Playwriting – HW 1/26-2/11
Tuesday 1/26: Ten-Minute Play Portfolio due. Discuss Fires in the Mirror — Foreword (process), character, setting, voice and language.
HW: Read and annotate FITM pp. 40-77.
Wednesday 1/27: Discuss and perform selected scenes from Fires in the Mirror.
HW: Read and annotate Fires in the Mirror, pp. 79-112.
Thursday 1/28: Discuss and perform selected scenes from Fires in the Mirror. Discuss “Character Study” handout.
HW: Finish reading Fires in the Mirror, pp. 113-139.
Friday 1/29: Write FF #6: Creating a Character (see handout for details).
HW: Write FF #7: Anna Deavere Smith’s three essential questions. Begin writing your character monologue (see handout for details).
Monday 2/1: NO CLASS
Tuesday 2/2: Share writing. Character improvisations.
HW: Write FF #8: Motivation. Finish writing character monologue.
Wednesday 2/3: Character Monologue draft due. Peer editing/individual meetings with Julia.
HW: Rehearse character monologue for performance/critique.
Thursday 2/4: Character Monologue performance and critique.
HW: Revise character monologue as necessary. Write one étude (see handout for details).
Friday 2/5: Character Monologue performance and critique.
HW: Revise character monologue as necessary. Write one étude (see handout for details).
Monday 2/8: NO CLASS
Tuesday 2/9: Character Monologue performance and critique.
HW: Revise character monologue as necessary. Write process piece.
Wednesday 2/10: Peer editing/individual meetings.
HW: Write process piece. Assemble portfolio for submission on Thursday, 2/11.
Thursday 2/11: Character Monologue Portfolio due. Share/discuss one-act plays. Introduction to John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation.