November 10, 2011
That’s right! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone?!?!
We’re nearing the halfway point in our two programs and I have so many
amazing updates to share!
Our group at the Cooke Center Academy is already “yes, and…”ing
itself into a full script! The group is huge (fourteen young adults!!)
and full of such a melting pot of personalities and interests, but
they’ve all really come together to help write this play. Starting with
fun storytelling exercises and looking to Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, and
Charlie Chaplin for examples of how we talk without using words, the
group came up with the idea of setting their final play at summer camp.
We’ve already created scenes about campers making new friends, helping
each other learn how to make a fire, and coaching a friend through when
he or she is feeling homesick. It’s been pretty incredible to watch and I
can’t wait to see what they come up with tomorrow–we’re doing some more
improv and by next week we’ll have a script to start rehearsing!
Michelle and I have been videotaping, and our favorite photographer Ani
Tomasic came in last week, so hopefully by the end of the week I’ll have
some footage and photographs to share with you all!
Our program at the PIT is off to an amazing start as well. We have
five actors in the class who are all very different, but it makes for
such a great group. They’ve really bonded with each other and formed an
incredible ensemble, and have also formed a strong relationship with the
teachers and Nagisa, our intern from the Cooke Center Academy who is
assisting Meredith with writing the final script. Backstage secret:
after playing a really cool game called “Night at the Museum” where each
of the participants played an exhibit that came to life, Meredith came
up with the idea of a play that’s set in a museum where all of the
paintings come to life and have an adventure. We don’t know yet what
that adventure entails, but the group’s already started creating
characters, so I know it’s going to be pretty spectacular!
Michelle and Jake have been hard at work on getting the video blog
going so that we can share lots of exciting updates with you in a more
interactive way. For the launch, Jake’s been editing up a storm, putting
together a great video that shows some of the games we play and input
from our actors. Eventually, our goal is to share an update after each
class so that every week, you’ll get to hear some fun updates via video
from some of our actors! I’ve seen the drafts of the inaugural video; I
think you’ll love it when it goes live!
Pictures and video are still to come from our program at the Cooke
Center Academy, but in the meantime, I can share with you some great
pictures and videos from the PIT. The pictures are from throughout, but
the three videos are from our Halloween class, where we played a game
called “MASK-erade.” Everyone got a chance to put on a pretend mask and
become a character for the group to guess, and here are some of our
favorites!
Teddy went first, check it out!
Jeffrieal became a baseball player when he put his mask on:
And then Nicky drew from J.R.R. Tolkien for inspiration to become a wizard:
And here are some photos:
Jeffrieal and I
Jake, Nagisa and Teddy posing as a rock band during a game of "Group Photo"
Talia and Maya being a snake exhibit during the first game of "Night at the Museum"
Jeffrieal showing what it looks like when you're angry
Can’t wait to share more with you as things progress!
Jenna
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