Talk:Arts: Street Theater

I'm bummed that my skits didn't get discussed. Is there anything I can do about it? I can't make meetings. I shared them with S. via google groups. Thanks for posting minutes.

another idea for political/performance art/action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHRdiklTlU large team goes to scott walker speech and reads script...in mike-check format.

Script: The Waiting Room

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The Waiting Room

Below, a location, date, and four characters to use as the basis for street theatre improvisation. Time & Place June-teenth, 6/19/11, Emancipation Day. Waiting Room of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital of last resort, Boston, MA. It serves many incarcerated persons. It is not a public hospital. Characters A black man in shackles waits. An older white woman waits to have her ears cleaned. She’s deaf as haddock and not eligible for car at the Shattuck, but she went there because she figures its a hospital and it takes too long to see her doctor. She’s lonely. A woman sits behind the reception desk doing paperwork. She represents the health insurance companies. Jesus/MD MD The large crowd, including Occupy Boston, is commemorating Emancipation Day, in Franklin Park, just outside the hospital. Plot Notes The MD needs to decide which patient to see next. MD/Jesus and Receptionist confer about different billing plans, payment options, how much the MD will make from each patient.. This is where facts about commercial health care get across. The MD sends the receptionist to speak to both patients.Possible ending; the older woman says that the MD should see the black man first. OB bursts in and saves the day, Jesus on the shoulders of protesters preforming miracles. Dialogue Notes The crowd can be heard via bull horn. Crowd: Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Able, your brother? Receptionist/Cain said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” Receptionists: Fill out this form and take a seat. And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying...” Leviticus: You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind... Proverbs; he who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard. Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintains the right of hte afflicted and the destitute. The story of the good samaritan; Luke 10: 25-37 mathew 25: when I was hungry….I was sick and you visted me...I was in prison and you came to me... Corinthisans 12:25-26 we are one body

Script: Kissing a Few Frogs

Kissing A Few Frogs

Characters Soccer Moms with Yoga Mats/Spandex Yoginis: the wives of wealthy men who sit on their yoga mats at the beach worrying about their children’s health and breaking into song. They and their loved ones are the victim of the chemical industry; diabetes, breast cancer, ADD, infertility, cardiovascular disease. There’s one in particular, Mindy, who’s very scared that her family is next. Mindy cant’ get pregnant. Mutant Frogs/Hotsy Totsy Yoga Hunks: Mutant Frogs that transform into Yoga Hunks and break into song. The mutant Frogs want the Soccor Moms with Yoga Mats to kiss them. The Frongs promise that they will reveal a secret if the are kissed. . They are very charming for ughly frogs and finally one of them gets Mindy to kiss him. Plot Notes When Mindy kisses *Six Legggggg, he sings: I’ve have six legggggg for the same reason your family is sick. The Yoga Moms ar transformed into the Spandex Yoginis Occupy Boston Civil Disobedence Squad and kirtan band.The Spandex Yoginis get righteous and join the Occupation as the BPA assassins. They turn water bottles into stainless steel bottles w/meditation. The Hotsy Totsy Yoga Hunks spout yogic philosophy. Every one breaks into song. Dialogue Notes Frog 5.3Many vegetarians believe that not eating animal fats will keep the pollutants that cause terrible diseases out of their bodies. However, the evidence is mounting that the worst of these pollutants, Bisphenol A, is most likely to be found food packaging, as opposed to meat per se. Frog 4. 2The bloody fucking elites are poisoning you well fed nim wit, get off your fucking matt.

The Other Frong: Bispenol A (BPA) is now classified as one of the many Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) that cause metabolic syndrome, a disorder that encompasses obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. An estimated 27% of adults in the US are affected by the syndrome. BPA is found in the urine of more than 90% of the U.S. population. Individuals with levels of BPA that high have a fivefold increased risk of developing Type II diabetes.1

Frogger: They have you by the balls! Get it? It’s a hormone; it could grow breasts on a peice of moss. Do your really want in your families? And you have the money to pay for it!

The Other Frogg, Two.: The good news is that while we are constantly exposed to BPA from the linings of cans, plastic food packaging, and water bottles, eliminating it from your diet for three days can reduce the amount of BPA in your urine by 60%.2

Mindy: I don’t kiss frogs, I’m married. Frog: I’m a FROG!

Script: Lean on me/The Way of the World

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

Characters: Monopoly Men chorus (MM), Generic Old Testament Prophet turned Comedian (GOTP). The GOPT puppet is two-sided; one side is Jay Leno, the other side is a hellfire and brimstone preacher. The GOPT wears harlequin robes.

