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Our final project was pretty great! We get our songs down and our lines were said pretty fluently. There was a bump in the road when John forgot his words but I think it made the performance as a whole better. We kind of had to add some improve into. Props to Chrissy for taking initiative with this. I followed along after. I'm really happy we did this project. I feel like we worked together really well. I remember how scared and nervous I was in the beginning of the class. I was very intimidated by John and Micheal, and even you Ms. Guarino! But, I knew that this class was going to push me to go out of my previously set boundaries. I ended up doing a part of a play with Michael. I was able to not be afraid to hear feedback from people. I ended up not being afraid to give feedback to people. I was able to strengthen my voice. Remember how quiet I was in the beginning of the year? Look at me now! Sure there is some work to be done but it’s much better than how it used to be. I'm very proud of myself. Thank you soooo much for everything you've done for me. I really needed this class. I've looked up to everyone in this class, including you. Each person has a certain attribute I extremely love. Chrissy with her ability to speak up whine she has a thought and say what's on her mind. John with us ability to raise his voice and also stand tall, he's such a leader. Michael and how mature he is. But he's mature in a different way, I can't quite explain it. He's also independent. And you Ms. Guarino, content and very caring and heartwarming. I truly loved this class!

Final project proposal.

We are doing Wizard of Oz. Chrissy is the Scarecrow. Michael is the lion. John is the Tim man. I am Dorthy.
We are each going to have a solo song. This is just like it is in the movie. I think I will be singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Michael is singing the If I only song, same with Chrissy and John but they’re all solos. They just happen to all have the same tune. There are different words though.
We still have to go over costumes. I was thinking we could do color themes. Michael wears yellows, oranges, and tans because he is the lion. Chrissy wears those colors too but with spots of green and navy blue, black. John wear grey, black, and white. I wear blue, white, and grey.

We just need to make sure we know our songs and any lines we make up or use. We also need to make sure that we communicate with each other because we don't, as of now, really have an organized idea. We will soon though!!

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My Scene with Michael for the Glass Menagerie
Today Michael and I performed our scene for the Glass Menagerie. I think we did pretty well! It seemed as though we really built off of each other's emotions. The falling into the table (done by Michael) looked very natural. Although, these things, and more, did take a couple of tries.

I think practicing a bit more before our final could have benefited us. Of course sometimes we can't get to class, even going the next step meaning we meet after school to go over it a couple times would’ve helped. The reason I say this is because we had to practice a couple times before we got our final scene filmed because we kept messing up. For example:
I kept mumbling - no one can hear you if you mumble, especially when performing on stage.
Michael couldn't fall- well it wasn't fall, more like couldn't NATURALLY fall into the table. It looked too fake ya know?
Our dancing! - we were really trying, but…. it just didn't look right. I mean for starters we wouldn't hold hands! We got the hang of it though. We decided (Michaels’ great idea) to spin in a circle. Then (my idea) I would twirl and he would get all excited and bump into the table. Crash! Goes the glass unicorn.
Michael and I finally got our final performance filmed and were pretty happy with it. I mean, we skipped like 4 lines in the end but it’s not noticeable. I'm glad I got to work with him because it pushed me out of my comfort zone and was very fun hanging out with him!

Overall, this was a great experience! This class is helping me so much with going outside my comfort zone. I’m so happy I decided to take this class. :)

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Olivia Williamson

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Chrissy and I completed our scene for The Glass Menagerie. The two of us spent a great amount of time figuring out our characters. We needed to figure out the whos, whats, wheres, whys, and hows.
Here is what we’ve concluded about our characters:
Laura is Amanda’s daughter. They are in their apartment. There is a bed, a chair, a kitchen, a door, and a balcony. She is shy but has a lot of ideas about what she believes is right.  In the scene, she is contemplating who this Jim O'connor person is and how she will react to his arrival. She decides that she will be too nervous when Jim O'connor arrives and begs to not go anywhere near him (for example opening the door for him). Instead, she begs her mother, Amanda, to complete the task of opening the door for Jim.
Amanda is Laura’s mother. The scenery is the same as in the synopsis of Laura (look above). She is very motherly and a little bossy because she also has a lot of ideas about what is right. In the scene, she is explaining that gentleman caller will be coming over for dinner, nudging Laura to make small talk with him for when he arrives. She determinedly commands Laura to pull herself together and to stop overreacting about going near Jim O'connor (for example opening the door for Jim). Amanda gets what she wants in this scene by talking with conviction and trying to reassure Laura that everything will be okay.
Chrissy and I did silly things to try and figure out how we wanted to say our lines. The two of us read our script with all different types of accents and used all different types of emotions. I the end, we found what we were looking for. Laura and Amanda both had to have some kind of stubbornness to them and also some kind of separateness.
I’m glad with the outcome of our scene. It took a couple of times, but we got to a point where we were really able to react to each others emotions. I think the two of us just have to let go a bit more. When you let go a little, you get the emotions and naturalness in the scene that you’re  looking for.
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My character for the play, The Glass Menagerie, is Laura. Laura is an interesting character. She is super fragile. When I think of Laura, I think of something that is extremely lite and easily damageable, like a feather, or a dandelion seed, blowing in the wind. She has trouble controlling her own fate. That is the reason why when the wind blows, she gets swept up by the strong, cold, forceful air. And all the dandelion seed does is follow the wind and absorb all the sunlight it can possibly get. But sometimes the dandelion really wants more sunlight. It just has trouble going about anywhere without the wind. That is how Laura is. She really wants to get a career and meet the life of her life, a nice companion, but she feels as though she just cannot. Laura has a walking disorder. She feels as though it stops her from doing the things she wants to do. One of these things being attending business school. Laura is also very sensitive. She cares greatly about her loved ones, her brother acting as the main one she cared about in this play. Laura is also a representation of the glass menagerie itself. Her emotions are CLEARLY easy to see through. Her emotions are very clear. With a sudden move, word, she can break. There is nothing she can hide meaning her emotions are clear (her emotions mainly showing fear, sadness, want, awe through facial expressions and body language). When she finds the things that make her happy in life, she is less nervous and more happy, excited, full of life.she always remains a little secluded to herself even till the end.