All the Kings Men

Diction-- southern dialect/syntax, old-fashioned styled of speaking

Sound-- 1920s and 1930s era music, playing in background like a radio while people are standing on a soapbox

Spectacle-- specials when working on soapboxes, mostly bright white gels//on-stage scene changes//gunshot wounds and blood

Thought-- government is corrupt and the harshness of the world always turns people's dreams wrong/corrupt/backwards

Plot-- Jack Burden witnessing a corrupt world, Willie is abusing his power as Jack watches his downfall

Action-- Willie is an innocent farmer and runs for office, then he realizes he's being used, decides he doesnt want to be used, slowly becomes corrupt, has an affair.... etc.

More Boal Games

Dynamyzing Several Senses

-blind series
-space series




By now, our class has grown much much more comfortable with ourselves and with the other people in the class. These Boal games are very physical, very personal, and sometimes very intimate. There is constantly potential for awkward situation, if you are uncomfortable with touching other people and forming/shaping people's bodies. At the beginning of the year, we moved nervously-- conservative, reserved, shy. But today we felt each others faces, held intense staring contests, shaped each other as balls of clay and sculptures.

You see it not just in Boal games, but also on stage, with improv activities and skits, etc.

We are growing more comfortable on stage.
We are growing more comfortable as actors.
We are growing more comfortable with ourselves.
We are growing more comfortable.
We are growing.
We are.




Plain and simple. :)