ALL WORLDS A STAGE

For this 3-week class is called All The World's A Stage, we learned different techniques about theater, and different sets and stages of a play such as Proscenium, Thrust, Theaters in-the-round, Black box, etc. We also went on FE's (Field Experiences) to different theaters and set plays, we tend to focus on immersive plays and talked to directors and management of plays or playset. So me and my group made a play where we focused on monologues for our characters we made up and basically set a story behind it with a setting placed. Hope you enjoy it.

Here is my monologue:

"How would you feel if you had an eating disorder?

Do you think I love stressing every time something happens?

cause I really don’t, and I get sick to my stomach when somebody asks.

The “Are you okays” and the “How have you been”?

As if they really care

Being stressed, it controls most of my emotions 

All of this breaks me, every day I wake up

And even my mom doesn’t care, cause she just sits there 

with her new white boyfriend as if I don’t even matter

But 5 years ago, it would always just be me, my dad and her

And we would go on trips together

Sometimes I ask my mother 

Did she ever really loved me, or it was just a show for people around her

She said yes, of course, but I still knew she was lying

She’s my mom, I could tell

One time I was passing a restaurant on my way home from school 

And I saw her kissing a random dude

how dare she cheat on my dad, My dad, man!!???

Her husband...

And that, well, it stuck with me forever

To this day, I still eat my pain away

Hiding my potential with foods that I stuff in my mouth

Crying as I eat it, it tears me so bad

Knowing I have a mother like that 

Do you know what it feels like to have a mother with a different reputation than she had before 

It makes me look bad

And now she gets to marry this white random guy 

What type of shenanigans is this 

She destroyed me

Turning me into a person that I wasn’t

I was going to be somebody 

Now I am stuck with that forever and ever"

To explain more about my monologue, I created a character named Annie who has a worldwide mental issue such as stress and an eating disorder. The purpose of this monologue was to explain her relationship with mother at home and how that affected her socially, emotionally and mentally. From saying this, she is bringing awareness to how she feel about her mother and how that made her look bad and affected her

Next, I and my group made a slideshow showcasing me and my group characters and characteristics based on their mental disability. The different props we used are in the presentation below.

My group's slideshow:

Here are links to my group's blog:
Savannah: https://ssgcelabschool.blogspot.com/2019/12/all-worlds-stage-play.html
Phoenix:
Maggie: https://madgcelabschool.blogspot.com/2019/12/all-worlds-stage-final-project.html

In conclusion, I really enjoyed the class. I already did a script before and did acting in theater, so this wasn't hard for me. But I felt like I learned a lot of different techniques about Theatre that I didn't know before.