The Play

During the week of 23rd of February we performed a play by another 12th grader.  Skylord has been directing the play called Play-writing 101: The Rooftop Lesson by Rich Orloff. It is a scene about a depressed individual (played by Me) who wants to commit suicide and a good Samaritan (played by Emily), who is trying to dissuade him from jumping of a roof. During this conversation, a teacher (played by Karl) keeps rewinding and pausing the action, addressing the audience and giving his suggestions on what is good and bad playwriting. I was the main character in the scene and most of the play was about me so there was a lot of stress on learning my lines and actions well. Our whole group met often, two to three times a week in the weeks prior to the performance day. We all worked together, collaboratly and performed as one whole which worked out very well. Our play went first on the line and was actually the most humorous of all plays as it got the most laughs. The performances of Karl and Emily were also great resulting in a cohesive performance in which everything went according to plan.