#dramateacher

Hello friends! I've been gone for a little bit - not on purpose but school work just got a little bit overwhelming, as it so often does this time of year! I am back - I saw a few plays while I was offline so reviews for those are coming shortly - but at the moment I can write about some student productions I saw that.

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

- Anne Washburn

What a terrible show! am I allowed to just say that? Don't know if it was just the production that I saw that was so boring or whether this show doesn't ever get better - but why in the world does it turn into a musical - what in the world!!

ALL NIGHT at a party in the suburbs

- Alyssa Lara

Dude this show... I had a few friends in it, so obviously I enjoyed myself a little too much - but it really was a fantastic show. Hope that it gets published one day because it really truly woke up little 17 year old me. Depicting main character Lissie's 17th birthday party - when her boyfriend hasn't texted or called - we see what unravels in a night of stolen moments and misunderstandings.

The playwright released a video of the production so I decided to add it in here - hope you enjoy!

That's all for right now, I have two more shows reviews coming out soon - so stay tuned!!

This video came up on my fyp and I decided to take notes of what LB was saying, the video link is at the bottom if anyone wants to check it out :)

You know the drill...

Yeah, that’s how my blog begins, like a FAIRYTALE!  I am beginning my journey of becoming a teacher - which at the moment results in lots of pinning on Pinterest and a board that has almost 1k pins.

As I write this, I am in the midst of reading plays and better educating myself in different forms on theatre and ideas.  I am also currently reading “Directors On Directing” by Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy.  

One of the subjects that I would like to focus on from that book is the idea of “Theatrical Impulse” in an effort to create organic theatre.  While this idea might seem a little grown up (it even feels grown up to me now lol), it is experimental and I believe that kids might understand more clearly if it is spoken plainly and laid out on the table.  By just saying, act on your impulse, I am allowing the students feed into that improvisation.  

While this tool will probably only be used in those improv scenarios, I think that this skill can be carried over to acting in scenes and full productions with “Acting & Reacting”. 

In closing, while I haven’t had any classes to go towards the education part of my major, I have spent some time volunteering with 2 productions this spring and summer and learned a lot from the people in charge of that so I will likely be writing weekly recaps of things I’ve learned or games we’ve played in class.

This may seem premature, as I am only a college sophomore lol but I just need to track my progress and I thought a blog would the best way to keep track.