certain characters couldn't be on stage at the same time. Some of the characters, especially Osric and the…

Tartuffe French play that was originally directed by Moliere, done in the 17th century. Also was launched at pierce college cast pierce college student, and directed by my Professor Shaheen Vaaz. Within the play there have been many components that raised my awareness and created a position of questioning due to the usage of different elements, also the presence of improvisation that enhanced the play and created a sense of comedy related to the idea of the play, however; even though there were…

Effects of the Lack of Play on Learning: The first few years are the most crucial for brain development and research has shown that stimulating play and learning experiences for children help to build connections in the brain called neural pathways which are essential for cognitive development. Lack of these opportunities restricts the development of these pathways, slowing down or delaying learning in the short term and affecting a child’s chances in the long term. Play is one of the main…

Throughout high school I had always had a fascination with live performances of any kind whether they be band performances, talent shows, karaoke nights as goofy as that sounds, and even plays. As such I thought seeing a live performance of Miss Julie at the Arkansas Tech Theatre would lighten my spirits and shine a light on some the young talent in the world that happens to live next door to myself. What was performed on that stage far passed any expectation, any standard, and definitely wiped…

During the spring of 2008, I was playing baseball in a 10 and under league. I had been playing on the same team for two years with some friends from school. The team’s name was the Lake Shore Bluesox. Our team was in a travel league where we would play teams across the state of Maryland from different counties. We practiced three nights a week with a game on Friday, along with three games over the weekend. It was a lot of hard work, but we won almost all of our games. Our coach told us that if…

with the expansion. The main ideas that he focused on about the game was the lore, gameplay, and the game developers actually listening to the fan base. The game has been out for 5 weeks now and I have been playing that game alone whenever I have time to play games. I personally believe that Destiny’s new expansion, Taken King has lived up to the hype and promise that they had made. When the game first came out, the story was lackluster and felt void of story content. When the expansion came…

a lot harder to memorize the plays and even with a playbook this year I still failed to memorize them but it was passing plays I could not memorize mostly. I feel as though moments on the field are the only times I have demonstrated any form of athleticism; so if nothing else I at least can feel pride at moments on a football field. First, I will start with my first year of playing which overall kind of sucked and was not very fun for me. There were only a few times that I enjoyed that year. The…

In the Musical play, Jamaica, by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy. Directed and Choreographed by Keith Lee Grant. I enjoyed watching this musical, the story was good where the audience was able to see the racial conflict between white and blacks and how gaining land, power, and wealth was important. Many African Americans were suffering from hunger. However, I felt like the actors in the play did a great job playing their roles everyone was confident. They had good speech, action,…

every facet of a game’s design. In the early days of gaming the psychological role of the medium was fairly simple: make the game engaging enough to keep players pumping coins into the arcade. While that mentality is still very much alive in free to play titles, creating an online world consistently engaging enough for players to inhabit for years is another matter…

What are the setting and the time period of this play, and how do you see these factors (given circumstances) impacting the lives of the characters? Be sure to include the name of the play. (5 points) "As You Like it," a play composed by William Shakespeare was initially set in the time period of the early 1600’s; however, thanks to a clever ingenious director of this play, Rick Lombardo was able to give the production a slightly modern twist. Due to the initial time period set by William…