no business like show business

[eudaimonikos]

WHO: DRAMA CLUB!
WHAT: It's the first club meeting of the year! Let's meet and greet, and then talk about the fall play and our New York trip!
WHEN: January 19th
WHERE: Whatever theatre space there is. Probably Theatre Lenormand?

"Welcome to drama club!"

Michael wait until everyone is present and settled before spreading his hands, creating a few illusory flashes of colored light. Things like this are why a teacher with no actual theatre experience ended up in charge of this club. The meeting is happening in one of the school's rehearsal spaces, which is empty save for a circle of chairs. "For those of you who haven't met me, I'm Michael, your faculty adviser. Now, we're going to start things off with a little warm-up. Two truths and a lie! You - " Michael points to the student to his right. " - start. We'll go around the circle. Should be fun."

This is what you get for having a daemon as your faculty adviser. Icebreakers.

When that's over - entirely without said daemon participating, he is above this - Michael claps his hands together. "So! Some of you know this already, but this year, we've secured funding to take a club trip! We're going to New York City. Gonna see the sights, go to a few shows, all that stuff. This'll be after mid-terms, so don't worry about it right now. You should be focusing on your schoolwork, and responsible things like that. But seriously, who wants to see what? Oh, and you should pick out the play you want to do in the fall. I do have veto power on that, but I also don't really care."

Comments

Icebreakers

[prisoneroffate]

Hi I'm Ren, I've never acted before, I'm experienced with set-building and I know how to make really good curry.

[schwanenritter]

[Fakir groans at Icebreakers, but unlike dorm ones, he can't just slip out]

'experience with set building' is my guess.

[prisoneroffate]

Yep. You're up.

[hippocarnival]

After icebreakers, Yuya's leaning back in his chair, the front legs precariously lifting off the ground with his phone in one hand.

"What if we did a modern play? Something that's written recently?"

He's got a list he compiled from orientation of a couple genres. He's not sure how funny or edgy they're going to be this year.

"And what shows are on when we go? Can we see Lion King?"

[eudaimonikos]

"Sure, I think that's always on." Michael has zero opinions on Disney movies, having had neither a childhood nor a VCR, but he appreciates weird puppets! "What else...the one about Alexander Hamilton, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera...a few about high school students doing stupid things. You all might enjoy those."

[hippocarnival]

"Les Miserables," Yuya completely butchers pronouncing that. "Alexander Hamilton is the American one popular on the internet, right?"

He's seen gifs, but he's totally listening to song clips before they go. "Should we bring money?"

[suddenlybees]

i. ice breakers
[ Of all the icebreakers to choose, Two Truths and a Lie isn't the worst Michael can go with. It's the sort of icebreaker that's useful in the sense that you learn a lot about the people you play with, and it's great when it's the start of the year and people can't tell for sure whether you're playing by the rules, or simply offering up Zero Truths and Three Lies. ]

My turn, my turn~ Let's see~ Three things about me...! Alright, let's start off easy!

One! I've only broken bones five times in my life!
Two! I've thrown a beehive into somebody's house before!
Three! I've stabbed a man.


ii. school play
[ Kano has no real opinion of what they see in New York— he's excited about going to New York, going around on his own, but his passion for theater in general ultimately boils down to him being here only because Nana had asked him. Nevertheless, he perks up when Michael mentions the school play they're to put on in the fall, because he's way ahead of them. ]

Alright! It's your General speaking, so listen up!

[ He claps his hands, regardless of if that's effective in getting people's attentions. It's him... He's the General, apparently. ]

Here's what I propose! An original adaptation of a very popular story! Here, here, take a look and tell me what you think~

[ He's got part of the script written out and everything, printed out and ready to be distributed amongst the other club members. How do y'all feel about reenacting the Bee Movie? ]

ii

[eudaimonikos]

[Michael leans back against the wall, flipping through the script.]

I'm fine with this.

[No one ELSE on the faculty would be, but people here keep putting Michael in ill-advised positions of power.]

[suddenlybees]

The Lieutenant General has spoken! Motion to be approved, say aye!

[ He's got the major backing here, apparently because a demonic bastardization of hit movies is the way to go these days, but it won't be a play without other actors and stagehands on board.

He's banking on people being like Michael and honestly not caring about what they put on, and that gives Kano creative license to do whatever the hell he wants with the script :'') ]

ii

[tiredcharmer]

Tyzias looks at the scripts. Reads it. Squints. Looks at it again. Looks at Kano. No, no. Glares at Kano with almost physical force. Then, without flinching, she rips the script clean in half.

"Fuck.

"No," is all she says.

[suddenlybees]

Haha! Ouch! Not even a regular "no"!!

