1st period: please conclude your workshop and begin revising your plays.
--Correct mistakes
--Add details and strengthen your writing. Remove vague statements and words and replace with specific and effective imagery.
--Correct punctuation & syntax (remember to keep your lines short, declarative, and active)
--Correct formatting
--Finish the script for those of you who had incomplete play scripts
--Hand in when you have completed your revision (due by Monday, next week)
2nd period: During second period we will begin reading Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep in honor of Halloween and the 2-person play form.
If you finish early 1st period, please look here for information about Charles Ludlam. Read the manifesto about Absurdist theater. Please also read about the Ridiculous Theater Company.
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