Saturday, January 2, 2016

Play Project; Intro to Chekhov

Happy New Year!

This morning please complete the following tasks:

A. Turn in your homework (a critique--see previous posts--of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder).

B. Continue working on your play projects. As soon as you have a draft of your play, please alert me to this fact so that I can set up a workshop for you with the class.

C. Read about and watch the following information about Anton Chekhov--our next playwright. Take notes (this information will be used as we read The Seagull and will be found on your final exam!)
NOTE/ANNOUNCEMENT: The playwrights' festival will be held on January 19-22. We are in need of writers (x5), directors (x5), and actors (x10-20). Schedule will be as follows:

Jan. 19: All meet from 3:00-4:00. Meet potential directors and actors dressed in costume with a prop. Writers stay until 7:00 or 8:00 to write scripts. Dinner provided.
Jan. 20: Playwrights turn in play script; producer copies plays. Directors, writers, & actors rehearse from 3:00-7:00 (playwrights leave at 4:00).
Jan. 21: Actors & Directors rehearse after school (3:00-7:00); writers may attend 3:00-4:00.
Jan. 22: Actors/Directors meet after school for final rehearsal & tech. Dinner provided. Show opens at 7:00.

Please let friends and family know about this fund raising event for the Creative Writing Department. We are in need of actors, directors, and writers.

HOMEWORK: None. Please complete any of the tasks above if you did not complete them in the lab.

1 comment:

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