Essay on Stand Up, Al AS Drama Portfolio

I am passionate about technical theatre because it embraces all of the art that I love doing.

I never thought that I’d care about sports in my high school. Throughout my childhood, I accepted that I had sold my soul to the devil that is musical theatre; it wasn’t until I attended Thomas Jefferson high school that I realized the heartache that would come with that decision. The only problem I have with my high school is that it is sport focused, and could show more love towards the theatre department. Not only has the school spent money updating the sports equipment and gymnasiums, but it continues to neglect the deteriorating stage that gets used and rented out by many dance competitions, concerts, and play productions.

Barbara Lazear Ascher’s detail on The Box Man is used to inform the audience on his way of life . “ …judging from the bandages and the chill of the night, it is of his choosing.”, guides the purpose by showing his appearance. She interjects

Before mentioning how Mr. Summers wants to upgrade the box, a solid page is spent describing it, it’s color, the material, and very specifically, where it is kept throughout the year when the lottery isn’t happening. This is answered with the sentence “...[the box] is taken to the safe of Mr. Summer’s coal company and locked up...The rest of the year, the box was put away, sometimes in one place, sometimes in another.” Once again, the reader is drawn the how ominous that description of the box is. The box is moved around a lot, even if it is a symbol of a long-standing tradition no one seems to want to hold onto it. It builds up the tension, foreshadows that the lottery might end bloody by upping the stakes and making the reader question the exact purpose of the box. It also represents how the town is comparable to a mob. Even if one person doesn’t want to keep the box, no one else seems to either, so the person just holds onto it until they can hand it off to the next, with none, especially the reader, questioning the town’s dislike for the box so

Improv was always an intimidating faction of theater. Though there is no planning or scripting, no matter when or where the show was it always seemed a labor of love. Something that was worked on for an extreme length of time but really it was formed from the performer's mind only a second before the audience saw it. Even though I have done theater and dance in the past, improv always seemed something that I was never good at. From watching performances, tv programs, or improv workshops, it always looked like an art form that I could never learn or use besides the stage. With last week's class, that all seemed to change. I saw that improv could be used in many different factions of life. Providing new life skills and practices that cam

Over the course of approximately one-hundred years there has been a discernible metamorphosis within the realm of African-American cinema. African-Americans have overcome the heavy weight of oppression in forms such as of politics, citizenship and most importantly equal human rights. One of the most evident forms that were withheld from African-Americans came in the structure of the performing arts; specifically film. The common population did not allow blacks to drink from the same water fountain let alone share the same television waves or stage. But over time the strength of the expectant black actors and actresses overwhelmed the majority force to stop blacks from appearing on film. For the longest time the performing arts were

The concept of a box is simple; usually four walls accompanied by a floor and roof to contain or hold an object. However, Shirley Jackson shows in “The Lottery” that a box can be so much more than merely its constructive description. If we chose to look at life and take everything as it appears to be then we may miss an entire world. One’s ability to revel in the deeper wonders of life can provide a truly fulfilling experience. These deeper wonders are all around us, yet, it is the fact that they are so well hidden beneath ordinary means that gives them their rich powers of enlightenment.

The Tonight Show has been the longest running talk show around the world since September 27, 1954. The show debuted as a hundred minutes program on NBC. Throughout the history of this specific talk show, The Tonight Show had gone through several changes on official hosts. However, something that never changed is the theme, which is to bring laughters to the audience at midnight. Starting from 1954 with Steven Allen, the show has entertained the audience with joy and laughters. Six of the official hosts hosted the show with their comedic talents while having interviews with celebrities and politicians. In addition, they are never too afraid to draw attention on the most recent controversial issues on politics, society, and industrial wise. Even

h.) This box told us that the people who made that box must be a very careful one because he/she made it so no one can realize. I think it is useful.

I've never considered myself the result of a cookie cutter mold, but the older I get, the more I wonder about that. Everyone thinks they're one of a kind. Everyone thinks they're unique and quirky and special. Is there really something that makes each individual special? What could possibly make over seven billion people all unique? I grew up with all boys, and that impacts me. My childhood was chock full of biking off-road, building odd contraptions in the neighbors' shed, and burrowing the biggest snow forts we could, without regards to the Minnesota weather. When I was six years old, I started balancing neighborhood shenanigans and Softball. It became part of me, and I loved everything about it. The ring of a ball ricocheting off the ball, the feel of the ball's seams as they rolled off my fingers, and the

During my first acting assignment (2014) as a Correspondence and Briefing Officer, a new version of the online Community Profiles application was rolled out. I was tasked with annotating the user guide for the new version in order to speed up and ease the process of updating a community profile and editing it for approval. I had to analyze numerous versions of these profiles prior to and post editing in order to provide recommendations in the form of annotations to the user guide. During my 2015-2016 acting assignment in the same position, in order to support the programs in their efforts to provide high quality response letters on behalf of the Minister or prepare briefing and scenario notes for the Minister or DM, I research the topics

Jackson describes the box as growing “shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.” Also, the townsfolk talk about making a new box, but it seems that no one will actually take action to do so. Finally, the townspeople seem almost afraid of the box, even before the purpose of it is revealed to the reader. When Mr. Summers asks for someone to hold the box, there is hesitation among the characters. This box is a symbol of the morbid tradition described in the story; like the box, the tradition they follow is old and shabby.

It's been almost a month since the debut of Stephen Colbert's spoiled and obnoxious "Cartoon Trump" on The Late Show. Once again, Colbert unleashes his unapologetic animated mockery of Trump that is somehow even more peevish and absurd than the real thing.

The town is so focused on how things have always been that they cannot see any new or improved ways of living. This shows a thoughtless acceptance of tradition. The original box represents the peoples traditionally way of thinking and their fear of change (Jackson 255). The box also symbolizes, at first, some type of mystery.

Just as we cannot pinpoint the exact moment we learn our own names, I can’t recall when my love for theatre began, but it must have been around the same time. I don’t remember a time I hadn’t been fascinated by storytelling and performance. This childhood amusement only strengthened when I started going to school and we’d put on plays for parents, and started reading and discussing literature later on. To me theatre means the perfect alliance of performance, art and academics. It represents to me all the every-day aspects of life while also holding artistic value. My love for literature comes from my unwillingness to be bored.