Before any part of a performance starts to be put together, the director must have a general idea of where the script is from, and the basic facts that comes with the history of that genre. This is where the dramaturg comes in. It is his job to provide the director producer, etc., with the hard facts about that type of play genre or practice. Now that the class is starting to put together our RIs, I think its safe to say that all of us are (or attempting to be) a dramaturg for the type of genre we selected.
Jealously (not a fun topic)
Who: All the skinny people.
Why: I hate being fat!!!
What I’m doing: Started going on a diet, and going to the gym. So far, its steadily working
Who: White people at airport security
Why: Being felt up by an old guy is NOT fun
What I’m doing: ummm… I can’t do much… Any advice?
If I can think about anybody else I’m jealous about, I’ll edit this post!
The Senior projects…. ouch…
I’m not going to lie… the walkthrough that Lauren, Oleg, and I had of the senior project was just about the saddest attempt at acting I’ve ever seen in my life! That’s mostly due to my stupidity of not copying the script and our laziness, but hey, it was a leaning experience. Note to self: Stop procrastinating!!
The best week of IB Theatre
About 4 weeks ago, we honestly did’t do anything but just talk with people in the class, which now i consider my friends! 
just a good ‘ol entry
Well, I’m really tired right now and don’t really like this whole journal thing, just putting that out there. I’m going to attempt to summarize the quarter and break this down into 4-5 journal entries, hopefully this will work. The main focus, naturally, has been Sweeney Todd. In class we are diligently working on those sets, staying on task all the time, getting the stairs to not break on us, and trying not to eat loose, flying pieces of wood and getting it into your chewing gum. The key word in that past sentence was TRY! I love doing the tech work, whether it be building the set, or setting up microphones, or adjusting lights. It’s really a lot of fun; it’s where my true theatre skills are. The only thing is, I have some competition when it comes to tech work. Before, at Canterbury, anytime there was any type of flaw, the first words out of the casts’ mouth were, “Sameer! We have a problem!” Now, in actually good theatre (sorry, private school theatre wasn’t top notch), it’s weird not having to do everything technical, I kind of miss that. Then again, I get to be on stage again, which is always awesome!
Stanislavsky
Born: 1863
died: 1938
When and where: Russia from 1890s to the 1920s
Associated with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
built the Moscow Art Theater
The main method that Stanislavsky used is now considered the main style for acting. The basis for his method is for the actor to use his memory, in terms of emotions. The actor, according to Stanislavsky, is suppose to use his life experiences to aid the character’s emotions, and physical characteristics, something he added to his use of realism in his plays.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/563178/Stanislavsky-method#
Emile Zola
Born: 1840
Died:1902
Profession: writer (novelist and columnist), clerk, engineer
Description of naturalism was published in The Rougon-Macquart
How naturalism differs from realism: natualism is more related towards pure, real life. In realism, there’s still a factor in trying to put drama as the main view, but naturalism takes both drama and the “boring” parts of life and uses all of it. In essence, naturalism is uncensored, whilke there is some filter in realism.
Berlot Brecht
Born 1898
Died 1956
Hilter’s rise’s effect on his works: All his publishings were banned in Germany, and he and his family had to flee from Germany
“Epic” Theatre: His views were referred to as being “extreme theories”, which eventually the word “extreme” became “epic”
Countires he visited: Germany, Prague, Vienna, Zurich, US, Finland Switzerland
Major Plays: Chalk Circle, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Galilieo; Germany
Alienation Effect: He used this term probably in reference to how he felt after he and his family left Germany, going into a new country, trying to fit in.
I think this is what I’m supposed to do…
My first week of FMHS is over, and frankly, I’m scared!
I entered FMHS to be a part of the IB program, otherwise I would be at Cypress Lake High in the Arts program right now. When I had to choose my IB classes, I was thrilled to see that there is an HL Theatre class, with the idea that maybe it would be easier than HL Biology. so when I came into the class for the first time and said why I wanted to take this class, the reaction from everyone made me think, “Maybe Biology may have been a smarter choice.” I do have to say though, this class is probably one of the best classes I have, in terms of the actual class, and the people in it.
During this first week, the class has worked on 3 different assignments, the 1 minute talent, the silent emotions skit, and we started looking into the origins of theatre, with the Greek chorus.
The 1 minute talent was interesting and quite fun! This assignment helped me get to know everyone a bit, and thanks to that project, I got to know Oleg more with his insane usage of Czech!
The silent emotion skit (I forgot the actual name of it) is trying to make the audience cry, laugh and applaud spontaneously. I’m absolutely positive that my group will make you do all those things in 5 minutes or less!
Our actual academic work was on the origin of theatre. The base was from religion, to tell the stories, using a chorus. Eventually, some parts of the chorus would step out of the chorus and be individuals, cutting the chorus down to about 12 people.
I hope I’m doing this right!
