Favorite Pieces...

[MovieStar1084]

Just wanted to know what everyone liked watching or doing, esp. since it is such a popular event. 8)


My faves:

* Squids will be Squids
* ID
* Ruthless
* Don Brown's Body (or is it John...? don't think so... oh well)
* Oedi
* Whore of Mensa
* Role of Della
* 008

[chrispac]

COOL you like Oedi.
I did that last year.

I like watching:
ANY HI Logan does...
any GOOD abridged scripts (although I would never dare do this overdone peice of craps.s.s.s.s ) leland whips this up so fast its crazy
hmm

The Mad Show
Wrangler Roy Show


i think 008 is ILLEGAL.

[Chewie]

008 is so illegal...somebody won nats with it. But he wrote it. So they DQ'd him. Suxors Deluxe.

*I* love watching and performing Removing the Glove...and I love Sure Thing as well...but it has to be done *AMAZINGLY*, or I'll get mad and tackle the performer...nobody wants that.

[dmcordon9]

The guy who first did it at nats didn't win with it. He took second. As far as getting DQ'd I'm not sure. All I know is that he took second. Even if it wasn't a genuine piece, it was one of the best performances I've ever seen. It was so crisp and clean technically. Good stuff.

[Jssippi]

Ive enjoyed watching Removing the Glove alot this year as well.

[Chewie]

:D Yeah, it was fun...whenever Will comes out and re-enacts his first "left-handed experience"...and whenever Mark has to admit to being a "thumb-sucker"...heh. The audience was in STITCHES! It was the most fun I've had performing an HI.

[Ryan]

Attempting to count how many people in the audience went "Oh my G-d" and broke into tears from laughing was an interesting experience when I did the thumb sucking part. I think I counted 9 in one round all at the same time. It was a chorus of awe! lol

[chrispac]

A lot of people gross out when I get to the line in Oedi

"Jocasta, I'm your son!!!"

"..So tell me something I don't know."

[MovieStar1084]

lol!!! that is one of the best parts of Oedi! I nearly peed my pants I laughed so hard...

[Jesus]

iM doing Oedi next year and another kid from my team is doing Removing the Glove. Any subjestions or MUSTS that we should have in our performances?

[Chewie]

RtG---Make Louie GAY! Very very very very very homosexual. To the point where it makes you cringe and want to make out with him at the same time. Gay gay gaygaygay. Super-Gay. I chose to make his sound like Richard Simmons...that's pretty gay. About this gay: <------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> (Give or take a little gay)

Aside from the obvious comedic ploy of Louie...I chose to make Will your average sensitive guy, who's obviously embarrased about being ga...left-handed. Mark is a homophobic jock. Jessica is a ditzy blonde. And the support group is just bored.

[ksdb8nerd]

a guy from our school went to nats w/ oedi. a guy from my school also WROTE oedi. He did pretty well. Its a funny piece. Teiresias is the biggest laugh getter of the piece if you do him right. But jocasta can be funny too

[Ryan]

RtG---Make Louie GAY! Very very very very very homosexual. To the point where it makes you cringe and want to make out with him at the same time. Gay gay gaygaygay. Super-Gay. I chose to make his sound like Richard Simmons...that's pretty gay. Aside from the obvious comedic ploy of Louie...I chose to make Will your average sensitive guy, who's obviously embarrased about being ga...left-handed. Mark is a homophobic jock. Jessica is a ditzy blonde. And the support group is just bored.

Louie: Richard Simmons doesn't work best for him. Make him have a deep voice. When I did it, I envisioned the character as big scary Scout Leader Bob. (no offense to any scouts out there) Scout Leader Bob is big and very gay!

Will: Throughout many trial-and-error sessions, I discovered that Will is best as a jock. Then coming out of the glove compartment is even more suprising to the group and completely unstereotypical of his character from the outside. It also makes him relate more with George Bradshaw's predicament.

Mark: To contrast with Will's character enough, Mark is best made as a stoner pothead surfer type, even possibly like Keanu Reeves.

Jessica: Sweetheart cheerleader type.

Support Group: I completely cut the support group and blurred their lines into Louie's. It is much stronger having Louie as the complete emphasis for the group, with some side talk on his part with invisible characters nearby him.

[Chewie]

Well, I completely disagree. :)

[Jesus]

any subjestions on oedi?

[Mlapin]

I did Oedi as a duo my sophomore year. I love the corny jokes, but I think it's important to make the audience realize you know how corny it is, and that you don't take the jokes too seriously. It's funny how bad some of the puns are, so try working with that. Play with the reactions- one character (who tells the joke) thinks its funny, while the others definately do not.

[rain_on_me]

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE SEND ME A CUTTING OF OEDI???

my email address is in my profile but just to make sure.
what_it_is_like@hotmail.com

THANX IN ADVANCE!

[Mlapin]

no. buy the book. best american short plays 97-98. don't rip off the playwrights.

[sro]

if you really liked oedi, you'd like "time flies" by david ives. it's along the same lines humor-wise and it's also just a few characters.

