On Thursday I was nervous onstage. That's never happened to me before. Not really. Actually it did happen to me before -in 1988. The last time I performed a monologue in front of my Prof., that is incidentally the director of this play.
Mary said it was a very weird thing to see me floundering and rushing lines. Okay it was the only the third time I'd rehearsed with the other actors. I also didn't have a clue as to my blocking and cues. I'd never experienced stage fright before. It was a unique experience.
Mary passed on this sage bit of wisdom. Don't swim in my shit. Use an opportunity like this to redeem myself next time. Good advice. We ran it, blocked it, and she slapped me with the minutia of it for several hours last night. We'll see if it helped today.
That’s the thing about acting. It’s a lot harder than it looks. Especially stage acting. It’s a completely different animal than voice over or camera work.
There’s so much to remember, so much depends on you and the other actors -on everybody working in tandem. It’s living art when it’s performed well and annoying graffiti when it’s not.
The key to it is a lot like any other kind of art. you have to make it look effortless. Whether it is or not .
Posted by shawn at April 2, 2005 08:35 AM