Thursday, October 25, 2007
Long time, no post.
I've been busy, I suppose...with school, MCM, genocide business...and various unknowns
I'm enthused about Thespian Conference Advisory Board, meeting various theatre kids and stuffing my face was fun...
oh! and discussing drama, of course
Speaking of which, I do hope MCM will be chosen for ThesCon...if we can get it together
Act I is beginning to take shape, my character has morphed into a Bea Arthur + Mrs. Whitaker with a serious drinking issue
which is hard.....manic + monotone....I can't say I'm looking forward to tomorrow
at all
4 hours
random character
painful wigs
off book
Joy.
Measuring life in love at.8:43 PM
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Okay, that feeling of accomplishment was very short-lived. We reviewed Act I today, and it was a mess. Most people were either absent for the blocking or forgot it, and very many people can't make it tomorrow. And saying I knew my character was wishful thinking at the very least. I know how to be a spastic, drunk librettist (Act II) but she isn't wasted and scattered when she enters. I honestly don't know how to say those lines as a neurotic, anti-social writer-cat lady. And worst of all, my part is primarily comic relief, therefore I don't have any motives to serve as my contrasting character, and working on my character during rehearsal is a total waste of time, so I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong/right at this point. I'm receiving all sorts of different feedback and its all very confusing.
*sigh* hopefully tomorrow will be an improvement.
Measuring life in love at.5:24 PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Well...WE'VE BLOCKED THE ENTIRE SHOW
It's uncanny, musicals eat up SO much more time, this show is so fast-paced...I suppose the small ensemblesque cast has something to do with it (the double cast of useless children in Peter Pan tended to dominate rehearsals)
In addition, EVERYONE is a significant addition to the plot or comic relief or "who dun it" illusion, there are no useless characters, and therefore we aren't concerned over where to stash extra lost boys and use random indians.
An extra plus, the cast gets along PERFECTLY...it's actually rather strange, we all just sortof click.
I can't hide it, I'm actually thrilled about this play!
Measuring life in love at.4:46 PM
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Kayla is filming this. It is incredibly irritating. Documenting my documenting of life is obnoxious
How do you document real like when real life's getting more like fiction in each day??
Okay, so I'm a bit ADD today.....but I guess I'm allowed, it is the day of Fall Break...
And.....I have to cope with ADD, lack of caffeine, and my kilt (which restricts motion like no other) during rehearsal today
Which, so far has been rather fun, although I now realize Bernice is one of the most difficult characters to grasp, and despite that fact that she spends the majority of her time in a catatonic state on the floor. But now that I have a mental image of her (crazy "earthy" artist/cat lady), my perception of her character is slowly but surely sharpening.
The other day, as my parents were vociferously reminding me that my favourite hobbies will never translate into successful careers and I will likely starve, I began to compare my two major hobbies, drama and writing. Both are based on observation and forming a conception of human behavior. Initially, I considered writing to be alot more demanding, as you have to observe humans and then immediately isolate yourself and separate yourself from human behavior while trying to reach insightful conclusions about it and document it accordingly.
Yet forming a larger-than-life character to become for 90 minutes is no small task either. Screen acting felt so easy and natural because it's an extension of your own character, but Bernice is someone entirely different, a facade of another person that I have to become. Now, I honestly don't know which is more fulfilling or more complicated....I guess I'll have to get better acquainted with Bernice first.
Measuring life in love at.8:56 AM
Thursday, October 4, 2007
WE STARTED BLOCKING TODAY. Which, in the words of my irritating Honors Chem. teacher, is "thoroughly exciting".
It is though. I only wish I was more awake and less frazzled, then perhaps I would enjoy it more.
That, and the fact that I don't appear in the script until pg. 17 (therefore spent much of today's rehearsal sulking and dragging through PSAT prep)
Cursed school! That wretched, dreadful institution is impeding my enjoymwnt of theatre. I honestly wish I could major in theatre and base a career on this.
If only.....
Pleasant news though. This woman from California is hosting a screen acting seminar,and she most definetly has connections. Who knows...anything can happen.
I also hope to audition for Pride and Prejudice at Theatre Memphis....but I highly doubt my parents would permit that, much less even getting considered/called back. Yet I might as well try, I suppose I have nothing to lose.
more later.
Measuring life in love at.7:49 PM
Ann
Loves:Theatre(shocking), Armenia, Nutella, Rain, Musicals, World Music, Spanish, Origami, Tolerance, Scrubs, Reading, Tech, Poetry, Peace, Screenwriting, Travel, Wedding Cakes, Art Class, Shakespeare, Contemporary Issues.
Loathes: Algebra, High School Musical, Athletics, Blind Patriotic Idiocy, Chapel, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Dress code.
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