Our Class Play

They followed the steps on how to get an audience attention when telling a story or doing a presentation. First, they told us what they are going to do which was to kill the king, and how they are going to do it, and lastly why they did it. One thing I found really successful was even though the play was really comical the actors were able to keep the storyline in a way that I could understand. The show kept me on edge, it kept me wondering what craziness is going to happen next. Although the show was really comical it also had a lot of life lessons that I learned. Firstly, one thing I learned from watching the performance is that” Once a traitor always a traitor.” In the show, there was a guy that plotted a coup with a soldier so they could overthrow the king so that soldier “ “captain Bondure” could take over. In the end, the traitor ended up betraying the soldier and stole the crown. The second thing I learned from this performance is never let anything bring you down no matter what the circumstances are. In the case of Ubu Roi, the princess lost her dad. Then her mom died right in her hands while they were on the run hiding in a cage. She never gave up on her idea to revenge her families’ death.

I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays

Before I watched the play, I expected it to be terrifying and nightmare inducing, using different dramatics elements to strike fear. I was unsure on how they’d effectively use minimal props and actors and the final scene where the wife and child died. I thought that the timing of the performance would

Knowing we would only get about fifteen minutes with each set of characters kept me on the edge of my seat begging them to get their happy ending before time ran out. This unique dimension of the play was so different than anything I had ever experienced watching any other performance and the actors embraced it beautifully.

Our Town was done very differently than the other plays I have read and I thought it was interesting. I liked that the stage manager broke the fourth wall multiple times and spoke to the audience, creating more interaction with them and keeping people entertained and drawn in. They also placed actors in the audience for a scene. I think this is a

He did a good job of showing the reader how he feels about the play. Throughout the play, there

I thought everything in this play was realistic and the actors did a good job of portraying their characters through vocal quality, movement and facial

To start, one of the many things that stood out to me was The Lady who was mysteriously present in every scene. Without lines until the very end of the performance, it was like she was watching and learning from the play simultaneously with audience. Initially, I couldn’t pinpoint the importance of her role in the production, yet along with

The play made me feel several emotions. For the most part, I sympathized with the majority of the characters. I especially felt an emotional attachment to Prior and Harper. Both of these characters needed to be taken care of, but they were ultimately abandoned. Harper seems confident that she will be fine on her own, but the thought of her being alone still saddens me. I was also happy to read a play that dealt with Mormonism. I grew up as a Mormon and I am interested when a piece of work addresses that particular form of Christianity. Mormonism is not addressed in theatre and entertainment very often, so I found that particular element of the play interesting.

The set was very simple so it didn’t distract from the characters. There were only a few set pieces that went in the middle of the stage so the set was mainly the backdrop, which was really pretty and had a cool design. The lighting was cool. I really liked the first scene when it was dark and there was smoke. It set up the eerie theme in the play. Although it was live, everything ran smoothly and if anyone messed up, they played it off really well. The actors were great. They all fit their role perfectly and played their part well. I think there was a good audience. We all laughed and clapped when we were supposed to.

The performance was extremely well executed. Both the puppeteers and the actors perfectly embodied their various roles. One might think that the unobscured puppeteers would make it hard to focus on the action, but by the end of the play I hardly noticed the puppeteers at all. The lip synching and body language of the puppets was so well done they seemed as though they were alive themselves. The actors were obviously extremely well-rehearsed and coordinated. Two puppets were each controlled

The spectacle use of costumes is accurate, and the lights and sound usage help shape the mood of the play, while the song (especially during Act I) made the mood more lively and dramatic, at the same time. It captures the journey that the young woman was going through, so the instrumental pieces fit the setting just right.

The actors in the play performed extremely well, aside from the forced accents, which I assume was written into the play, the actors were believable. A prime example of this was during the arguing scenes they talked over one another, something that often happens in real life, but is hard to plan. Meg, one of the sisters, was the most

This play was so moving and touching, it represented life in general and how everyone should view it. The part that touched me the most was when death came and said to Everyman that he will take the pilgrimage of the soul and stand before God. Then, Everyman begs to be released and delay just one day, but death tells Everyman he has come for everyone and God has sent him. This moment moved me so much because, it is so true when the angel of death comes to take someone’s soul, even if that person begs to stay he will die. Also, nothing will matter at that time not your friends, family, and material possessions will be there for you, nobody can take the final journey

In this unit we were studying two contrasting plays which were the Cherry Orchard was written by Anton Chekhov and Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka. As a class we first read the plays and then explored these plays through a series of workshops and as a result this helped deepen my understanding of the plays and help develop and strengthen my acting skills.