Alsafadi,+Khal

What’s up guys! My name is Khal aka “the beast from the middle aka hot-wheelz J ”. I was Born and raised in Syria until the age of 8 when I Moved to Boston, Mass. 2 years later, I moved to Georgia where I now reside and attend UGA. My interests include the outdoors, traveling, being with my family and friends, and THE BRAIN. For that reason, I am a bio/psych major with intent on Pre-medical studies. My biggest goal would be transferring to UC Berkeley at the end of this year as well going there for Med-School. I also enjoy just relaxing while listening to music and watching movies such as “jack Johnson Avatar and Slum-Dog Millionaire” @Play Experience

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**For THE PHILADELPHIA,** by David Ives David Ives’s //The Philadelphia// is a play that focuses on the mishap “being in a Philadelphia” that has occurred to one of the main characters “Mark” at the beginning and later occurs to the second main character “Al” towards the end. The main focus or conflict of the play is that Mark wakes up one morning and goes to a large drugstore and finds that the one drug he needed “aspirin” was not available. He then realized that no matter what he asked for “pastrami, Daily News, etc...” there was never any of. The play takes place in a restaurant/bar as the shaken Mark is explaining this phenomenon to his “cool” friend Al who explains this to him as being in a Philadelphia. Al tells him that he is metaphysically in this Philly and it means that he will only get the opposite of what he asks for. As Mark begins to get the hang of being in a Philadelphia and receiving what he wants by asking for its opposite, we see that the once chill Al is engulfed into The Philadelphia and cannot follow his own advice. The play is comical and ends with a blackout as Mark is flirting with the waitress quickly after Al runs out to correct his PHILADELPHIA. Set and Costume Design- The design of the set or of the costumes of the play must be directly relevant to the setting that was portrayed by the original playwright. For The Philadelphia, this takes place in a bar/restaurant type area. Due to the language used by the main characters and the waitress, as well as the Red-checkered table cloth, two chairs, and the specials board, we are given the idea that this is not a very classy area. For that reason when designing the set, current restaurants such as Steak n Shake, Applebee’s, and other similar fast-food/dine in places should be looked at for ideas of this set. Due to the characters language, Al’s costume should resemble an optimistic, happy, cool California persona to it. This is due to the optimism and happiness that he portrays to Mark as he is discussing The Philadelphia. As for Mark, he appears to be more of an unstable soul. His costume should portray his uneasiness and can be done by using darker sporadic colors and maybe messed up hair to resemble his frazzled behavior. As for the waitress, she should be portrayed by a younger unprofessional waitress who seems as though she just wants to leave her job. Her costume should include the necessary items for any waitress such as a white button down shirt, black or navy apron, with a notepad, pencil, with her hair rolled up. This play is dynamic in the sense of all of the different personas portrayed by the different characters, and yet is very comical and enjoyable for older teen as well as any adult.

Im sorry Prof. Farley, I know we are supposed to create a link for this assignment (^) but my internet keeps messing up and not allowing me to open a new page which i could create a link for!