Drama, Monday, Period 4

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"Good afternoon!" Lito said to his students, once they were all assembled in the front row of the auditorium, because seriously, this was drama, what did they need a regular classroom for? "I am Mr. Rodriguez, and I will be your teacher. I'm afraid I am a bit new at this, so please bear with me. Now, drama is an art form, yes? It's about making people believe something is real that isn't. It's about...well, it's about lying. So that is what you're going to do this week. You're going to lie to me. It's an improvisation exercise. Introduce yourselves. Give me your real name, because I need to check you off on this roster, but anything else that comes out of your mouth should not be true, and it should be convincing. I, for example, am a pharmacist from Barcelona who was recently working in San Francisco, before I discovered my passion for the stage." He sounded very convincing, and stood one hundred percent prepared, with some assistance, to convince them this was true. Or they could Google him on their phones. "Now, you," he said, picking a student at random. "Who are you?"

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Re: Introduce Yourselves

[smilestopscars]

"I'm Ezra Sagishi," Ezra said. "So named because of Ezra Pound. I hail from a highly academic family from Wisconsin, and in my spare time I like to tend to a little bonsai garden on my dorm room window sill."

Lying? Lying was easy as breathing. It was a survival skill Ezra had had to pick up a long, long time ago.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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"Oh, bonsai," Lito said with what appeared to be genuine interest. "Tell me more about your bonsai garden."