Lewis & Clark Moodle

 So far working together has been good. We work together well and we have enjoyed exploring the script together. Learning about who our characters are has probably been the biggest challenge so far. The are both pretty complex and seem to have a lot influencing their lives so figuring out, how and what about them, to show to the audience is difficult. Because the script is an accumulation of the characters lives, we have a nice insight about who they are in relation to each other, but on the other hand, it means we need to really lock into the given circumstances, because there really isn’t a question about what they are, which can be difficult. As we move forward our next step is to explore how the characters are interacting in the space together and using blocking to effectively show what’s going on. 

Update on me and my partners work, coming a long well.

Update on me and my partners work.

This week, Caroline and I spent time finding the beat for our scene. And we talked about the given circumstances, the relationship between our characters and how to reinterpret the script because we decided on gender-blend one of the character from Gruesome Playground Injuries. Because in the play, we have scenes of when the two main characters were 8, 18, 23, 33 and 38, we were able to have a clear sense of each character's upbringing and how their personality came about. Because that there is also a clear love-line going on in our selected scene, we decided to commit to play the gay couple instead of being ambiguous about their romantic feelings toward each other. We also created a background story that would add to this layer of relationship:

"We have been best friends since we were 8, we have always loved each other as friends. Donna starts to think that she may be different around middle school but definitely hasn’t told a soul. When we are 13 we have the practice kiss but Kayleen does not know that Donna is gay yet. Donna tells Kayleen she is gay when they are in high school- around 14- but that she doesn’t have romantic feelings for her because she does not want to scare away her best friend even though she is in love with her and will continue to be forever. Kayleen already kind of knew Donna was gay. In high school, Donna is not out to her friends or family. She knows they are conservative Christians and doesn’t want to risk getting kicked out of her house. " -wrote by Caroline.

We also continued talking about their social status and their emotional strengths and deficits, and what their physical appearance should be. We made clear of what our character's goals were in our scene.

We also talked about how we both don't want to watch Youtube videos about other people's productions on Gruesome Playground because that would probably influence our takes on our characters.

This week, Caroline and I spent time finding the beat for our scene. And we talked about the given circumstances, the relationship between our characters and how to reinterpret the script because we decided on gender-blend one of the character from Gruesome Playground Injuries. Because in the play, we have scenes of when the two main characters were 8, 18, 23, 33 and 38, we were able to have a clear sense of each character's upbringing and how their personality came about. Because that there is also a clear love-line going on in our selected scene, we decided to commit to play the gay couple instead of being ambiguous about their romantic feelings toward each other. We also created a background story that would add to this layer of relationship:

"We have been best friends since we were 8, we have always loved each other as friends. Donna starts to think that she may be different around middle school but definitely hasn’t told a soul. When we are 13 we have the practice kiss but Kayleen does not know that Donna is gay yet. Donna tells Kayleen she is gay when they are in high school- around 14- but that she doesn’t have romantic feelings for her because she does not want to scare away her best friend even though she is in love with her and will continue to be forever. Kayleen already kind of knew Donna was gay. In high school, Donna is not out to her friends or family. She knows they are conservative Christians and doesn’t want to risk getting kicked out of her house. " -wrote by Caroline.

We also continued talking about their social status and their emotional strengths and deficits, and what their physical appearance should be. We made clear of what our character's goals were in our scene.

We also talked about how we both don't want to watch Youtube videos about other people's productions on Gruesome Playground because that would probably influence our takes on our characters.

This week consisted of ‘just doing’ the work to memorizing my lines.  I had a hard time starting the process of finding the right way to memorize my lines.  It took me a while until I realized I just had to do the work to get the results I wanted.  Though it was tough for me to get started, I found that the easiest way for me to memorize my lines is saying them out loud again and again.  Repetition is the only way I will be successful in my last performance.

This week Abdo and I plan to meet with one another multiple time to make sure we are on the same page with what we are doing when we are not together.  As for lines, I am confident that we will know what the stakes are so that we are able to stay grounded within ourselves and with one another. It is very exciting seeing how our scene is coming together slowly!

“When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.”

[Blog Entry #1 April 8, 2019]

Momoka and I have only had the chance to meet up a few times because of our schedules, so much of our work so far has been independent. I’ve been trying to work out what is at stake for Catherine’s character if she accepts Claire’s help, and why she might have such a difficult relationship with her sister since that’s not really explored in the play. I’m really curious to see how the beat analysis will affect our portrayal of our characters. -Amber 

I think the scene we chose would reveal what's the relationship between Catherine and Claire is like and also their individual characteristics although the contents of the conversation is pretty light weight. By looking into how Claire talks to Catherine and what she ask/think about gave me an idea that Claire worries and feels responsible for taking care of Catherine. Even though they're family, the crash of their lives happens and I think that makes the relationship between them more complicated and interesting. -Momoka

[Blog Entry #1 by Amber&Momoka] 

[April 8, 2019] Proof

Momoka and I have only had the chance to meet up a few times because of our schedules, so much of our work so far has been independent. I’ve been trying to work out what is at stake for Catherine’s character if she accepts Claire’s help, and why she might have such a difficult relationship with her sister since that’s not really explored in the play. I’m really curious to see how the beat analysis will affect our portrayal of our characters. -Amber

I think the scene we chose would reveal what's the relationship between Catherine and Claire is like and also their individual characteristics although the contents of the conversation is pretty light weight. By looking into how Claire talks to Catherine and what she ask/think about gave me an idea that Claire worries and feels responsible for taking care of Catherine. Even though they're family, the crash of their lives happens and I think that makes the relationship between them more complicated and interesting.  -Momoka

This week Daniel and I discussed our characters. We wanted to figure out our given circumstances and our stakes in relation to our character. We did this so we would know how our characters would react in the scene. Daniel’s character, Sam, has been in love with Rose for the longest time. My character, Rose, just wants Sam to get to know her. She claims that he is in love with a fallacy, not a real person. We really used these given circumstances to develop our scene even further. I’m excited to see where this scene will go.

Me and Eli met up at the library this weekend so that we could work on our beat analysis. Working on our scene has been a challenging but fun task as we work hard to try and get our lines down. We look forward to now practicing the incorporated beats we have in our scene and see the difference it makes in our acting.  #finalscene #theater #fun