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Response Introduction To Theatre

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So far in Introduction to Theatre we have done many great projects leading up to the midterm project. However, this assignment, the midterm project has hands down been my favorite. For this assignment we were given groups and a fable to adapt to a certain situation. The situation our group was given was “The City Mouse” and we were told to adapt this into a situation like the one we have here at Presbyterian College. Therefore, we had to collaborate our ideas and begin to create the context for a script. We had to stock characters, make conflicts, use our emotional memory to connect with our roles, make a smooth dialogue, create an objective, figure out blocking, participate in dress rehearsals, understand the text, costume, and make this …show more content…

Our play was about twins, Dolly and Bubba, and their journey to college from a small town to the big city. The two tried to adjust to the city life, but almost immediately knew it was not for them. They hoped that attending the same university as their elder cousin Natalie would change things, but it did not. Needless to say they do not stay in the city for long and they have had a few experiences in the city that they are sure to never forget. In rehearsals I felt like our groups practices were sometimes rocky, we would start over a thousand time it felt like, edit lines, delete things, we pushed each other to know the lines, to make the audience feel like they could be a character in the play, we made the most out of them, and by the end our handwork showed. During our practices in many cases we knew the lines but would get distracted, think “what if,” and sometimes become frustrated. However, I knew that when it became time to perform we would do great! We stressed to each other the importance of familiarizing ourselves with all of the lines and not just our own so if we had to go off script if wouldn't be noticeable to an audience. Our group also talked about the importance of being concentrated and comfortable, all of these people are our friends, and they are just as nervous as us— if not more. I felt like whenever it was performance time our group was very prepared so there really weren't any

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