Today in class we did a few practice rehearsals of our skit of Humpty Dumpty. We changed a few small things overall and one destructive finale. We altered things like Natasha going up on the stairs and injecting the audience members, and then shooting me (whilst I'm on the top of the wall) from the audience. We finish it with me dying, and then Natasha shooting Chisanga (saying this was all her fault), and then finally, the narrator (Angela) was finishing off the story and asking the audience a question: "Is it worth it to live safely in a monotonous grey life, or to live with risk and be creative?" but the government shoots her as well: she is telling a story and storytelling is not allowed. At the end Natasha comes to front center stage and sits down on the steps, reciting the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. We were thinking of finishing the skit with all of us dancing and singing to a happy song, which is one of Brecht's devices: breaking the tension. For these practices we rehearsed with costumes! This was the most fun part of the whole process, we kind of got to fool around in the dressing room and pick out crazy outfits. For me, I start off with a green jacket, and then once I get injected with medicine, I take off the jacket and underneath I will be wearing grey. This represents the creativity literally come out of me. Natasha was wearing all black, with some fur, Angela wore glasses and a hat, and Chisanga wore very hippy-like clothes (with flowers and colors). I also picked up a prop that I will use for the play, it's a flower on a stick and one side it is red and the other it is grey. I will transition from red to grey when the mood is right, and when I have turned from creative to dull back to creative again. I think this is going to be a very good little performance overall!
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