ending a month of internet scripted life
posted 02/22
Tomorrow evening, I will be concluding a month of internet scripted life with a final performance co-starring my classmates. Anyone is welcome to attend, details are included in the attached invite.
The script for the performance is open for editing here:
http://www.lauren-mccarthy.com/script
I will print out copies of it for everyone, so you are free to script yourself or others in attendance, anonymously or not. Lines, stage directions, costumes, props, setting… Audience members are welcome to become part of the performance as well! For those far away or otherwise unable to attend, the performance will be recorded and shown online. The loose theme is a review of my project, but it can also be anything we want.
Some questions I am thinking about…
Can I share some of my experience of the past month with you in this way? Will you feel something similar to what I felt? Or will it be something completely different?
What alternatives to a traditional review are there? Does it have to be so serious? Could it be just fun and silly? Would it be interesting still?
What happens if this fails? Am I / are we ok with that? How would we decide whether this group performance was a failure or a success? And the project as a whole?
What elements inhibit and facilitate participation? Which parts are most / least enjoyable? Which parts feel uncomfortable / comfortable? Why?
How much should be scripted vs left open to improvisation? How to find the balance between structure and spontaneity?
What are your questions?
What is learned by doing this?