[lilmcd86]

has anyone seen one called "Soap Opera" by david ives? one of my friends is going to nats with it, and he does this hilarious golem voice for one of his characters.

[Cinderella]

yeah, i've seen it, and i didnt like it the first time, but somehow the second time i saw it i thought it was SO FUNNY

[lilmcd86]

which one did you see? like which guy? where was he from?

[Jesus]

yeah us and soap operah are going from west la to nats for duo...its funny, a lot of cheap laughs...i like it...

[Cinderella]

which one did you see? like which guy? where was he from?

Someone from South Florida, I dont remember the name or the school.

[Ryan]

Unless their on the west coast, no varsity kid does it in South Florida. Must be a smelly novice.

[Cinderella]

Well I saw it at Varstity State..

[lilmcd86]

was this the guy that did really well at Isadore Newman (New Orleans?)

[kellimac1234]

austin, are you talking about mitch london? how did he do in new orleans?

[Ryan]

Must have been from the west coast or something then. Us east coast kids got more respect than to use a David Ives piece.

[kellimac1234]

i did a david ives piece last year, "the mystery at twicknam vickarage" (with the dirty parts edited of coures). i like david ives stuff, except soap opra is over done, but i would like to see it as a duo maybe. acutally a lot of his stuff is over done.

[Lorelei]

has any of u guys seen "time flies" by david ives ? a duo at our school next year is going to do it. actually our school has three duos that will do david ives pieces next year and righ now they are looking really really good !

[xxLusciousZechxx]

I've read that piece and it's really funny. A guy from my school did it for HI a couple of years back, never saw it but heard it was really good. I was actually thinking of doing "Dr. Fritz Or: The Forces Of Light" for HI in TFA competition... funny stuff, but really hard to cut.

[Lorelei]

i am doing dr fritz for duo next year! it is really cool, it was not that hard to cut for us...since we are doing a duo and it's easier to cut for a duo than for an HI. i am maria/dr fritz and my partner is tom. my favourite parts are the phone conversations and "do you want to buy a souvenirs?"(in our cut we have this line like 5 times! )

[Its Alive]

To backtrack, Brad Heubner was the dude who did Soap Opera at Varsity State. He is from Niceville and placed 3rd.

[xxLusciousZechxx]

Lorelei

Would you mind sending me a copy of your Duo cut? I promise I won't use it and I could send you my HI cut in return, I'm just interested in seeing how you cut it. If you feel like it, send it to xxLusciousZechxx@hotmail.com.

Thanks a bunches.

[lilmcd86]

well if he's a good writer, no wonder he's overdone

[Ryan]

Ahhh. Can't get any farther from here in the state really than Niceville. It's the only school I haven't really seen pieces from.

[Its Alive]

...rrgh no html compatibility...

Too bad you haven't seen much of Niceville, they were outstanding in interp this year.

[FunkyChicken]

Hazing. The. Monkey. That's probably one of the best HI's I've seen done this year.

[Josiahzacks]

Hazing the Monkey is the funniest thing ever. Trey, the guy who does it, is so funny. At every tournament, before like every round, he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor and makes all the funny faces and noices from his peice. Kids who don't know him think he's a psycho or something. He was doing it before semis at CFLs, and a bunch of we boston kids who were still kicking just watched and laughed. good times.

[Its Alive]

I think the only reason Trey didn't get in the top 2 was because his interpretation was kind of raunchy, kind of like a FOX reality show, and the NCFL's conservative attitude doesn't always like that. He definitely deserved to be higher than that Picasson piece (2nd).

I think the only reason Trey didn't get in the top 2 was because his interpretation was kind of raunchy, kind of like a FOX reality show, and the NCFL's conservative attitude doesn't always like that. He definitely deserved to be higher than that Picasson piece (2nd).

I liked Picasso a lot. However, she was very subtle and played right to the judges, and thus I got the sense that the back of the room wasn't really with her.

[Ryan]

he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor

Ok, some people will say that they won't even use a school's bathrooms while at a tournament because they're nasty. I'll use them if I need them, but there is no way I'm stretching out on that nasty floor!

[Josiahzacks]

I think the only reason Trey didn't get in the top 2 was because his interpretation was kind of raunchy, kind of like a FOX reality show, and the NCFL's conservative attitude doesn't always like that. He definitely deserved to be higher than that Picasson piece (2nd).

I liked Picasso a lot. However, she was very subtle and played right to the judges, and thus I got the sense that the back of the room wasn't really with her.

I was in the back of the room, trying unsuccessfully to keep the door closed, and that is an accurate assesment of how I percieved her. I could tell it was probably good up front, but it was just that: a guess. I couldn't really tell what was going on with her peice. Everyone else was much better at playing to the whole room, and so I personally got more out of their peices. But that's just the name of the game: some people and peices lend themselves better to a bigger audiance, like ...Forum, Dylan, and Hazing the Monkey (my three fav's from the round (and not just b/c two are boston boys :wink: )).

