Last year we started with Woody Allen 

and ended with Charlie Chaplin.

Who will you play again this year?Stay tuned for the  dazzling new edition of our project: "Play It Again, Sam! Reloaded"

My Fellow Thespians,
Tomorrow afternoon the rehearsal will take place at 2 PM in room 306, for those of you who are in 2BF and 1BF. People from 4AI and 1D have already performed their scenes on a mock-stage to my sarisfaction, and people from 5FH will meet with me for one more rehearsal in the course of the week. If you feel like you need to practise more, then you're more than welcome to join us tomorrow!

Hello Everyone!
The show is getting closer and closer! Today those of you who are not on a school trip will be meeting with me in room 306 at 2:30 PM to rehearse their scenes and discuss about further details.
Here you can find a file containing all scripts in the order they will be represented on stage. Here's the Italian translation of your scenes, which will be used for the video subtitles. See you later!

Dear actors,
Our final show is getting closer and closer! Next Tuesday, May 9th, we will be meeting at 2.30 PM in room 306 to discuss about the last details of your scenes. In this file you will find the final cast for the show. Those of you whose names are not in bold letters still need to comfirm their participation in the show. See you Tuesday!

Dear all,
After a long pause, we'll start meeting again on April 4.
At 2.30 PM those of you who want to will be able to audition for any available part. After that we will work on the scene from My Best Friend's Wedding with the selected actors, Majorani and Musenich.

Tomorrow we will be meeting to analyse together the last four scenes for our project. The first one, taken from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, features a disgruntled son standing up to his father. In the second, from Misery, the protagonist takes a mentally deranged walk down memory lane. In the third and fourth scene, from the classic film Sunset Boulevard, an actress who has fallen from grace vents her frustration and then prepares for her final close-up.

Next week: Auditions!

Dearest Actresses and Actors,
Tomorrow afternoon we will not be able to have our weekly lesson because I must participate in the end of term evaluation meetings. Our next lesson will take place on 24/01/2017 at 14.30.
See you all then!

Next week, we will be meeting for the last time before going on our Christmas break. Since today's meeting had to be cut short, on December 20 we will be working on four scenes instead of the usual three. 

In the first scene, a fuzzy-wuzzy superstar meets his number one psychotic fan. In the second, two smitten kittens plan their non-wedding under the pouring rain. A cunning lawyer cracks an apparently unbreakable marine in the third scene. The fourth and final scene features an exquisitely precise nanny facing an interview with a puzzled employer.

You're all invited to join us!

Here are the scenes we will be working on on December 13. This time it is all about putting insubordinate people in their place. In the first clip, taken from Young Frankenstein, an unconventional scientist who's trying to make his ancestor proud discovers his staff isn't as professional as he might have hoped. In the second, from The Devil Wears Prada, the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine reprimands a smug assistant. In the the third, a Dark Arts professor tells off a distracted pupil in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

If you find any of these scenes appealing, feel free to join us!

Here are the scripts we will be analysing together on December 6. The November 29 meeting will have to be postponed because of the parent-teacher conference taking place on that day.

All scripts rotate around food, but in very different manners. The first scene from Kramer vs Kramer features a dialogue between a frustrated father and an ice-cream craving son. In the second scene, from Forrest Gump, a talkative fellow discusses the merits of chocolates and shoes with a stranger. In the third scene, from The Emperor's New Groove, a resentful advisor seeks revenge after being fired by her former employer, tasting delicious spinach puffs in the process. 

If you're interested in any of these scripts, come and join us!

On November 15, at 2.30 PM, we will be meeting to work together on the following three scripts.

The first one is a monologue taken from the film Pulp Fiction, the second is a fight scene from My Best Friend's Wedding and the third one contains the beginning and the end of Annie Hall. We will read them together, analyse the accent and the intonation of each and then the following week, on November 22, auditions will be held to select who will play who.

Each of the above scripts contains a link to a YouTube clip, so that you can start exploring on your own.

Your presence at the November 15 meeting is not compulsory to participate in the November 22 audition, but will certainly be appreciated. Anyone who feels like angrily spewing out powerful Bible passages, resentfully yelling at a frenemy or gently dishing out witty jokes about life is more than welcome to join us.

Get ready for you close-up.

To suggest possible scenes for the project,
write an email to this address:
lovati@genoaschool.eu