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tequila_squared ([personal profile] tequila_squared) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2015-10-26 01:47 pm
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Drama, Monday, Period 4

"Our play this year," Lito said, pausing for dramatic effect, "will be Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. This is one of Shakespeare's comedies, meant to be performed at the end of the Christmas celebrations. We'll just be performing it a little early, no?" He continued speaking as he handed out scripts. "Now, the play has more characters than we have actors, so we'll have to cut it down a little, and some of you may be playing more than one part. It will work out, you'll see. Auditions will be next week, so pick a speech from the character you'd like to play and come prepared to give it. I have to stress that you may not get to play the character you want. If everyone wants to play Viola, then, well, we cannot have nine Violas and no Duke Orsinos, no?

"Twelfth Night, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is the story of the girl Viola, who is shipwrecked together with her brother Sebastian, who she thinks dead. Because it is unsafe for a woman to be alone in a strange country, she must dress as a man--this is even more interesting when you consider that in Shakespeare's time all the parts were played by men, so you had a man pretending to be a woman dressing as a man. Very complicated. She falls in love with the Duke Orsino, and Olivia, who the duke is trying to woo, falls in love with Viola, unaware she is a woman. This is a comedy, so of course everything will work out in the end. Does anyone have any questions about the play?"
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Crying)

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Kathy Li
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Hiding Behind Book)

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[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2015-10-26 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, yeah, Kathy would enjoy being Viola. But Olivia could be fun, too! Or, hey, why not a crosscast Orsino?
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April
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[personal profile] cuzfriendship 2015-10-26 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
April wasn't going to lie, she would love to play Viola. But the comedic parts with Olivia would no doubt be really fun to ham up. She couldn't decide!
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Ezra Sagishi
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[personal profile] boneyard_girl 2015-10-27 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ada Miller
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[personal profile] boneyard_girl 2015-10-27 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ada had... not actually encountered Shakespeare before. Or if she had, it was one of those things she had lost to the waves.

She'd be spending the rest of her time trying to get her mouth around the language, and figure out what was going on.
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Raven Darkholme
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2015-10-27 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Mr. Rodriguez?" Raven said when she found a quiet moment. "I just wanted to let you know: I can actually probably play as many characters as you need. I'm a shapeshifter, so as long as they're not on stage at the same time, I can look like as many different people as I want."
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Garik Loran