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I saw the musical Mamma Mia! on Wednesday the twenty sixth of February. The musical was written by Catherine Johnson but Cheshire version was directed by Mrs. Guarino; performed in Cheshire Academy’s blackbox theater. The main characters were Donna, played by Elena, Sophie, played by Audra, Taynya, played by Jane, Rosie played by Olivia, Sky played by Trevor, and Sam, Harry, and Bill, played by Jackson, Tony, and Nate. The Musical took place on an island in Greece where Donna has a small countryside inn. They are preparing for Sophie's “white wedding” which nobody is very used to. Sophie, Donna's daughter, is marrying sky and wants her father to walk her down the aisle. Unknown to Donna however, Sophia had found her diary from years ago about the island flings Donna had while she was in her band. Sophie found three names, Sam, Harry, and Bill, and proceeded to secretly invite them to her wedding without Donna knowing.  Meanwhile, all of Sophie's extended family and frie...

act 2 scene 2

- the scene opens with beneath and Geroge - George is upset about beneath being outspoken -ms johnson visits with mama - ms johnson trashes there family and makes fun of ruth and beneath - Walter hasn't been to work for days now - Walter was going around sightseeing with the company car and is about to be fired -she wants Walter to step up - mama splits the money between benetha and walter   - Travis enters and is surprised to see his dad in a good mood -walter tells him everything will be okay and they will be rich

notes continued

- mama and Walter get into a fight - ruth is ironing and sees benetha in the robe Asagi bought her - walker comes home very drunk and starts ranting to benetha and ruth -benethas other man George comes to pick her up for the theater. - while benetha is getting ready, Walter makes fun of George and lies to him about new york. - ruth and walter fight again but makeup right before mama comes home - Walter bothers mama over the money - Travis gets home and they all find out mama bought a house in a "white neigborhood" -Walter says his dreams have been butchered and storms out

scene 2

- setting: the next morning - mama is washing down the kitchen area and benetha isn't very happy about it. - still all waiting for the check - Walter is still trying to work out this dream with his friend willy - Travis and bentha get into a fight - Ruth ended up being pregnant which is why she fainted -joseph comes back over and likes benetha but she doesn't feel the same - the mail man finally delivers the check which mama grabs so Walter cannot take it -Walter then finds out about ruths child - ruth doesn't wanna cause more trouble and wants to abort it. - walter walks out.

anything you want

life goals 1) play college hockey 2) travel on a massive road trip 3) just keep going and work though it 4) mama because i don't give in easily. 5) id feel trapped and id always want to explore the outside world.

ARITS

setting: The younger living room. the narrator talked about the furnishing, talks about the old look of the room. the house was built for use not looks. time: between ww2 and present place: Chicago southside characters: Walter, Walter lee, ruth, Travis,  Beneatha, mama reactions/ thoughts - they try to fix their financial place with a payout after their dad died - they had 10000 dollars to spend and it was down to mama on how it would be split up. - ruth and walters relationship was strained

dialogue short scenes

Group 2 logan loki patric 1. What has this group done well? They made the story very obvious although they could use more emotion. It was kind of boring because its lacking a main emotion. 2. What, if anything, is confusing about this scene? What the conversation is about and why he had to call his dad. 3. Describe the emotion of the characters/plot. Stressed/scared. Hard to tell. 4. Describe the relationship between the characters. Logan and Loki were son and dad and patrick was the hostage holder 5. What else could this group have done to improve? Speak up, show more emotion. Group 3 1. What has this group done well? They projected and made it fun to watch. I enjoyed it 2. What, if anything, is confusing about this scene? The plot was a little confusing at first but i got it after 3. Describe the emotion of the characters/plot. -  lauren was mad and ryan was stressed 4. Describe the relationship between the character...