Commedia Troupe Week 2

This was the last week of Commedia troupe work. We had spent most of our time in class practicing and (mostly) not wasting time. All of us had improvised quite well, and although we had made a ton of changes, we were still able to rehearse many times and get used to the scenario. In fact, the improvisation felt so natural that all of us practically were our Commedia characters. At the end of Tuesday's class, our story seemed so funny that even Thomas was unable to stop laughing at Carson's perfect portrayal of Pantalone.
On the last Drama lesson this year (2009), we ended our Commedia unit with our troupe performances! When my troupe performed, many parts were unexpected, since so much improvisation occurred! For example, the scenario didn't say that Pierrot would complain when Il Dottore got rid of his pimple.
I must say that all of my troupe members acted and improvised very well. Thomas did not exaggerate enough to get to the energy level 6, but at least the audience responded. Also, Nir and I were both at energy level 5 for the whole performance. I'm pretty sure that none of us were even close to Carson's explosions. However, we were funny enough to impress the audience. At least that counts for something!
I loved this unit. I can't wait for the final one!

Commedia Troupe Work Week 1

Finally, our troupes were chosen! I (Tartaglia) worked with Nir (Il Dottore), Thomas (Pierrot) and Carson (Pantalone). There was one little problem with cooperation in the group, but it was fixed in a short period of time. At first, I thought that the mix of characters was quite strange and that it would be hard to work out, but I was wrong. The scenario came to us quite quickly. When our scenarios were ready, we rehearsed, and each rehearsal was a bit different. As we practiced, we figured out loads of ways to improve our scenario, such as adding more lazzis and jokes into it. If I had to redo this week, though, I would have continued to work on the scenario earlier and not waited for my other teammates to start contributing. That way, we would have been able to prepare the scenario sooner.