How can theater be used to share the words and stories of real people? My project was really about the process for me. The overwhelming majority of my final piece[…]
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Layne – Week 6
Nick Monologue Above is the monologue that is currently the beginning of the play/collection of scenes I have written. I started this week by compelling all the work I had[…]
CR #5 – Layne
How can theater be used to share the words and stories of real people? Compared to most of the work I have done this project has been focused on the[…]
Layne – Week 5
I spent most of this week focused on my own project. At the end of week 4 I was feeling really stuck with my work so I went back to[…]
Layne – CR #4
Throughout this process a large portion of my project has been reading plays and journal articles. I believe the essay that I shared with Joan and Nellie on April 8th[…]
Layne – CR #3
While my project is focused on documentary I am very glad that my question is not specific. I spent the first two weeks of my project reading documentary theater and[…]
Layne – Week 4
During Week 4 I spent a lot of my time creating my first monologue/figuring out what it means to create a piece of theater from transcripts. I took two of[…]
Layne – Week 3
This week I have started going deeper into my own work. I started by finishing off transcripts from two moments that stood out to me when rewatching videos. I also[…]
Layne – CR #2
How can theater be used to share the words and stories of real people? The other night I sat at the dining table while my mom did a puzzle and[…]
Layne – Week 2 Post 2
This week I spend a lot of my time trying to figure out what to do with the material I had from my trip to Harlan. I wanted to go[…]
Nellie- Week 2, Post 1: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
This week I decided to focus on the art portion of my senior projects. I spent some hours carefully reading books on historical fashions throughout different eras. I also decided[…]
Nellie: CR1
How can we engage in Theatre while social distancing? For my project, I wanted to figure out a way to use today’s technology and resources to remain connected to the[…]
Layne – Week 2 Post 1
Above our my continued notes on research. I have continued to read about documentary theater specifically as well as think about story structure in general. This week I began and[…]
CR #1 – Layne
How can theater be used to share the words and stories of real people? When I wrote this question a little more than a month ago I knew I wanted[…]
Nellie- Week 1, Post 2: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
Before starting my y-block I wanted to find my ground as a leader so I could be prepared and not let any students down. I figured there were most likely[…]
Nellie- Week 1, Post 1: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
After hearing that school would be shut down I had an instinct to panic because my initial senior project was completely reliant on having access to the LREI community. In[…]
Layne – Week 1 Post 2
Linked above are scans from my first few days of work. So far I have focused most of my time on research. I have read two plays so far: The[…]
Layne – Project Proposal
Project Name: Understanding Documentary Theater Essential Question This should be the current, clearest version of your essential question. How can theater be used to share the words and stories[…]