skit suggestion

Hi all,

sorry i didn't attend the meeting. because i was playing for worship that day. :)

anyways, about the skit's scripting, i dug up some old stuff and found some ideas..

here is an idea that runs parallel to that of the lonely character in a pub. instead of having a dialogue, or multi-logue, i'd suggest having various "mono-logues." hmmm, basically it is to have a play that specifically aims to build up the portrayal of character. and i guess to facilitate such, we can have the character talking directly to the audience, whilst the goings on behind carries on. sort of like the skits we get so often in secondary school, when the act3 or something like that comes visit the schools.

since it is pretty close to christmas, what i suggest is portraying different ppl and their christmases. sort of like love actually.. ( i like that show a lot! "i feel it in my fingers, i feel it in my toes..") and we can have typical characters, which are close to each individual's function in a collective. to this is to facilitate the audience being able to identify with one character, so that the person in the audience would feel like "hey! that person seems like me!" and since it is one out of the many characters, they'd feel it's uniquely them. here are some possible characters to be portrayed:

1. rock-star wannabe.
2. lonely girl.
3. prankster/crapper.
4. insecure "normal" person.
5. shopaholic.
6. casanova.
7. loser.

we could portray each character to its extreme, so as to up the entertainment factor. of course, the above list is just an e.g. i think we would need other characters, and we can't have all the characters up there in the show. too many. we could end the skit with all of them coming together for a church event, and finding the answers to the qns their character has been pondering. (a little corny, haha. sorry i don't have too many ideas. i'm blogging in the midst of a break from studying.=)

well i guess the pro of my suggestion is that it is easier to speak directly to the audience whatever u want to communicate to them if we're saying it directed at them, and it is easy to write in situations.

cons:

1. we need strong scripting and strong actors. within such a short time frame, don't know if it is possible.

2. it could turn out pretty corny. especially if the actors cannot communicate with the audience, then it could be some silly wayang.



well, that's all for now! please consider the suggestion ok? God be with all of you and me and the audience coming for oasis!