The Starting Point in Theater

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 Must be something that resonates with me personally at least in some way

must have room for exploration 

must give me "the feeling" -- excitement, interest, engagement, makes the gears in my brain start spinning 


Night at the Museum Game: 

- students will play statues, standing in different positions on the stage that they think represent the starting point. They will position their bodies to reflect the meaning or relate to the starting point 

- there will be one "inspector" that will walk around inspecting the students in their positions 

- students must switch positions or poses when the inspector is not looking and try not to get caught 

- if the inspector sees the student move, the student is out. Students must move, they cannot stay in the same position the entire time. Students must embody the starting point to the best of their abilities 


Reflection: 

- the actual night at the museum game was interesting but probably not super affective because we were mainly focused on not getting caught. There were also not enough of us to truly play the game correctly. When we tried the game a second time but instead just all changed positions every five seconds, we got some interesting stage pictures, kind of with each of us at different levels, and there seemed to be more of an evolution of movements over the time frame. I tried to reflect different aspects of the painting over that time. 


Millie's activity: 

The activity was interesting, I think doing several takes helped. The storyline was also interesting, but I'm wondering how this same scenario could be portrayed with different characters, because I at first did not imagine this piece with people in it. I liked how each group came up with different storylines. 


30 Second Internal Monologue: 

These events are healthy. Burning down the old so that the new can grow. But this is too much, this is not healthy, this is pain! My limbs are caught! My sky is red! How can I escape this. 

This activity was one of my favorites. I love how we were able to combine each of our internal monologues and see how we each interpreted this exercise. If we had more time it would be interesting to explore the different combinations of this piece. 

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