Japanese Theatre

MISSED SOME OF THE NOTES TRYING TO FIX TICO'S (MY LAPTOP'S) HINGE

• Often all male and all female
• Kabuki
• passing alone the dialogue
• dividing lines/speaking in unison and one piece of dialogue passes on
• Time is malleable in Japanese theatre
• Time and place is transient
• theatrical time is adapted to the audience
• movement can interrupt narrative time
• Zeameay????
• poetic concept; honi; essential characteristics
• beauty of form
• Bunraku
• bite the sleeve to hide tears
• They vary
• speed
• timing
• intensity
• design
• color
• verisimilitude
• the element or aspects of reality that you evoke in your writing
• intertextuality
• theatricalization of the mechanics of theatre
• "traditional Japanese theatre is presentational theatre vs. representational theatre"

Resist Simplicity: My Thoughts

I don't think simple thinking has ever been a problem for me. In actual fact, I don't know who taught me, but I've always been the type to consider both sides of an argument before coming to a conclusion. Often times, I discovered that there was no clean-cut answer.

And I will continue this later on I need time to do my outline.

((I forgot to press publish, apparently "OTL))

The Pajama Games

((I DIDN'T UPLOAD THIS???))

In all honesty, I was enamored with this musical from the moment I saw that teaser. I still vividly remember the cheers from the people around me and my own initial surprise when the curtains swept open to reveal the beautiful set of the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory.

The vibrant colors and the organized arrangement was striking, immediately catching and maintaining my interest. The set worked very well for the choreography of the performance, both enhancing the other to their full potential, and it was exciting to see.

Since I'm relatively short on time, I'll cut to the chase: I loved the singing and the choreography of every song, and the fact that the cast had managed to keep my attention through a show with a plot that wasn't quite to my tastes was a feat in itself. Sid and Babe in particular had strong vocals throughout the performance, particularly excelling in striking a balance in the duets - one wasn't louder than the other and etc.

There were at some moments and numbers, such as Babe's "Not In Love" where I felt that the factory girls could have shown more energy to compliment the nature of the play, but given circumstances, that might simply be me being overly critical.

My favorite character has to be Hines, however - Justin's portrayal of the him brought out the character's full comedic potential for sure! XD

((Right. Right, I didn't upload this because it was so cursory "OTL))

The Love of Three Oranges

I cannot express my love for this play in words - holy crow, I adored so much about it. It's rare to find a play that just... well, it was so refreshing to see a play not based on seriousness at all! At the same time, this version is obviously a 'modernized' version of this play, with many outdated allusions being appropriately omitted or altered to help the new generation of audiences understand.

I'm not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much in its original form, because one of my particular obsessions in this play was the role and personality of the omnipotent 'narrator' of the entire play, who himself, was quite the modern character. His role of stopping and starting the show - his role as a whole is far from traditional Commedia, but I loved him anyway.

Reference Videos
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUnaNTfTzuM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpW3O4rv7s

The Good Soul of Szechuan: Making Progress?

Well, I admit I was slightly intimidated at first when I volunteered myself for lighting, but I have no regrets - it is such a fun and exciting experience! Above all, there is just so much to learn and it is just so fulfilling. I've learned that in the past that the difference between thoughtful lighting and... lighting that's less so, can make or break a production. The lighting can add so much mood, atmosphere (intensity, symbolism, meaning, etc.) to a performance and now, I can only wonder if my teammates and I will be able to pull it off to meet everyone's (including our own rather high) expectations.

((This was saved in drafts??? I don't know why - May 14th, 2013))

Theatre Presentation Notes

• Isolation
• How do we perceive ourselves as humans?
• "Tree of Life"
• Corruption
• Vision
• Emma's Idea
• very similar to my first one
• arena stage
• Blind
• touch the paintings and portraits
• tape

Neeevermind - get too distracted listening to actually type