Reflection: Bread and Class (Wed. 3rd and Thurs. 4th)

Today we experimented with the seemingly rather bland play called 'Bread'. (http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p155/ohhchelsx/haircutandschoolphotos019.jpg <--- bread!) At first, Ms. Heick asked it to be read monotone, and I couldn't imagine we were going to do something so incredibly boring. But then when she explained the assignment...I also wasn't too thrilled. I'm not always the most creative on the spot type, my creative moments tend to come in random bursts. And sure enough, when Emme and I got together we came up with a really creative idea: insane old people!

A lot of the time I feel a peer pressure kind of grading goes on in theatre, and the only way you pass or get a good grade is by how loud, how hard, and how often the crowd cracks up at said skit. For some people this happens a lot, and for others, like myself, it barely happens at all. It can be really intimidating and upsetting, discouraging even, but only after you've been given the official 'grade', after your skit is done. Often I sit down feeling like, wow, that sucked. But it never seems to discourage me before, when planning the activity. Whether it's because Ms. Heick's enthusiasm is contagious, or because I often think what I'm about to do is hilarious (even my mom says I have a strange sense of humor, so it would explain why I don't get the reaction I want half the time I do it), I'm not quite sure, but either way theatre is always fun.

Anyways, me and Emme's skit about the insane old people was great and really fun to perform. I had to stop for some giggling along the way of the performance, which always upsets me when I do that. I try really really hard to stay in character, but when it's the first time I'm performing something and it's really funny, I can't always help it.

The activity turned out to be a hit. I had a lot of fun especially seeing what all the other kids came up with for ideas. Turns out poisoning the man was a lot more popular of an idea than I thought. I wonder what that says about our generation? Nothing good, I'm sure.... =]