Tuesday's Lecture Analysis

During Mr. Rosenberg’s leave we learned different dramatic elements such as script analysis, stasis and intrusion, dramatic conflict, etc. This helps us to understand the different elements so one day when we have to apply the elements we will already be mindful of them. Additionally, we also learned about the beginning of theater dating back to ancient Greece and their different ways of displaying theater.

Peter Brook, a renowned director born in 1925 who has overseen numerous productions says; “I can take an empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.” This production takes aspects from Brook’s ideology as well as Grotowski as it covers their teachings in addition to aspects of Absurdism and Brecht. The above quote said by Brook agrees with the production of Boy Girl Wall by the Escapists as they transform a “bare stage” by a man walking across it and creating an entertaining piece of theatre with a simple piece of chalk and his physicality.

Theatre is a collaboration of various forms of fine art which utilizes live performances presenting before the audience on a stage at a specific place within a scheduled time (Dugdale 10). The message is communicated through a combination of various channels like songs, speech gestures or dances. Stagecraft skills are combined with elements of art to make the performance more physical and near to real life experience. Theatre is categorized broadly into drama, musical theatre, comedy, tragedy and improvisation. Any form of these accepts integration of various production modes and collective reception to influence the artwork being presented. As a result of this cooperation of items in the theatre

The pathway to equality for African Americans was a lengthy and laborious process that required dedication and hard work. March Book One and Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell describes John Lewis’ introduction to the inequality and his work during the Civil Rights Movement. The story is told by Lewis’ personal accounts and images, which provides an unique reading for the audience.

1. What scene or scenes do you think you'll still remember a month from now?

I had the pleasure of receiving the opportunity to engage in a lecture by BIll Preinitz at the Weston Historical Society this past Sunday March 26. At the lecture, Preinitz utilized his history and math degrees to produce a both informational and engaging discourse on the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. This lecture not only further prepared me for Monday’s test, but fascinated me and greatly expanded my knowledge of the war as it pertains to other elements of history discussed in class.

On Thursday, October 19th, Ray Shultz, Professor of theater arts, and the theatre company, presented a lecture/demonstration on the soon to be staged musical Spring Awakening. Several members of the company as well as Professor Shultz spoke about the musical and gave the audience some of the background informations, as well as enacted three excerpts of the production.

1%- Upon reading chapter 16 I was profoundly shocked to see mention of the 1%. In the news over the last few years this has become a rather recognizable term however I did not realize this went all the way back to the beginnings of our country. I also find it shocking that after all this time we still have found no real resolution for the distribution of wealth in America. While I understand hard work for hard cash I do not understand how even back then these companies could profit so heavily off their employees with no care for their wellbeing or living situation. A company should never be allowed to pay someone less than the current living expense of the area. Also, I cannot help but feel like I am not reading history but instead an article from current times. Millionaires sit on snob hill while their employees struggle to keep on the lights.

Jane moved into her new schoolroom in Morton and has a class of twenty students with only a few who can read. The rest of the class can not read or write and have no will to learn. Jane feels degraded with the work she is doing, however she wishes to change that feeling. It seems like Jane feels like she has fallen down the social ladder by taking this position, although she seems happy having friends, a job and a home. St. John’s personality is described in this chapter when he says that he wanted to be a politician or an orator rather than a clergyman where he has no power. Later in the chapter He decides to become a missionary and work with the pagans in India.

“Give honest and sincere appreciation.” The lesson from Chapter 2 of Book 1 was one that stood out a lot to me, and is a piece of advice I’ve tried to adhere to my daily life. It’s such an important thing, and yet, as Carnegie states outright, not enough people do it day to day. There’s a specific quote that stuck out to me, and I’ve actually had quite a bit of experience with it:

Middle School Theatre as a student is really interesting. I have an amazing teacher and I learn everyday. We learn about lot’s of things in theatre that helps me grow in theatre. In this paper I’m going to talk about all the things I’ve learned so far in Theatre and my favorite unit this year.

Chapter nine was all about the ways in which children outwardly display their cognitive development, the understanding of their environment through their experiences. In fact, by observing children closely in their involvement with dramatic play, use of materials, and the relationships that they form with other adults and children, we can see what we assume are indication of these thought processes developing (Cohen, 142). There are nine processes that we can observe that will help guide us into understanding a child’s cognitive development, which include, forming generalizations, the ability to differentiate, the ability to perceive similarities and differences, the ability to draw analogies, the ability to perceive cause and effect, time orientation, the ability to classify, perceiving patterns, and understanding spatial relationships.

This essay is about a video lecture given by Randy Pausch in series “THE Last Lecture”. He was a professor in Carnegie Mellon University. The presentation is given on OPRAH, titles “how to achieve your childhood dream”. The min idea of this presentation was to motivate, encourage people who are depressed or not confident of their choices. He encourages them to keep on trying, never give up.

Many events occurred in Chapters 10-18 that greatly impacted the story. After their school homecoming dance, a drunken Hayden tried to make Alexi do something that she was definitely uncomfortable with. This event impacts the problem, Alexi's struggle with her secret,, by making it tougher for her to conceal, since Hayden's actions only made her relive the event that she has tried so hard to heal from and forget. So far, this novel has been easy to follow, actually. Some event that have taken place would be what happens after the homecoming dance when Alexi's drunken date forced her to do something she did not want to do upon leaving the dance early. This is also an issue that greatly adds to the main issue in the novel, which is Alexi's internal

eSTABLISH HOW “Our Town” BREAKS THEM: The stage manager constantly converses with the audience, Numerous invisible props, and plants people to ask questions