Brighton Beach Memoirs: Day 2

As you read Brighton Beach Memoirs out loud, practice your oral delivery. 

A few acting tips:

• Effective performances have ENERGY!
• Try to think about how you would react and what you would say were you in this situation.
• Empathize with the character you are playing.
• Match your tone of voice to the tone of the words.
• Speak loudly and clearly.
• Have confidence. If you make a mistake--own it. But keep going...

Those of you who are not reading parts should read along with the play script and take notes in your journal of each assigned element of the play:

The 4 Stages of the Bildungsroman (everyone should take notes/record examples of these in their journals)
The 9 Characteristics of a coming of age story
Stage Directions
Costumes/Props
Lighting/Set
Conflict (person v. person)
Conflict (person v. self)
Conflict (person v. society)

HOMEWORK: None. Please bring your scripts back with you to our next class.