Don't play the emotion - play the action

Be Specific - No Generalising

16^th September 2010

Hi to everybody,

Today I’m so happy. Even though the wheatear was bad for all the day, I feel good. I’m starting feeling as I’m at home because where ever I go, I know that I’m going to meet with somebody familiar to me.  

Yesterday I did the audition in order to take part in the IP of the 2^nd years in theatre class. Actually I don’t have a part in any IP but I learnt a lot of thing by this experience.

In the theatre class of today, we reviewed with Libby what happened in the stage the day before.

First of all, in the stage you don’t have to play the emotion, but you have to play the actions (objective).

You must be specific as you can. No generalizing. Important to act better is to keep in mind who you are, what you want and where you are (Janitor test).

We also talked about some things of the auditions in which we all have different opinion.

• They want an ensemble or competition? – Clearer objective.
• People need more time for the process for emotional depth.
• The idea of given text the day before is better.
• People might need privacy – performance one by one.
• It’s important for this kind of auditions to understand the techniques and rote of improvisation.

At the end of the class Libby asks us if we know authors or plays we would like to make and we talked about:

• The comedy of manners http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_of_manners
• Commedia dell'arte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell'arte
• Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
• Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re
• Angels in America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_America:_A_Gay_Fantasia_on_National_Themes

Gugu