Jackson Heights Revisited: Play Analysis

Camila: You mentioned how the social clubs would put on plays and dramatic readings. Do you remember some of the works that they did?

The genre of the movie is crime, drama and thriller. This can be seen because there are two FBI agents trying to solve a crime; the murder of the civil rights workers. There are a lot of spooky scenes, where the viewer can get scared and be offended.

The character Scott an upper-class individual son of a mayor, in the (sexuality) hustling business created a false identity to bother his father. A two-face who first hanged out with Bob’s group first and then went back to his real life. Then through the character Mike a young man who suffers from narcoleptic seizure; condition in where he falls asleep deep anywhere and at any time. A character who keeps looking for his personal identity. He misses and starts to look for his mother. On the road, he always says like he has been there before. Through the words, he understands his own value and repeats

August Wilson’s 1996 address entitled “The Ground on Which I Stand”, sparked a vigorous debate in the world of theater over the idea of “colorblind casting” and he presented the need for a Black Theatre. Mr. Wilson was outraged by the fact that of the 66 major companies belonging to the League of Resident Theaters, only one was black. He felt that the supporters of black theatre used their funds to increase black hiring in primarily white theatres as opposed to creating a theatre for the black community. Hw wanted to have more black theaters established to cater to the black actors as well as draw in black audiences. He attacks the increasingly popular trend of “colorblind casting” which basically meant casting black actors in roles traditionally

the rest of the century. As you watch these videos notice how musicals come to represent

Playwright August Wilson, and actress Danielle Brooks have made the most contributions to my life as a humanitarian, and an actor in training. August Wilson created a foundation for African-Americans who are interested in the theatre. The Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection of ten plays strictly for African-Americans, opened the door to future opportunities for African-American playwrights, directors, stage managers, and actors. The context of his plays portrayed the genuine life and struggle of African-Americans. He wrote about the importance of family, history, futures, and development. Reading and studying August Wilson’s plays lead to me loving and embracing my history as an African-American. I studied his work in the early parts of my acting

The characters consist of “A brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. An African-American television director and his wife. A mexican locksmith.

In my English 104 class, we are discussing the theme of exploring the margins. My group will study the representation of racial minorities in the modern world. I decided to go to the theatre to look into the lack of representation and the misrepresentation of race. Do people of other races feel like they have a limited amount of roles to choose from? Do people of other races feel as though they have to act and look more Caucasian to land classic roles? Does color-blind casting change the experience for the audience? How are many different racial minorities not stereotypically represented? What is being done to solve this issue? I will also discuss who is affected by this issue and what that may mean for them. I will argue the possible solutions to increase the representation in theatre. I will refer to the research I have done on the subject. I will reference Theatre Topics, the Canadian Theatre Review, Applied Theatre Research, and Theatre Research International. Stereotyping in theatre is a universal issue for all marginalized actors. This is an important topic to research if you are a part of the theatre community. To work toward a more equal and accurate representation of the world, the theatre community needs everyone to work together.

The last play I went to was Hairspray at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia when I was 12.After reading the syllabus for class, I was very excited to see a theatrical performance especially at the age I am now because I’ll understand it more. I thought that the Bluest Eye was a beautiful, informative and expressive performance. I went in with an open mind because I didn’t know what to expect. After reading some Toni Morrison’s books which are filled with a imagery and surprises, I was very excited to see a theatrical performance based on one of her books. I appreciated how raw and deep this performance was. History always repeats itself, and I really liked how they made that prevalent by including modern day issues.

Tom Cruise’s lesser known brother, Elliot Cruise, held up 150 people hostage today at “The Model American” play at the Nikos theater during the Williamstown Theater Festival.

It is these types of plays that can be either intriguing or make you fall asleep by the perplexing storyline. Endgame by Samuel Beckett was directed by Christopher Scott at Baruch’s own, Mason Hall, during the last week of April. Therefore, I had no high hopes for this play since it was free and being read on stage by the actors. It is was my second time in Mason Hall, I find that the architecture is quite simple, yet the ceiling and the border of the stage has an interesting pattern. It has a proscenium stage where the audience sits in the balcony or the orchestra. I sat in the orchestra, it was alright until I began to get bored, which made my seat uncomfortable. I cannot blame the actors or the director for the confusion, besides myself. Then again, simply more time to rehearse or a better director could make it easier to understand. I can tell you one thing: Endgame stays true to the original story. It is being read on stage by the actors, how can it not be? The desire to understand is what kept me intrigued and what made me give up too. However, the message is clear at the end, but only after putting

On November 10th I went to see Sunset Boulevard. It was at the White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center. When trying to decide whether the show was a comedy or a drama, I was stumped. However, I finally decided it was more of a drama than a comedy. For it to be a comedy, it would have needed to have a lighter plot, which may have included Joe not dying and possibly more humor. I was not sure to begin with because there were some points throughout the play that were funny. However, drama, and even tragedy, can have comical parts and sometimes comedies are not comical. For instance, Chekov considered his plays to be comedies, however, most people would argue otherwise. Since the play was about the events leading up to Joe’s death, I think

The Central Park Cast recreated their roles very well in Annie Jr. The play Annie Jr. has four main characters are Annie who is an orphan, Miss Hannigan who is an orphanage matron, Grace Farrell who is Mr. Warbucks's secretary, Mr. Warbucks who is a billionaire. This play is about an orphan girl named Annie who was hopeless. Annie lived in horrible orphanage where Miss Hannigan was the orphanage matron. Miss Hannigan is a has been who hated her job and the kids at the orphanage. Annie tried to run away but the police officer caught her and brought her back to the horrible orphanage. Miss Hannigan had everyone fooled because everyone thought she was nice and treated the girls well but, she actually didn’t. Annie’s life change completely when she was selected by Grace Farrell to go stay with Mr. Warbucks for a short period of time. Suddenly, everyone is charmed by Annie including Mr. Warbucks who can be a little cold hearted. Mr. Warbucks knew that all wanted was to find her real parents. So, Mr. Warbucks decided to help her find her parents. Mr. Warbucks offered an award to whoever

This mock- documentary play starts with David, aka DHH, reading email from Marcus Gee, the pivotal character in this play. Marcus is a White guy but he has been playing of an Asian role in the play called “Face Value”. David is strongly opposing the idea to grant a White person for an Asian character’s role. David points out the racial discrimination in the US even if the law of the nation prohibits this discrimination. David’s father, who came to America from China and opened a bank in California, had to go under federal investigation, in David’s thinking, just because of being an Asian. So, David expects the Asian character in the play to be the typical Asian person, who possesses the ‘Asian blood’. Marcus Gee, on the other hand, insists himself to be more Asian like actor because he has experienced the Asian life by physically being in China. Marcus’s email to David illustrates the detail how deeply he is interested in knowing the Chinese way of life, especially of a minority tribe called the Dong. As the play moves forward, David seems to be increasingly opponent to the idea of accepting a non-Asian person in an Asian character role.

IATI – (International Theater Arts Institute) is an international nonprofit theatre company established in 1968. Its mission is to perform and promote the contemporary Latino heritage through performing arts productions in theatre and workshops, serving as a bridge between artists and under-served communities in their New York home in the East Village, on national and international tours. Our artists address contemporary issues of broad human interest and frame them in an appropriate cultural context of powerful social impact to provoke introspection and social