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Prep work for I Am My Own Wife

I think that this performance of I Am My Own Wife is going to be impactful. The concepts being explored in this play still pertain to the themes seen in society today. It talks upon gender rights as well as staying true to who you really are. I'm excited to see the set design. I read that the design is simplistic, but very beautiful. I am also excited to see the actor, Mason. From watching the interview, they seem very in touch with the character they’re playing. I also read that Mason has worked on projects that also pertain to German background so I think his acting and accents won’t be too cringey. I hope this play inspires me and I can take some of the aspects I see during the performance back to campus with me and use in my future projects. Recently I’ve been stuck on visualizing how I want the stage to look in the plays I am writing or projects I’m apart of, such as the collaborative. What I have to take note of is that this play is mre a serious one, and I’m not sure if the...
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Debrief your first week.

I like my ideas and I believe I can create a great piece by getting my ideas across. This idea of showing the philosophies of Existentialism and Nihilism are extremely fascinating. The most important thing I want to make sure I do is respect the two philosophies. I do not want to question why the schools of thought are the way they are in means of truth. My goal is to simply express the two sides. I slightly would like to incorporate theater of cruelty into this piece in terms of lighting etc. but I am not sure if I will. I am not intrigued by "simple lighting", that is simple white light, and I want to use barley any lighting and maybe add some red to this. Possibly some dark blue also? To add depth to the scene, since the stage size will be very small. The small stage size will be very beneficial in creating an intimacy. This intimacy is for the actors. The audience can still feel isolated. The audience should truly feel as though there is a glass box between them and ...
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Collaborative -- stimulus and brainstorming due

My stimulus : dead trees. "Walk in the woods" is a conversation I had repeatedly with someone. I had written in my daily log later on that day: [ today i pondered the thought, “am i a nihilist?” after the most vexatious being known to earth decided to interject their assumptions on my character, going on to bash my schools of thought. i read from Nietzsche to Foucault. then realized i just might be an absurdist with perhaps nihilistic undertones of belief. i felt content (that is to emphasize that this was a mere satisfaction) when arriving at this new personal awareness, highlighting my nihilism even further. ] Nonetheless, the person I was conversing with was blurting out some existentialist philosophies. Thus, I decided it right to explore the contrasting practices of life for both a Existentialist and a Nihilist.  Existentialism vs Nihilism  Existentialism is the belief that through a combination of awareness, free will, and personal responsibility, on...
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Overall pitch for director's vision due on blogs by this date The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh  Martin McDonagh's work contains characters who take part in cruel and violent actions that appear to be apart of they're usual lives. The Pillowman is a dark comedy about a children's author named Katurian and his impressionable brother, Michal. Michal, influenced by Katurians' children books revolving around child murder leads him to commit murders of his own. Martin McDonagh uses Katruian as a way to voice the seriousness of the matter, but erases that thought with the abrupt action of killing Michal. What this shows is the voice of rational that is quieted by the violent nature found in societies of our world today.  Pitch: Sitcom feel, help to normalize the violence even more. Confuse the audience, alienation affect. Make them question if they should listen to the voice of rational or fit in with the crowd who seems to be pleasantly entertai...
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Revised Solo Performance Paper

Link to Revised Solo Performance Paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsDEyC2AVVv2gDlEPlkV5_dcqhReNK0HcHcWpag-oZY/edit?usp=sharing
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Sources for Resource Paper

Sources Digital Theater Plus+: Commedia dell'Arte History Commedia dell'Arte an Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin Commedia dell'Arte a Scene Study book by Bari Rolfe Exploring Modern Commedia dell'Arte by Ale Lavendvatter
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Context of the Theatre Theorist. Theorist: Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud Dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, theater director Type of theater: Theater of Cruelty Avant-garde theater  A skeptic of old traditions and standards Author of: “Theater and its double” ORGANIZED ANARCHY Goal was to draw audience in and wake up their nerves and heart Irrational, feeling that life is meaningless or a man that's a puppet control by invisible outside forces Aspect of the Theory. What I will be pulling from Artaud Throughout my creative process, I kept in mind some of the philosophies of Artaud: The Plague: Artaud believed that theater should be like a plague that takes over the actor(s) and spreads to the entire audience. There is no way of escaping the plague. This idea was explored in the workshop I led for my IB theater class. Cruelty: “Without an element of cruelty at the root of ever spectacle, the theater is not possible. In our present state of degradation ...
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