IA proposal

My idea for the IA project is an adaptation of Caroline's wedding. This adaptation requires 3 people to perform. The characters are Grace, Caroline and Eric.

The performance begins with the fact that Grace and Caroline's mother is dead. Grace has adopted the Haitian tradition s that their mother lived by. The conflict is between Grace and Caroline because Grace wants Eric to ask her permission to marry Caroline since she is the oldest sibling. Eric will try to satisfy Grace's desires to have a traditional Haitian wedding, but it is not good enough. So Caroline and Eric will try to run off and Grace will try to prevent it from happenong because she does not want them to get married.

The focus will be on the importance of tradition and heritage. It will also focus on the relationship between family and outsiders. The setting is in New York because that is where Grace and Caroline live in the book story.

It will be interesting because it is somewhat similar to the book but different because Eric will be aware of the fact that Grace does not like him and that she wants a traditional marriage. This performance is like what would happen after the story in the real book ended.

Fall Play Review

I was very impressed with the performances in the fall play. The actors did a great job of memorizing their lines and an even better job of improvising if they forgot their lines or somebody else forgot their lines or went out of order. I really liked the props that were used. The backgrounds and the benches and the chairs really worked in explaining where the scene was taking place. I could easily tell that the city scenes were inside of a house and the country scenes were outside. I liked that the actors were able to exit and enter the scene in different ways. One of the ways was from the door that was closest to the stage. The other was down the middle all the way to the back. I really liked this way because it is different from actors just turning left or right to exit. I felt like there was the right amount of music. I liked that it was only between scenes and not during the acting. The lighting was appropriate for the scenes inside and outside. When the actors were performing in the city house, the lights were dimmer and I could easily tell that they were outside because they were very bright. The actors did a great job of keeping their composure on stage. They did not laugh at all when the audience would laugh and they did not break character at any point. I also liked that they could enter from behind the audience. It made me feel like I was right in the middle of the performance and not looking in from the outside. I really enjoyed this play and it was filled with important themes such as honesty. This was a very enjoyable play to watch.

25 Things

Wall of Fire Rising

1.) Fire
2.) Relationship between Father and Son
3.) Relationship between Mother and Son
4.) Sadness
5.) Depressing
6.) Hot air balloon
7.) Sugar Mill
8.) Guy
9.) Little Guy
10.) Lili
11.) Boukman
12.) The List
13.) School
14.) Suicide
15.) Freedom
16.) Consequences
17.) Passion
18.) Love
19.) Dissagreement
20.) Dissapointment
21.) Money
22.) Hierarchy
23.) Anger
24.) Obsession
25.) Short sighted