Sarahs Blog

Wow. I can not believe that this semester is already over. I have learned so much and had so much fun in our acting class. I loved how we were able to do many different kinds of projects. From monologue to silent movies, to television show scenes, and everything in between. Since we practiced so many different types of scenes I was able to learn so much about theater as a whole. One of the main things I learned is that theater and acting is a long process. You have to find what you want to act, write/find a first draft, memorize the draft, plan out staging, perform a first draft, get feedback, practice more, then finally perform your final draft. Though this process is very long, you get so much out of it. You are able to take constructive criticism from fellow actors, and you can change the scene to be exactly what you want it to be. You can change different aspects of it to make it fit the idea you originally saw in your head. In this class, we really used this process and got a l...

For my final project I have decided to do a monologue followed with a short piano performance. This project will definitely be stretching my abilities as both an actor as well as a musical performer. For acting wise, I decided to do a more serious monologue that I will write myself. These are the first 2 areas I will need to stretch myself. I haven't been very strong this year with serious monologues, and I have certainly never written one. Most of the performances from this year were comedic, so I feel very comfortable with them. But serious/dramatic, that's definitely gonna be a challenge. I have never written my own monologue to perform. I mean of course I have written poems, essays, and short stories. But monologues. That’s a whole new thing. They have to be short enough to remember, but include enough that the audience still understands the story. I think that the combo of serious and writing it myself will really push me to do my best and really challenge me. But I also t...

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So far we have not gotten to the end of our first draft, but we are working hard. So far we have some two out of the four scenes we are planning on using for our project. In my opinion, our scenes turned out pretty good. I think they are going to spread a powerful message in the end, but also be a good form of theater. The way that we have been putting the scenes together has definitely been a process. We’ve had to change things around and start with new ideas for something else didn’t work. We still have to sell my other two scenes and put everything together, but I think it will be really good in the end.