Annie Baker The Alien Play Analysis

J. Allan’s of Hattiesburg, located at 6169 Highway 98 West, Suite 10, is within a small shopping strip. A few of the businesses surrounding it include Academy Spots, Papa Murphey’s, Massage Envy, and Cheddar’s. The rental space is approximately () square feet and is composed mostly of one large room, which comprises the sales floor. At the back of the building are a few small rooms which include restrooms and a storage space with a large roll-up door. Within the sales floor are very few permeant objects, which include a few small divider walls and the large desk. Around the room are varying arrangements of furniture. Some are set to mimic a bedroom, while others simulate a small living room. Although at any given moment the spaces resemble a convincing living space, they are an ever-changing feature. As furniture is sold, and new pieces are brought in, the assorted bits of furniture are constantly arranged and rearranged in order to create

Alana Horne is a first year student at Middle Georgia State University, where she is actively working on her core classes in the hopes of transferring into The University of Georgia and eventually working at Walt Disney World and for the Disney Company. In the meantime, she volunteers with Princesses with a Purpose and also volunteers for Perry Players Community Theatre in Perry, Ga. The plays that she participated in at the Perry Player’s Theatre are as follows: Oliver, The Addams Family, and A Christmas Carol. In these plays she has been in the ensemble except for A Christmas Carol where she starred as the Ghost of Christmas Past. In the company she participates in, Princesses with a Purpose, she plays the characters of: Anna (Frozen), Tinkerbell

The play Terra Nova opens with the protagonist Captain Robert Falcon Scott, trying to write a letter to the public. However, Scott was having difficulty to do so, as he’s too weak and weary, he seems to have suffered from frostbites in his hand but he continues to write, speaking his words out loud. At the same time Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer also enters the stage, introducing Scott to the members of the Royal Society, who gathered together in honored of him. Amundsen ' introduction of Scott was the first hint to the audiences that Scott was already dead, and his story is told through the journal and letters that were later found.

These allusions contribute to the continuation of the poet’s story and a sense of moving forward. Since the poet is moving out of the house, the second stanza develops the story along with various famous landmarks to help the readers imagine the journey to the current house. When the poet writes, “Instead we went to North Dakota, then up to Winnipeg / to visit the cousins…Going onto Palo Alto...Arriving on Labor Day, Grace Slick’s concert / spilling into the new backyard… Our first night in the house, and not our last. / Johnny come lately, there’s a new kid in town,” (36-52) the readers are able to envision the journey the poet took to arrive at their current house. The songs correlate to the imagery according to the poet’s memories. These songs amplify the emotions that the readers are able to further sense from the poem. These allusions, alongside with songs create a new memory into the new

In addition, the songs allows the audience to sympathize with what the characters are going through. Overall, the twenty plus songs help to develop the story. They are not merely to entertain the audience but to shine to light the issues the experiences that many people face in

Act 2 Scene 3: Oliver: Make sure no nerds get into the party. Caleb: Alright, I see Ian and Ray across the street. Should I let them in?

The song’s dynamics reminded me of a wave; it would be soft, then crescendo into something louder, and then it would become softer again, and then it ended on a very loud powerful note. One song that is very original within the whole musical is “Hasa Diga Eebowai.” When it first started, my friend Brennan turned to me and goes “IT’S LIKE LION KING.” This song is modeled to be after “Hakuna Matata” from Lion King.

Stargirl was another fantastic book Jerry Spinelli. He added interesting characters, such as, Leo the quiet and shy one, Stargirl unique and fun one, Dori Dilson Stargirl only friend, Archie the wise and elderly one, Kevin Leo’s friend that likes the stoplight, and Hillari Kimble the popular bratty one. This book takes place in MICA, Arizona. Now, in paragraph one I will discuss the plot of Stargirl. Next, I will talk about the theme in Stargirl. Finally, I will evaluate Jerry Spinelli`s job on the novel Stargirl.

As for the second the poem The Weary Blues the theme in it is slightly different from I Too, but it has the same meaning. The theme is about how African American expressed their opinions and communicated throughout music because they were being discriminated. In the third line of the poem speaker gives us a

When I entered into the theatre to take a seat, I noticed the stage was set up with showers, lockers, and small baseball field. The showers were placed in the back of the stage, the baseball players' lockers were placed on the sides, and there was painted baseball field in the middle of the

In both the performances of Bill Irwin and Anna Deavere Smith, what theatre is and how it can be effectively used is questioned and analyzed. At it’s core, theatre is essentially a presentation given for it’s dramatic and moving qualities. Looking first to Bill Irwin, it is easily apparent within a few minutes of viewing his play that it is a comedy. Throughout the performance the narrator reads the script and all of its contextual cues meant only for the actor and for the stage setup. Bill can be seen practically sprinting throughout the play as he goes on and off stage for separate numbers. He even makes a point of changing outfits on stage. I believe by doing this, besides simply for comedic purposes, the audience is forced to truly understand

The Woman in Black opens on a young actor, who will play Kipps and be called that for the duration of the play, reading a story written by an old man, the actual Kipps who is called Actor and changes character throughout the show. The young actor after reading the story gives the old man advice on how to make this story into an engaging play and through the course of the show tell the old man's story of his youth. In this story, he goes to handle the arrangements after the death of a very old woman and ends up the victim of supernatural events and ultimately the tragic death of his wife and child. While going in and out of the play going on within The Woman in Black we learn more about the two men and their journey with the story and its effects

Star Girl was a play conveying the story of a young alien girl, Star Girl, Naomi Garay, and her encounter with an Earth family and with her family’s archenemy, Dr. Horribilis, Samantha Cox. Star Girl was directed by Jim Anderson and written by Janet Farr Swart. Although this play is aimed towards a younger audience, members of all age groups could learn a thing or two from this story. Star Girl consisted of a dynamic character set. Throughout the progression of the story, character after character sees a change in their original way of thinking.

“Miss Brill”, a short story written by Katherine Mansfield writes about an older woman named Miss Brill who spends every Sunday sitting on a specific bench at the park, observing people. Miss Brill craves to be admired and have prized possessions like other women. She notices woman with new fur, men with new coats, relationships between men and women, and the band is more enthusiastic since the Season has begun. Miss Brill has an immense interest in fashion, in particular, fur accessories. With Miss Brill’s immense imagination, she sees herself and all of the people at the park as part of a play.

The second song I analyzed was “Paradise” by Coldplay. Similarly to “Kids”, the song “Paradise” starts with the idea of childhood. “When she was just a girl she expected the world. But it flew away from her reach so she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of paradise” is the opening verse for this tune. It talks of a young girl with big dreams expecting the world. As the girl in the song grows up she finds that life is not as simple as she believed. “Life goes on, it gets so heavy. The wheel breaks the butterfly. Every tear a waterfall. In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes.” Those lyrics are a good example of how life has some downs, tears, and storms, but it talks of how the girl stays positive when the song says, “She’d say, ‘I know the sun must set to rise.’” I think this song is a good reflection of me. I have big dreams for myself, but as life goes on I go through some bumps in the road. I have encountered many of my own stormy nights, but I know the sun will rise to a clearer and brighter day in time. I have learned not to expect things to be handed to me, but to chase after my dreams, and my own perfect paradise to a path of success.