IPP and RI Update 1

RI research --

I've looked at a bit of Rudolf Laban and Jacques Lecoq and I'm certain now that I want to pursue the movement techniques of Jacques Lecoq utilized in the play Hotel Splendid by Lavonn Mueller.

After further research, I'm going to send an email to Ms. Mueller detailing whether my research question is solid and could be uniquely applied to her play.

The book I have looked at and will use copiously is called "The Moving Body or The Poetic Body (Literal translation in French)".

IPP --

I've read the play that our class unanimously voted on, "Arcadia". And though I think it is a WONDERFUL play, I'm not sure if it's the right play for our IBTA class for a number of reasons shared on Facebook. I think it leaves little exploration for the set and lighting which is detrimental for the process of Reca and Austin's IPP. I also think that given the circumstances where most of our class wants a speaking role in the play to further strengthen his/her acting techniques, it leaves only four major characters (ish) that really have a profound impact on the play. More about this discussion can be read on the conversations that took place November 3rd.

Here's a follow up post after that regarding other plays we could look into. I certainly will read all of these plays in the future at some point.

Okay, so I went a little crazy researching plays for the past few hours... And I think there are some other really good choices that we should look at. All of these plays won either a Tony or a Pulitzer or sometimes both, so I trust expert's opinions that they are pretty good.

True West or Buried Child - Sam Shepard
The Shadow Box - Michael Cristofer
Wit - Margaret Edson...
Clybourne Park - Bruce Norris
August: Osage County - Tracy Letts
M. Butterfly or Yellow Face - David Henry Hwang
Long Day's Journey into Night - Eugene O'Neill
The Pillowman - Martin McDonaugh (extremely creepy sounding, small cast)
Amadeus - Peter Shaffer
The Motherfu**er with the hat - Stephen Adly Guirgis

From these choices, I'm really liking The Shadow Box, August: Osage County, Long Day's Journey into Night, Amadeus and The Motherfu**er with the Hat.

Actually, I like all of them, so I suggest maybe you look into these plays?

I LOVE The Shadow Box and August: Osage County from what I've read so far.

But maybe we should attempt David Henry Hwang cause he's kind of the pioneer for Asian-American theatre and since a lot of us are Asian Americans... I'm not sure. I also think Buried Child is a really cool play and leaves a lot of room for exploration. And it's a style that we've seen, but not really experimented with.

Some of these plays I can see would be really hard to pull of though. We should probably look more into it and see whether it would be possible to do.

Here are some Wikipedia links for some of the plays that I still have up on my tabs list so it's easy to post. Other plays, it's super easy to find so
M. Butterfly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Butterfly
The Shadow Box: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Box
Clybourne Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clybourne_Park
August: Osage county: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August:_Osage_County
Amadeus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus
The Motherfu**er with the hat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherfucker_with_the_Hat