TPPP Outline

WORK IN PROGRESS

Mark Hill

• [get picture from Mrs. Moon]
• spacial relations; Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki
• experience with Butou theatre and the spirituality of it
• differences between western theatre (vocalization; centered higher up; positive space) and oriental theatre (physical; centered lower down; negative space)
• the importance of an ensemble; peripheral vision
• dynamic stillness; counterpoint, etc.

The Pillowman

• first experience with post-modernism
• very raw, surreal, and disturbing
• fascinated me as a scriptwriter

The Odyssey

Mother Courage and her Children / Bertolt Brecht

Good Soul of Szechuan

• First experience with production elements; newfound appreciation
• Learned about dramaturgy; its importance in a play; a new interest
• Learned about lighting; learned about different types of lighting and how lighting can so affect atmosphere
• Difficulty balancing practicality and ideas

Bunraku Theatre

Commedia del Arte

Romeo and Juliet

• first major production in high school
• enlightening and thrilling experience
• called upon lessons with Mark Hill (on Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki) in reference to spacial relations, physicality, and the ensemble
• called upon workshops with Daniel Foley on Shakespearean language and vocalization
• a demonstration of how theatre evolves with time; the themes in Shakespeare are universal and timeless, so even set in a different setting, it is relevant and plausible.

Shadowland

• an inspiration to me
• an example of theatre that evolves; theatre ant technology
• physicality of the show
• Reminiscent of Suzuki in that every moment is aesthetically beautiful

Salar de Uyuni

• theatre is a world that reflects and changes with the world around it
• a world that reflects me, and everything I do causes ripples in the world around me
• it is ephemeral and never stops changing - in the Salar de Uyuni, the sky changes, and it is reflected in the water; everything on the flat is reflected and every movement of the wind or a step causes ripples in the environment.
• theatre is reflective, changing, and beautiful.