Class Exercise #3: Room Conflict

performed on Thursday, January 26, 2012

#3. Objective, Tactics, Room Confict -- Something about the setting that affects the scene (ie. in a library-must be quiet)

Scene -- Nate is my big brother and I his little sister. We are at an amusement park and he had just won a stuffed animal that I want him to give me. The scene starts before and while we enter the room with my pleading. He wants me to go on the roller coaster, but I'm too afraid.

OBJECTIVES

Karyn - get stuffed animal from Nate

• TACTICS:
• beg
• plead
• flatter
• threat about secret gf

Nate - get little sister karyn onto ride

• TACTICS:
• walking... leading both to ride
• tell karyn its the cool thing that big kids do
• persuasion "there's no line at all"
• to bribe with bear
• to swindle into getting her to sit down on ride

WORKING WITH NATE:
I was looking forward to working with Nate. Why? ...hello? Look at him. I saw more skit potential.

Though, when we met, it took forever just to come up with an idea. seriously. he was boring to me. i would throw something out there, and he'd dodge it and yet he didn't really have a firm opinion of his own. i wanted to tackle a scene about dating, but only because we fit the part (i have a bf). i think he didn't want to go there. so it took hours and hours to come up with something. we had to meet two more times -- once on skype and once more in person for a couple hours.

...finally, i threw out the idea about siblings on a roller coaster. something light and "unambiguous" so to speak. we went for it, and i loved it. easy. he was fun as the older brother. I relived my annoying lil sister routine. though, i played it TOO much during class: the voice, the dramatics, the young age, the blah blah blah... not really believable. I see that now. Nate did very well. but after my performance, the TA said we need to play ourselves, our own age, etc. Good to know and good for the class to know, too.

i realize tho that boring is not the word. I just need to get to know people a bit first. because they are all so nice and welcoming. we work together and grow as a partnership. good stuff!