Reading List post-A DIRECTOR PREPARES (A. Bogart)

The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde;

The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco;

Camino Real by Tennessee Williams;

Our Town by Thornton Wilder;

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller;

The Dramatic Imagination by Robert Edmond Jones;

Four Essays on Formalism by Bertolt Brecht;

Notorious & Suspicion by Alfred Hitchcock;

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce;

A Sense of Direction by William Ball;

[essay] ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ by T.S. Eliot;

Growtowski’s Objective Drama Research by Lisa Wolford;

[essay] ‘Fascinating Fascism’ by Susan Sontag;

The Courage to Create by Rollo May;

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Man by Julian Jaynes;

Six Memos for the Next Millenium by Italo Calvino;

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot;

today was really productive! as was yesterday (when i went to dance class, a costume design meeting, a scriptbrainstorming meeting, and a props design meeting with Jack + James). i also watched Zeitgeist, which was awesome.

today i had a lighting design meeting with Josh which really helped me map out the script; then i met with Sassy which was also super helpful. after that i went to accept my Fluenz (French-learning) software; then I went to the library and printed a bunch of stuff and organized my folders. THEN i went through Sassy's notes and questions and highlighted what i felt was important for us to talk about in our upcoming meeting on thursday. i also had a sound design meeting with James which helped me to map out the entire 1st scene including ideas for audio + video! having a lot of breakthroughs! :-D exciting!

i also began a map of my family tree (using post-its on the wall), sent out an additional homework assignment to the design team (via Jack); finalized production contracts; and sent detailed emails to 2 of the actors.

WHEW. goodnight

I think I did a lot today. I had my third dance rehearsal from 2-4PM which was so amazing. We then had a showing for some of the production meeting which led into a production meeting at my mod. We talked about a lot of important stuff and I really feel like we're getting the ball rolling. After the production meeting I did one of the writing exercises that Sassy suggested and then transcribed our meeting from November 6th. Then I mapped out the script so far on my walls on 8 pieces of paper. Now I'm going to read a play called "Goddess City" that Sassy recommended to me. All in all: pumped. Actor auditions tomorrow: Word.

Goodnight