Day Two

This morning several folks from ENGL 345 volunteered to help record The Tempest so that in a few weeks we can give all the Lowell Shakespeareans a CD recording of the script. Thanks everyone who helped out!

For Day Two at Lowell, we transitioned from a quick roll-call into a reiteration of the name game, where Tiara named off everyone flawlessly (way to go Tiara - impressive!). Tiara led us through a reenactment of the play itself, inviting us to improvise the roles ad lib. This allowed us to acquire the story in a personal way and to connect with it through roleplay.

Then Chris les us through an activity focused on posture and spatial awareness before we moved through a series of "character stations" with the various character-team leaders and a "movement station" with Darby. There was some really fantastically monstrous and spritely movement and we started to see a wide array of characters emerging from all our aspiring actors.

We are continuing to get to know each other, to learn the story of The Tempest and to figure out what kinds of roles and participation will best suit everyone as we work together to move Shakespeare from the page to the stage.

Wish you were involved?

I would too--if I wasn't.