It was selective reading on the 31st of July :D Ms.Morais gave all of us a script of a play entitled 'Tape' by Jose Rivera. In the beginning, it was hard to identify the plot of the story. The enclosed setting and restricted number of characters didn't help. However, it got clearer when the story begin to unfold and I was surprised at how it turned out.
It tells a story about an encounter between a 'Person' and his 'Attendant'. The Person is trapped in a small room and his Attendant comes in and starts asking him questions. At this point, it looked as if the play was revolved around a prisoner but as soon as the Person became inquisitive, the Attendant slowly begun to reveal the reason behind his presence. This was when it started to become interesting. The Person was actually a dead man, in the enclosed room to reflect on his wrongdoings. He has to hear every lie he has told from a large reel-to-reel tape recorder and the Attendant was there to guide him through the process.
The twist in the end was probably the only reason I found the play mysterious and thus, worth reading. :)
After the Tape, Ms.Morais gave us another script entitled 'The Incompatibles'. It's a typical romance play about a divorcee who has a boyfriend but she isn't over her ex-husband. This play was acted out by Maathinii, Man Ling & Terry. They did an awesome job portraying the characters and we all enjoyed their comical performance.
2 days later on the 2nd of August, we had enactment of scenes from short stories! My group chose 'The Magic Brocade : A Tale of China' by Aaron Shepard. It was certainly a very fun session! Although we only had a day to prepare, I'm proud of my group's performance. I had to play Narrator 2 and my group members took up the other 7 characters. It felt nice to be involved in acting again after high school. Oh, there was a particular scene in this play where I couldn't control my laughter and I tried really hard to keep a straight face during our performance. All thanks to Xiang Yin! Who played the old lady in her -very funny- old lady voice.
Abrupt end to this blog post! Hehe and I'm really going to miss ECS :(
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