Sunday, May 2, 2010

Have 4 Art Experience essays filed in Google Docs; label them by month, please


Magnet drama: One-Acts, Ap 30
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Please label them in your Google Doc account -
- Jan
- Feb
- March
- April
15 pts each.
Though they need not be lengthy, they must be detailed.

- Colorful, descriptive opening (5 pts)
"Yeaaagh" shouted Roger Peterson at the climax of the Spring Season One-Acts at Magnet. As an actor in a Monty Python script, he'd been shot dead by his wily instructor in martial arts and defense against fruit, played by Terry Tucker.

- Generalities followed by descriptive detail (5 pts).
While four of the plays were comic, the one entitled "A World Without Memory" was a sober, touching exploration of the onset of Alzheimer's; the aged man was capably played by Jonathan Weber.

- Evaluation and Balance - describing both the laudable as well as disappointing (5 pts)
Cues and lines seemed tight in 3 of the plays. The closing piece, "Check, Please" was uneven. On the one hand, there were stellar moments from animated actresses Michelle Khare and Elissa Little. There were also miscues; the overall pacing was uneven. The audience was responsive, if small in number. Is the Drama Dept advertising its work adequately?

- Basic info (3 pts)
One-Act Magnet Drama Dept performances of four plays on Ap 30 in the PAC involving some 20 actors and a 7-person production team. Directed by six students: Mickey DeLucia, Madison Edwards, Jessica Hensley, Hunter Ward, Elissa Little and Gentry Williams. Caddo Magnet drama teacher is Mrs Patti Reeves.

You may write about . . .
- an opera, orchestra concert, play or
- about eating at an ethnic cuisine restaurant - Thai, Indian or Japanese, for ex. - or
- an indie movie that is approved by your teacher.
(No more than 2 of the 4 essays may be on movies.)
- also, an art exhibit at a gallery or museum.

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