P.G. : 89

Thursday

Today we worked on acting for the mainstage. It really hit me today how hard this is gonna be and how fast this is gonna come and smash me in the face. Today up on the stage, every line I said just felt so fake to me. Like I could not even begin to say them. I hope that it is just going to take a little time getting used to. And I realize how much of the scansion work, and defining and memorizing I am going to have to do. I have a big, long road in front of me, and I am going to do the best that I can do.

P.G. : 89

Wednesday

Today we learned about the production aspect of theatre. I found it surprisingly hard to measure and draw out ground plans for our stage with scale and all that. It feels like you know what you are doing, and that you feel so awesome because you think to yourself, wow, I can be an actor and a tech, I am just the complete package. Then it's like, oh wow shakespeare, then to crush your day even more, you figure out that all your measurements do not match up. Today just kind of sucked for me, I am so not made for the technical part of anything.

P.G. : 89

Tuesday

Today we took head shots of ourselves. I really like this because I get to see how I've really changed since freshmen year, and a lot of people have said I've grown up more. We also cleaned the classroom and organized things. We hung up a bunch of college related things on the board, which is interesting, I'm gonna have to take a look. Oh and we did our papers with the three goals for the new school year. My three were to first take the PSAT's and get a 130 on them, not the first time but eventually get there. My second goal was to somehow figure out how to manage gymnastics, school, and theatre at the same time and maintain everything. My third goal was to do a good acting job in the mainstage, something worth watching.

P.G. : 89

Thursday

Today was one of the most interesting days I have ever had in theatre. In class today, I personally wasn't feeling that up to beat, a little depressed. And today in class, we were going to the theatre, and changing into blacks so we could mover around. My teacher told us that we were gonna start off with meisner repetition. I had this crazy idea that maybe since I was a little not feeling well, everything would affect me way more than it usually would, and I would be able to react back truthfully. Well I was right and wrong. I got thrown up there with one of my good friends, and just the instant mood that I had was that I liked her, and it pretty much just threw us into this crying phase. At the end of our session, I felt that that was one of my most clearest, truthful sessions I have ever done. The bad part was that after the session, I was still very emotional. I need to be able to react, and let things affect me, without being, upset or depressed.

Wednesday

Today was our production day, where we get to learn about the set and other aspects of theatre involving the stage. I thought it was cool knowing that every play has a frame, which I never knew before, it made sense when you put a frame as where does the play start and where does it end, and what places do you involve in the set. And sometimes this gets tricky because there are different types of stages. Our stage is a proscenium stage, where it practically has the frame already made for you, when you look at this stage from the audience, it almost looks like a picture frame. Also another type of stage is the thrust stage. This is where there is one back wall, and the stage comes out, and there is audience seating on all three sides. Its pretty cool to learn about production because sometimes you get into the habit of thinking theatre is all about the acting, this is a good wake up call.

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

Monday

Today in theatre was audition day. I thought it went really well, it was nice to see my fellow classmates perform and see there talents again. And especially for the new members of performing arts. I performed a monologue, and felt that I did pretty well on it. I had gotten back not that many bad notes for lack of a better word. And then we did cold reads which is one of my favorite things to do, but it takes me a bit to actually get the groove. But it must have paid of since I got cast as Antiphilous, one of the biggest roles! It was a good day today.