Porthios
01-12-2007, 06:48 PM
Alright, so I'm in a bit of a bind. I am a member of the Pacific University Forensics team. This basically means that in my spare time, when I'm not fighting forest fires and saving small children from drowning (amongst other things), I'm a speech and debate nerd. So, about that bind... Well, it turns out that our tournaments are going to begin pretty soon, which means that I need a piece (prose, dramatic interpretation, poetry, etc) REALLY soon.
I've been looking for a prose piece (preferably a humorous piece that is a bit deep as well) but my searching has been fruitless. I've been going at it for about 5 days and I have yet to show anything substantial. However, I believe that it's because I don't know exactly where to search. So this where you guys come in. I know that there are some pretty adept literature jockies here, and I wanted to ask your help.
Do any of you know of any literature short stories -both of which can be used as a prose piece or dramatic interpretation- or poems that are excellent? Keep in mind that I need to be able to act out the entire piece in 10 minutes (and acting is largely limited to small foot movements, hand gestures and facial expressions). The piece itself can be longer, but I will simply cut it down to 10 minutes if I can.
If you have no pieces in mind that would be suitable, any resources from which I could find a good piece would also be great. Thanks, I very much appreciate your time.
I've been looking for a prose piece (preferably a humorous piece that is a bit deep as well) but my searching has been fruitless. I've been going at it for about 5 days and I have yet to show anything substantial. However, I believe that it's because I don't know exactly where to search. So this where you guys come in. I know that there are some pretty adept literature jockies here, and I wanted to ask your help.
Do any of you know of any literature short stories -both of which can be used as a prose piece or dramatic interpretation- or poems that are excellent? Keep in mind that I need to be able to act out the entire piece in 10 minutes (and acting is largely limited to small foot movements, hand gestures and facial expressions). The piece itself can be longer, but I will simply cut it down to 10 minutes if I can.
If you have no pieces in mind that would be suitable, any resources from which I could find a good piece would also be great. Thanks, I very much appreciate your time.