Notes (4/19/2016)

• Andras Practioner Performance
• I thought he did a very good job. I liked how his movements were so clear and precise. It made it seem like everything he did had an intention. I also thought the way he repeated some of the movements conveyed the message of changing the perspectives. However, one thing I questioned was why he chose not to face the audience. At first, I thought it was going to be harder to connect with the audience since we couldn't see his face, but as the performance continued, it felt like we were watching from an "outsider" perspective. Overall, I thought the performance was well done. 
• The Making of "Mother Courage and Her Children" (with Meryl Streep) 
• "Why are we attracted to things that destroy us?" 
• Montague 
• Music 
• Jeanie Tesori
• Also wrote music for Millie
• Writes it only for the actor (character) 
• Process should not be shown to audience 
• "Coke is America in a can." 
• Jay Cantor
• "No matter how rich you are you can never get a better can." 
• Jay Cantor 
• Novelist 
• "Constructed by the world to do work, constructed to do work." 
• Jay Cantor 
• Reminded each day his personality does not matter
• Marxism and Brecht 
• what does it mean by alienation?
• it is taken from you
• you sell it - the way you sell it will give others to have more power over you
• personality is malleable
• what forces make it 
• no "solution"
• thought world could change
• Brecht was an angry writer
• dissatisfied with government and power from his time
• Jeremy Lydic
• Props 
• Also works the role of stage manager 
• Internal conflicts
• what things should look like versus what others want 
• Costumes
• Many wars
• WW1, Civil War, Vietnam
• Kevin Klein
• Sophie's choice
• works with Meryl Streep a lot 
• Carl Weber 
• former assistant of Brecht 
• Stanford professor 
• People do the harm they do - not by the good
• Decided that it was his job to do something beyond himself 
• wanted change
• Interrupted social implications 
• injustice everywhere with no rebellion 
• Brecht = Marxist
• suffering in the making, but participation in our making would bring the greatest joy  
• Mother Courage is looking for the war
• the "easy money"
• There is no easy money when it comes to war, you will pay. 
• She's obsessed with the power, until she loses something important to her 
• Ideology is a pretext