Almost Maine is a play by John Cariani and directed by Lesley Tutnick-Machbitz. Narrating nine short stories taken place in a small Maine town at the same time. Each story has a different theme varied of love‚ loss‚ and hope. With six show dates at Glendale Community College Performing Art Center‚ I was given the opportunity to be part of the run crew. I was able to observe the growth of the actors and see them transform into their characters through behavior‚ movement‚ and voice. The cast was
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still problems women face on a daily basis‚ such as unequal pay among the issues. The plays Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ and Fences by August Wilson‚ the two playwrights investigate the role women had in 1950s America. The responsibilities these women had and their day to day lives helped shaped their families in many different ways. Miller and Wilson are highlighting that the role the women have in these plays
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By extension‚ the term melodrama has come to be applied to any play with romantic plot in which the author manipulates events to act on the emotions of the audience without regard for character development or logic. Melodrama had very ’stock’ characters‚ in other words they were very stereotypical characters‚ and all the action happened on stage. Melodramatic plays were also morality based - that is Right Vs. Wrong. Before The Touch of Silk by Betty Roland was written in 1928‚ Australian drama
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the play being placed in 1904‚ police in Wilson play such as Caesar reflected how police abuse their power in today’s society. Caesar‚ a black police officer in the play‚ demonstrates the issue of authority in today’s society abusing their power by exploiting the community‚ harassing African American people and taking innocent lives. August Wilson was an American playwright who received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama fpr the ten plays he had written called the “The Pittsburgh Cycle” In the play Gem
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Tim Miller’s play Rooted discusses a controversial topic about marriage equality and when a social change is finally achieved. His solo performance displays a serious‚ yet comical tone about the struggles his husband and him were faced with in order to get to where they are today. Miller gives his audience great detail on riots he participated in and his thoughts on the government. He also shares his family history and the important role it has on his life today. Miller’s solo performance of
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For my play critique I went to Sunnyslope High School to see their production of The Snow Queen. All in all the theme of this play can be seen as love. Gerda expresses about every single scene how she loves Kai and will do anything to get him back. This play sounded extremely well put on‚ and then I saw it and wasn’t impressed even slightly. To start off the play Grandma‚ Gerda‚ and Kai sit around the house until the kids decide they want to play outside in the snow. Grandma tells the kids about
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Play Analysis This play takes place in the late 1960’s and the main characters are Paul and Corie Bratter who are newly weds. They are on their way to their new apartment in New York. When they arrive in their apartment they are surprised with multiple flights of stairs leading to their apartment‚ Corie is excited and has a good outlook and believes that it will be perfect‚ despite the stairs. Paul‚ however‚ does not think the apartment will be satisfactory. He complains about the hole in the sky
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Play Analysis: The King and I Submitted by: Beatrix Clayden C. Deonio II – Teamwork Submitted to: Sr. Louis Rafael Tordecillas CHARACTERS Major Characters: 1. King Mongkut – King Mongkut is an imposing ruler of Siam‚ Thailand. He was the one who requested for his children to be taught in the English language for his country to be modernized. 2. Anna Leonowens – Anna Leonowens is a widowed English schoolteacher who has come to Siam to teach the royal children of King Mongkut. Her
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All Work‚ No Play Applying pressure to a wound could save a life‚ however the pressure applied in my life created a wound. Growing up I was raised by my mother and father‚ Becky and Robert. They are amazing parents and have raised some astonishing children‚ at least in my opinion. I am the youngest of three children that my parents birthed‚ therefore I am the last chance to raise a child for my parents. Which is why I believed I was pushed and pressured so much to succeed in everything‚ including
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Throughout the entirety of the of Simon’s Fair Play‚ Ethics of Sport‚ we touch on a lot of controversial issues that are present in the sport world and by extension issues that are present in our society. "This book is concerned primarily with ethically evaluating principles that people associate with sport and implying that analysis to examine specific issues. Its major focus is the nature of principles and values that should apply to sport". (Simon‚ p.19) The major points of importance that the
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