[ That hurts, Tyzias, ripping up his hard work like that...!! ]

But aw, come on~ Won't you give me something constructive? What don't you like about it?

ii

[schwanenritter]

...What the hell is this?

[That's all he can say - he just hopes it's just some kind of weird humor he's not getting due to language barriers]

[suddenlybees]

[ It's some kind of weird humor he's probably not getting, but it's also a script!! It's structured like one, anyways, with setting and dialogue sectioned out as such, so Kano goes ahead and brings Fakir's attention to the first page. ]

It's a script, see? Why don't you give it a read, and try acting out the opening scene? I can play the demon off you.

[yokeye]

[This club was selected for two reasons only: 1) Toki is a very overly dramatic person in regards to absolutely everything, and 2) at any given moment, he's probably acting. He doesn't care in the least what play they pick, but New York will be fun to explore.]

Can we see the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty and feed ducks in Central Park!?

[eudaimonikos]

[Well, Michael appreciates the enthusiasm!]

Sure, why not! You know they've got ducks here too, though...?

[yokeye]

[So much for not coming off as a complete idiot at the first club meeting.]

I didn't mean it like I wanted to see the ducks specifically! Just that there are ducks! And if we go to Central Park we'll... see them!

[He's quitting this club already.]

[tiredcharmer]

Open
Tyzias lurks far away from the rest of the attendees, sticking out like a sore thumb. This is what she got for trying to help other people. In fact, she looks more than half-tempted to leave, but... she keeps on glancing towards Michael. She had to stay here, for his sake if nothing else.

Finally, Tyzias speaks up. "I'll do tech for whatever show we put on," she volunteers.

Closed to Michael
When there's a moment that the nominal supervisor of the club is free, he'll find Tyzias at his side, offering a wan and more-tired-than-normal smile. "Um. Hey, Mike," she says, not really sure what to say. "Have to admit, didn't really envision you getting a gig here. Kinda hard to picture."

[eudaimonikos]

"Wellllll, you know."

Michael draws out the syllable casually, leaning back against the wall. It was a pretty dramatic upheaval that led him to come to Daybreak in the first place. Even if Tyzias is possibly the only mortal who knows anything about it, he doesn't like to actually acknowledge all the things that happened. "A guy's gotta keep busy."

[playitagain]

A. BANANA MUFFINS FOR ALL

[Nana was here early. For one, she's a veteran member of Theater Club and feels some ownership of it; for two, she wants everyone to have a GREAT TIME~. This means that Nana has decided baked goods are a must.

So early on, while everyone is getting settled, she stands behind a table. Hands clasped, eyes bright, and a smorgasbord of muffins for all to eat.]

Please, take one!

B. LET'S WATCH RERUNS

[A little later into the meeting -- maybe, technically, after it's done -- Nana has settled down in front of a television, with a bunch of pillows, blankets, and the rest. The television is playing one of last year's plays:

I Want to Be Your Canary, a little known play that some say was written by someone from the Outlands. It's just ended, with the tragic scene where Princess Cornelia just died. Nana is wiping a tear from her eye. She's watched this like a thousand times, though.]

Ah, that one was so good...

B

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya, too, has been effectively distracted with the rerun once she put it in, sitting a couple feet away and only looking away once the video ends.] I wouldn't mind if we ever did that play again... I think it was our best one yet.

MUFFINS

[maplesight]

Only one?

How about.... two?

[ Don't do it, Nana. Maple is famous in the theater club for being a little shit - actually, the entire school, but theater puts up with her the most. ]

B

[prisoneroffate]

Where did you find this? I don't think I've heard of that one.

B - and I have a Kuja account squirreled away

[schwanenritter]

Huh.

So does the school keep recordings of all the performances here?

[The camerawork is too nice for a guest holding a camcorder or phone]

[maplesight]

[ Maple has brought some food - real food, not just snacks. Red chicken curry, pork vindaloo, and a vegetarian misal, just in case somebody objects to eating meat.

What a nice gesture, you might think! Unless you can recognize that these are some of the spiciest dishes offered in a spice-loving, heat-embracing culture. And while she's put out some paper plates (stolen from the faculty lounge) she's offering nothing to help soothe the spice burns these foods are gonna be leaving. ]

All right, my friends! My good, good friends of the theater! I've brought the refreshments!

Ah, but Fakir has to have the first taste. As an apology for what happened earlier.

[schwanenritter]

[He looks to the others, and then Maple, his expression flat. It'd be easy, and probably more dignified to flat out reject the condition, but somehow he felt this wouldn't be the end of it. Might as well deal with it.

He'll take a taste of the vindaloo, chewing thoughtfully - and half expected to taste something that shouldn't be in a dish.

Well, that's quite a bit warmer than he prefers, but he can bear it]

It's actually not bad, a little warm.