Commedia Skits (Class Performances)

I feel like we spent quite a long time working on the Commedia skits in class-- time that was wasted for me because in our skit, I play the character Pedrolino, who doesn't have any lines and is only on stage for the first scene and last scene. Haha. Most of the time I sat off to the side and helped critique others' blocking or inflection, which was just as helpful I suppose. Just more boring for me... Ha.

Our play was called The False Turk in 12 Minutes. It was a humorous little piece-- a play within a play. After my short improv introduction, the actors on stage stumble on stage drunk and completely unprepared for the show they are supposed to perform, The False Turk. They argue, and then finally decide they will just present a very short presentation of the two-hour play, where a lover dresses up as a Turk to get a father's approval to marry the daughter, Franchescina.

Although I enjoyed our performance greatly, I almost equally enjoyed WATCHING the performances from other groups.
According to Ms. May, we did really really well.
People really got into their stock characters, and I actually think we captured the physical confrontation/comedy that Commedia emphasizes. :)