Today we did a big mix of things. Since tomorrow is the preview and the last dress rehearsal of the Fall Play, Ms. Weil gave us a short lecture about theater etiquette. All of it was pretty much common sense, but then again, people still do things that should obviously be avoided. Our class came up with a list of the five most important rules of theater etiquette.

1. Don't talk during the play either to other audience members or the actors. Yea, not a good idea.
2. Turn OFF your phones during the performance. And all the way off. 
3. Don't eat during the performance. 
4. Don't make unnecessary noises during the performance.
5. Be on time to the performance and stay seated until intermission or the end of the performance.

 There were a lot of other rules we wrote down, but they didn't quite apply as much to high school theater, although they should be taken into consideration no matter what.


The other activity we did during class today was a stage position sort of demonstration. There were seven people and two chairs on the stage and one at a time, each person would pose themselves somewhere on the stage in relation to the chairs. After everyone established their position, Ms. Weil called out multiple combinations and we would position ourselves in our poses. Then the audience would determine who had the strongest position depending upon their location on the stage and their position facing the audience. It definitely gave me more practice with stage directions and positions.