Day Nineteen started with Daily Practice without a leader. Part way through, one of the students sprained his ankle, so Joe stopped us and showed us all how to provide first aid to a sprained joint (compression, ice, elevation, rest). We then had staff showings of our work so far. The major feedback was that we must play dynamically, interruption is key to keeping the audience's attention, play the silences, be in the moment, and don't deny the reality of the situation. We met again from 5-6:30 to work through the piece.
Day Twenty started with Daily Practice without Joe. We then did written evaluations of the course and a run through of our piece. We had our final showings at Performance Lab. Our piece garnered a lot of laughter from the audience, which is the response we were hoping for. The major notes for everyone was that there was lots of energy, all pieces were successful, there were interruptions and plot turns in every piece, articulate characters, we played the environment, there were well developed costumes and plots, and the masks work better close together in the space. We finished with a post mortem discussion on the workshop and cleaning the river campus building.
Overall, I had a lot of great experiences, met some great people, and made new friends. There are skills, techniques, and philosophies I will take away from this workshop, and I'm sure I'll still be unraveling the things I learned for months to come.
Enjoy the Day,
Brandon Brockshus
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