Tempest, Act IV, Sc. 1.
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Mary Collins mmcollins50@yahoo.com wrote:
Greetings, All!
Thanks for all the ideas that poured out in the last couple of weeks. They were a wellspring of inspiration. Now, we are asking that you focus your scene suggestions on ideas related to the themes "Mystery/Magic/Reunion/Reconciliation". (Past reunions have been built around "Fools and Madmen/Masking," "Deception," and "Dream and Play.") In order to help us with the monumental culling process ahead, please resubmit any scenes you have already submitted if you feel they fit the themes.
We are thinking about a structure for the performance that would include transitions between scenes, so as to accommodate all the weekenders who might want to perform. It would look something like:
PART I (Intro/Prologue) Scene 1 Transition 1 Scene 2 Transition 2 Scene 3 Transition 3 ETC.
Intermission
PART II (Prologue?) More scenes/transitions Finale
For transitions, there could be anything from poetry to song to dance to monologues .... whatever weekend people would like to contribute; weeklongers could sign up, too.
In '05, the performance went on for close to 4 hrs., which was too long. We think we should aim at 1.5, followed by 20 minute intermission and come back with a 1 hr closing. Figuring now: If we limited the scenes to 10 minutes and the interludes to 3 minutes, we could do 11 scenes and 10 interludes within the 150 minute period comfortably. The number of scenes will depend upon what scenes are selected, of course - many scenes seem to run 10-12 minutes.
The day of the reunion is meant to be a day full of performances. There will be opportunities available to do something at the brunch, at a pre-performance moment, and later, at the banquet. (During these times, we won't necessarily be concerned about theme). We "week-longers" should remember that those opportunities exist for us (if we have time!), as well as for the week-enders (anyone want to name these two groups, please??) and we hope to capture three or four Camp Shakespeare kids for some things.
We are setting a deadline for contributing ideas/brainstorming of Sunday, May 23, which gives all of us ten days to read, think, dream, put it out there.
Thanks, and more thanks.
Cheers,
Doc and the Gals.
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