Blocking: after each verse, the MM part to reveal the GOTP.

MM CHORUS

Sleeze on me when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need Somebody to scheme on

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that we can always ba-borrow

GOTP-L

And it was on this very day in 1690 that the very first paper money in America was issued in Massachusetts. It was issued by a man named Merrill Lynch who used the money to give himself the first huge bonus. Jay Leno

Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein. Craig Kilborn

(switch)

Woe to him who heaps up what is not His own—for how long?— And loads himself w/pledges!” Will not your debtors suddenly arise And those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be booty for them. Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the peoples shall Plunder you For the blood of men and violence Of the earth, To cities and all who dwell therein Habakkuk 2:6-8

MM CHORUS

Sleeze on me, when you're not bond’d And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to scheme on

Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow For no one can fill those of your needs That you don't let show

GOTP-L And Citigroup--who received a huge bailout from the government---owns the naming rights to the New York Mets new stadium. It is currently called Citi Field, but because of Barack Obama’s crackdown on the Federal bailout money, Citigroup will legally have to change the name of the stadium to “Money Grubbing Bastards” field. Jay Leno President Obama, getting very tough now, has imposed a $500,000 salary cap for executives getting federal bailout money. And, listen to this: Now on weekends, they can only play miniature golf. No more 18 holes.

Citigroup just got $45 billion of our tax dollars. Did you see what they bought themselves? They spent $50 million on a brand new, French-made private jet for their executives. Has a bar, private entertainment center, seating for 12. You know, if there's ever a reason to reopen Guantanamo Bay, this is it, okay. That's our jet! We should be taking that. They should be on Southwest.

(switch)

If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him. If ever you take your neighbor’s garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body, in what else shall he sleep? Exodus 22:25:25-27

MM CHORUS

Scheme on me, when you're not bond’d And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to scheme on

If there is a boat you have to bear That you can't carry I'm right up the road I'll share your boat If you just call me

GOPT-L

And AIG, you know the insurance company who's getting over $11 billion of our dollars in bailout money? Well, they announced they're giving 130 of their executives cash awards of up to $3 million. These are cash awards, not bonuses. They say they are payments to guarantee that their top executives stay with the company. Oh, yeah, God forbid AIG should lose any of these business geniuses. Imagine what kind of shape they'd be in without these people. Again, these are cash awards, not bonuses. So we should send them to jail, not prison, see?

And Congress said this week that they’re looking into the Bernard Madoff scandal. So the guy that made $50 billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $750 billion disappear. Jay Leno

It looks like the government is going to bail out CitiGroup, yet they don't want to bail out the auto companies. See, I don't think this is fair. I mean, blue collar guys who make our cars, they don't get the bailout. But the white collar guys on Wall Street, they get the bailout. You know what I think we should do? I think they should work together. I think the guys in Detroit should keep making the cars, and the guys on Wall Street should be making the license plates. See what I'm saying?

(switch)

The voice of the Lord cries to the city--- And it is sound wisdom to fear thy name; “Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city! Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in The house of the wicked, And the scant measure that is accursed? Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales And with a bag of deceitful weights? Your rich men are full of violence: Your inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is Deceitful in their mouth. Therefore I have begun to smith you, Making you desolate because of your sins… Micah 6:9-13

MM CHORUS

So just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to scheme on I just might have a problem that you'd understand We all need somebody to scheme on

Scheme on me when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need Somebody to scheme on

GOTP-L "I'm watching TV today and it's nothing but 'We're going to war. Imminent war. Blah, blah blah.' But I'm watching the TV and I see that the stock market has gone up 300 points! How is that possible? The economy has been in the pooper for a year and a half. 'Oh, maybe we'll try lowering interest rates, maybe we'll try lowering prices, maybe we'll give a dividend tax cut'. This is what they've been waiting for? 'Oh, we're going to war? I'm in!' Is the head of the Dow Jones Yosemite Sam?" Jon Stewart Just last week, a AIG executive emptied his pockets before going through a metal detector and Christopher Dodd fell out. Jay Leno

MM CHORUS Scheme on me when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need Somebody to scheme on

(switch)

Woe to those who join house to house, Who add field to field, Until there is no room, And you are made to dwell alone in The midst of the land. The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitants… Isaiah 5:8-9

GOTP-L

As you know, Congress voted against the bailout. See the problem with members of Congress, they were told to vote their conscience. And of course, this totally confused them. Conscience? Jay Leno