Yes Men, Boal
Assignments:
MIDTERM PAPERS DUE – March 20
CLASS PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS
Assignments below due April 3
1. Patent Summary Application Assigned
2. a new one-page minimum journal entry on your research, and your thoughts during this phase of your project
3. Definitive list of deliverables
Work on Deliverables – project development
Progress report and presentation of deliverables progress due April 3
Augusto Boal -exercises
Pick a story from http://nytimes.com or http://cnn.com or http://msnbc.com or any other online news source. (20 mins) Assign roles and act it out, preferably in mime but sound effects (clapping, whistling, humming, fine). (20 mins average prep) It should have an event that builds up, has a crisis, and has a specific resolution of the crisis. Each group will act out their scenario with their particular situation, and then another group will “re-enact” it (re-enactments opened-ended) Keep in mind staging, imaginary props, etc.
Assignments:
Create your Patent Summary Application -upload to Openlab – see insructions under “Assignments” in Menu
Read: “Boal’s Arsenal of Games and Exercises” – games-theater-of-oppressed
Read “Interview with Augusto Boal” – Interview with Augusto Boal2pdf
Examine “The Re-Making Project” – http://www.charlesmee.org/html/about.html
The Re-Making project allows anyone to “remake” the plays of Euripedes, Aristophanes, Brecht, and the contemporary playwright Charles Mee. Read about the project and then create a post post on forum about a play you would like to “re-make” whether it is because you would like to “re-write” it or “re-produce” it from a different perspective (updating it, changing the setting, time, environment, culture). WRITE a description of your “remake”. It is not necessary to actually remake it, but describe it in 500 words.
