Last Night
Apr. 30th, 2004 06:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceebeegeeI went to the second week of the Rosetta Festival. About the same number of good plays to not-so-good. C.L.'s play, "Naked Men," was funny but oddly I think I preferred his reading at the auditions. And Eli Eagle was screwed. He was an actor at the auditions who was outstanding--gave strong readings for everything. I really liked his reading for the other guy in "Naked Men," and I asked C.L. who got him. He said everyone wanted him. But he ended up in another play, with two small parts that didn't showcase his talents at all. Dude was screwed.
There was a play in the second half that I LOVED. It was called "Shades" and it's hard to describe--basically it was the same scene done six different ways, with a color assigned to each "take." The first was straightforward, with normal conversational dialogue. The second was with "motivations"--characters would say "vicious dig" or "awkward joke" instead of making a vicious dig or whatever. The third was with their underlying thoughts--"I'm so uncomfortable, why doesn't he leave already?" The fourth was--they just imitated monkeys or savage men or something. The fifth was prologue--what happened before the scene. And the sixth was epilogue. The play was fascinating, absolutely riveting. You absolutely had to, wanted to pay attention to what was happening. Brilliant play.
There was a play in the second half that I LOVED. It was called "Shades" and it's hard to describe--basically it was the same scene done six different ways, with a color assigned to each "take." The first was straightforward, with normal conversational dialogue. The second was with "motivations"--characters would say "vicious dig" or "awkward joke" instead of making a vicious dig or whatever. The third was with their underlying thoughts--"I'm so uncomfortable, why doesn't he leave already?" The fourth was--they just imitated monkeys or savage men or something. The fifth was prologue--what happened before the scene. And the sixth was epilogue. The play was fascinating, absolutely riveting. You absolutely had to, wanted to pay attention to what was happening. Brilliant play.
