Accomplishment chart, 10/16 – 10/22

Accomplishment chart, 10/16 – 10/22

Writing
- editing for Base Instruments, version 3
- 1 blog entry for Mrshawking.com
- wrote 2 horde characters for Pub Crawl larp
- got Adonis script requested for reading by literary management company
- 3 LiveJournal entries
- 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- nailed down rehearsal locations for Mrs. Hawking and Vivat Regina productions at Arisia 2016
- had a reading dinner for Base Instruments, version 2
- blocked scenes 1.3a, 1.3c, 1.5d, 2.2a, 2.2c, 2.3a, 2.4, and 2.5a for Vivat Regina
- had 2 rehearsals for Vivat Regina

Website
- posted 1 blog entry

Sewing/Costuming
- acquired a dress, shoes, and purse for my Halloween costume
- had 1 costuming meeting for Dana Hall fall play
- gathered costuming possibilities for Dana Hall fall play

Service
- volunteering at the Charles River Museum of Industry

Media
- listened to episode 28 of Tom and Lorenzo’s Pop Style Opinionfest
- watched season 5 of the Great British Bake Off
- watched season 2 of Chopped

Physical
- 1 hour-long circuit workout
- 2 two-mile runs
- fighter abs #6.16
- fighter abs #6.17

Cooking
- made 14 mixed berry smoothies
- made pork chop marsala with sliced cucumbers and carrots
- made chicken Normandy, rosemary roasted potatoes, and steamed broccoli
- made leftover egg white omelette with avocado and carrot
- made 30 puffy chocolate chip cookies for my Lesley class
- made 2 peanut butterscotch smoothies
- made garlic and herb pork tenderloin with steamed broccoli
- made pan-seared sausage with sautéed peppers and onions with green salad

New post on Mrshawking.com -- "Greater scope of character development across two plays"

"Greater scope of character development across two plays"

The most exciting thing about doing serial theater at Arisia 2016 is the ability to show the characters grow and change over the course of multiple stories. This development is one of the most engaging things to present for an audience. When we develop an interest in and an affection for characters, we love to track the progress of their personal journeys. Narrative demands growth and change, which of course we’re familiar with seeing over the course of a single play, but with our attempt at serial theater, we’ve got the chance to give the audience a greater scope of character growth then they’ve ever seen onstage before.

This presents an interesting, and in many cases unique, challenge for our actors. With the lion’s share of their experience being in theater, they have not had the chance to play the same character in more than one story. When they reprise Mrs. Hawking, the first play, they recreate the characters’ original journeys that they are already familiar with. However, at the same time, they must start Vivat Regina’s rehearsal process from the place their character ended in Mrs. Hawking.


Early rehearsal for Vivat Regina, with Jeremiah O'Sullivan as Nathaniel and Isabel Dollar as Frau Gerhard.

Read the rest of the entry on Mrshawking.com!

Mrs. Hawking and Vivat Regina by Phoebe Roberts will be performed January 15th-18th at the Westin Waterfront Hotel as part of Arisia 2016.