On April 15, 2013, we discussed in class about finalizing our decision for District Arts Festival. The general consensus was that Hansel and Gretel would be the story we would adapt. Then, we read through it as a class. I jotted down my notes about my observations of the story:
- 4 characters: mom, dad, Hansel and Gretel
- poor family-starving
- background story is important: narrator in our play?
- flint vs. pebbles for leaving trail
- can't share food of parents with children
- setting: woods, house of bread, cake, sugar
- white bird-5th character?
- wicked witch-6th character?
- white duck-7th character?--could combine with duck
- witch and mother characters are similar--could use same actor?
Then, we discussed how we would adapt it to be modern-day. It could be a poor family where the twins were accepted to NYU or Columbia and get lost in NYC or Central Park. The witch could be a possibility of people--scam artist, a business/institution, a worker or leader at a business, a mob member, a homeless person, or a college student trying to divert Hansel and Gretel from their studies. We decided that the witch would be a homeless person, so we came up with the following character list:
- Hansel
- Gretel
- Father
- Stepmother
- Homless Person
- Naarator
- White Bird/White Duck-could be water taxi/swan paddle boat, subway, young child/innocent--we decided on innocent
We also decided we needed the script to be written by the end of the week.
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