[Josiahzacks]

he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor

Ok, some people will say that they won't even use a school's bathrooms while at a tournament because they're nasty. I'll use them if I need them, but there is no way I'm stretching out on that nasty floor!

Well, this was in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom floor, so it was rather nice. However, I contest the notion that the bathrooms in Massachusetts public and private schools are not clear, for I assure you that they are. :roll: Anyway, he doesn't seem to mind.

[FunkyChicken]

he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor

Ok, some people will say that they won't even use a school's bathrooms while at a tournament because they're nasty. I'll use them if I need them, but there is no way I'm stretching out on that nasty floor!

Well, this was in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom floor, so it was rather nice. However, I contest the notion that the bathrooms in Massachusetts public and private schools are not clear, for I assure you that they are. :roll: Anyway, he doesn't seem to mind.

Actually, he barricades himself into a random classroom and works there. I should know--he lets a bunch of us in and makes fun of our coach. Good times. ^_^V

And who says all of the bathrooms in the MFL schools are clean? I mean, Shrewsbury was ok, but the ones at States in Silver Lake...different story ALTOGETHER. :roll:

[MovieStar1084]

i'm not in the same area, but i think disgusting school bathrooms are universal! we had one tournament this past december where the bathrooms were OUTSIDE. not only were we freezing our rear ends off in skirts and hose, but the bathrooms were positiviely disgusting from their location and whatnot... ew ew ew ew!

[Josiahzacks]

he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor

Ok, some people will say that they won't even use a school's bathrooms while at a tournament because they're nasty. I'll use them if I need them, but there is no way I'm stretching out on that nasty floor!

Well, this was in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom floor, so it was rather nice. However, I contest the notion that the bathrooms in Massachusetts public and private schools are not clear, for I assure you that they are. :roll: Anyway, he doesn't seem to mind.

Actually, he barricades himself into a random classroom and works there. I should know--he lets a bunch of us in and makes fun of our coach. Good times. ^_^V

And who says all of the bathrooms in the MFL schools are clean? I mean, Shrewsbury was ok, but the ones at States in Silver Lake...different story ALTOGETHER. :roll:


Let's see how many layers of quotes we can get going here. Oh, an that's a big Fo Sho about the Silver lake bathrooms, ick. We actually have a rating system with regards to school quality, hull being the lowest, Shrew. replacing south as the highest. and to whom am I speaking exactly? I'll just assume that you're from Milton. It's nice to see Mass people on the boards. I'm Josh Isaacs from AB. I won Prose at states this year (if that helps)

[Slurpee]

he goes into the bathroom and stretches out on the floor

Ok, some people will say that they won't even use a school's bathrooms while at a tournament because they're nasty. I'll use them if I need them, but there is no way I'm stretching out on that nasty floor!

Well, this was in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom floor, so it was rather nice. However, I contest the notion that the bathrooms in Massachusetts public and private schools are not clear, for I assure you that they are. :roll: Anyway, he doesn't seem to mind.

Actually, he barricades himself into a random classroom and works there. I should know--he lets a bunch of us in and makes fun of our coach. Good times. ^_^V

And who says all of the bathrooms in the MFL schools are clean? I mean, Shrewsbury was ok, but the ones at States in Silver Lake...different story ALTOGETHER. :roll:


Let's see how many layers of quotes we can get going here. Oh, an that's a big Fo Sho about the Silver lake bathrooms, ick. We actually have a rating system with regards to school quality, hull being the lowest, Shrew. replacing south as the highest. and to whom am I speaking exactly? I'll just assume that you're from Milton. It's nice to see Mass people on the boards. I'm Josh Isaacs from AB. I won Prose at states this year (if that helps)

quote boxes pretty. me make more.

[FunkyChicken]

and to whom am I speaking exactly? I'll just assume that you're from Milton. It's nice to see Mass people on the boards. I'm Josh Isaacs from AB. I won Prose at states this year (if that helps)

****. I killed the quote layering. Boo. :x

Anyways. Tina Nguyen. Yeah, I'm from Milton. Nice to meet you, too. I think I bumped you at Mardi Gras in Prose. Congrats on the SAB election and States! I won Novice Reading there this year. ^_^

[Josiahzacks]

Good stuff. I was half asleep at mardis in prose b/c I was thinking about my DI and the concert I had to get to afterwards. That, plus speaking before the fire alarm sorta did me in. congrats on states. I hope we see you next year, if Boston is gonna win CFLs, we need all the able-bodied interpers we can find.

[Merugo]

Who wrote Picasso?

[Merugo]

I'm the only one I know of who's done a Leary piece. I did a cutting from No Cure for Cancer called "Life." The part about his brother injuring him is hilarious!

[psykomidget]

hey. sum of my fav pieces r:

Suzy-Suzy Cyber-sassin (HI)
Dr. Fritz (HI)
The Tooth Hurts (DUO)
Claire (DI)
The Ultimate Autobiography of G-d (HI)
Marlena (DI) <~luv how tabi duz it!

lol. i think they r realy good pieces. i hope 2 c otha good ones over the years!