The Circle: Play Analysis

On February 26th 2016, I went out with my friend to saw this event. It was the first time of my life to be in such production. I was not a fan of theaters. I thought they are boring. Now, my mind has changed because the play was amazing. So, on the next day,

A gritty, urban drama that introduces the world to Ahking a.k.a. King, an unorthodox drug dealer who is at the top of his game. Follow King through the trials and tribulations of being the head the wears the crown and what it takes to keep it. Ahking has come to the conclusion that in this game of drugs, murder, and deceit, it’s not about fighting fire with fire, but mind over muscle and everything he does has to be strategically done. This urban web series takes you on a journey where no one can be trusted, watch your back at all times, and most of all every move has to be Calculated if you want to get out this game

There is one this I didn’t like and that seemed like a major mistake. Since I was near the side, where the back of the stage was, I could hear people moving around. Now, this isn’t a huge deal, but when something is supposed to be quite and I hear footsteps it can be very distracting. They should have been more mindful of

Research for The Laramie Project, Moises Kaufman's nationally successful play, began one month after a horrific crime occurred in Laramie, Wyoming. Members of Kaufman's theatrical group, Tectonic Theater Project, travelled to the open ranges of the West in order to gather in-person interviews from Laramie's populace. The purpose was to capture the emotions, reflections, and reactions of the people who were most closely and personally associated to the crime—the brutal beating and subsequent death of a young gay college student named Matthew Shepard. This incidence had become a national symbol of the struggle against intolerance and brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws in the U.S. One of the most powerful “moments” in the play was “Dennis Shepard’s Statement” in which Matthew’s father delivered a moving and very

Playspent is an online-based game of balancing the budget while doing all the activities necessary in a life of a low-income person or family. It is designed in a way to present the life of a low-income person or family. It might be an online-based game but it has a lot of connection with the real life scenarios. Based on my experience of playing this game, it is a game that requires critical to make each and every decision in various scenarios. During the game, I couldn’t understand it is something I am doing online rather; it is designed in a way that made me feel I am actually making the decisions in my real life. This game can easily pursue someone to think about the reason behind poverty and the life of people with poverty. Moving on to

This was the first play or theatre performance that I have attended. I was unsure of what to expect, but I heard great things about this play. Furthermore, the first aspect of this production that caught my attention was the design of the set. The design gave the feeling of a run down urban neighborhood by making the outer parts of the stage look like an old brick building. The building looked like one you would find in a low-income area or projects. The scenery of the play set the stage for what type of production this would be. I especially liked the way they carefully chose not to place just any kind of props on the stage. The dusty

To start, one of the many things that stood out to me was The Lady who was mysteriously present in every scene. Without lines until the very end of the performance, it was like she was watching and learning from the play simultaneously with audience. Initially, I couldn’t pinpoint the importance of her role in the production, yet along with

Growing up, I have been to multiple theatre productions. I have seen the musical Wicked and the Lion King on Broadway, A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre and several high school productions including Greese and Much Ado About Nothing. This production was much different than the ones I have been to in the past. This play was on a smaller scale and the cast was smaller. However, this production felt more intimate since the audience was physically closer to the actors.

In this paper I will be discussing the play called Disconnect. I will be discussing my experience, my intial reaction to the play and design elements that stood out. I also will gives examples of common themes I recognize and the overall plot. This was a remarkable play writing by theater devise. Th graceland cast and character put on a show that must be scene by many.

Seeing my friends and other students having fun and making me feel like I was up on that stage with them. There were two specific characters that really stood out to me, these two characters stood out to me because, they were full of emotion and energy through the whole night for all the shows. My favourite characters were Corny Collins, and Amber Von Tussle. I think the rest of the cast could have used more energy and used their emotions more because, through most of the show some people showed no emotion at all and had a straight face. In the opening number of the play everybody had energy and was happy with emotions. I think that was the best energy in the whole show. However, I get it the lights on the stage are hot and by the end of the night you get exhausted because you are using up all your energy. You got to fight through it either by staying hydrated, eating, or taking a rest on a break you must get through. Performing is a very hard thing to do, and while you are working your butt off some people in the audience think it's easy. Until they try and do it and find out the challenges and how hard it is to do the things we

The space allows the audience to become part of the show, and also allows the actors to be more engaged with their surroundings. The space that was picked for this production fit the play absolutely perfectly. The stage was set up in the round where the audience on three sides surrounded the stage. This type of space made for even more interaction between the audience and the actors. At one point in the play I could feel the breath of one of the actors on stage.

Lee-Cooney uses a fast paced script in order to cover the time spans of Juli’s life, and cleverly layer the numerous stories within these periods. Though effective and enticing it also leaves the audience slightly confused at what is happening, and which characters are currently on stage, especially at the start of the play, since numerous roles were played by a single person. The actors and actresses played multiple roles and did a fantastic job bringing their characters to life. Though there were many stand-out moments within the play, it was the scenes between that of Samuel Valentine as Juli, and Sandro Colarelli, who played numerous roles, but in particular as the caricature police officer. There is one scene within the play when Juli

Throughout the semester we have been exposed to plays of varying styles of writing/directing and play structures, including Kantor’s Grotowski’s Poor Theater, Theater of Death, and realism in an effort to further our understanding of the way that the Holocaust is represented in the theater. Akropolis, Dead Class and Who Will Carry the Word each have their own benefits in their differing depiction of the Holocaust. By eliminating the distractions posed by props, lighting, costumes and set designs, Jerzy Grotowski’s forces the viewer to draw direction and meaning from the words that the actors are speaking and their nonverbal communication, including their body movements and their tone in the play Akropolis. When four of the prisoners press

The Central Park Cast recreated their roles very well in Annie Jr. The play Annie Jr. has four main characters are Annie who is an orphan, Miss Hannigan who is an orphanage matron, Grace Farrell who is Mr. Warbucks's secretary, Mr. Warbucks who is a billionaire. This play is about an orphan girl named Annie who was hopeless. Annie lived in horrible orphanage where Miss Hannigan was the orphanage matron. Miss Hannigan is a has been who hated her job and the kids at the orphanage. Annie tried to run away but the police officer caught her and brought her back to the horrible orphanage. Miss Hannigan had everyone fooled because everyone thought she was nice and treated the girls well but, she actually didn’t. Annie’s life change completely when she was selected by Grace Farrell to go stay with Mr. Warbucks for a short period of time. Suddenly, everyone is charmed by Annie including Mr. Warbucks who can be a little cold hearted. Mr. Warbucks knew that all wanted was to find her real parents. So, Mr. Warbucks decided to help her find her parents. Mr. Warbucks offered an award to whoever

Barnes(1020), argues that the ‘Fences’ is one of the few plays that exposes reality as opposed to the usual confines of art as in most of the plays. According to Barnes, the play is full of life intimations, the society’s images as well as a man’s impressions. The author vividly exposes on the experiences of blacks while in America. Using Troy Maxson, a hero in the play, he explains how the delayed civil movements delayed the dreams of this black in America, Troy. Barnes explains that Troy was once a refugee from the South who turned to be a thief and finally a murderer ending up in a jail where he learned baseball.