Studio Session

Our studio session was the last one in class, and therefore we had to be the most prepared. I was very nervous about the lines because any time i am given more then 4 lines to memorize i start to worry about whether or not i will be able to remember them. I often get caught up in my head with trying to remember lines and wind up not listening to Gaby's character at all. I think i did slightly better with this in class, especially after our first run through of it and after receiving feedback from the class and Jon. I was unsure whether or not the minimal physical score we had would detract from our scene, but the class said it was ok since the text was engaging. Working with my dramatic action helped to keep my energy, interest, and focus up in the scene. I enjoyed trying different tactics with Gaby's character in order to get what my character wants out from her. Playing around with different intonations and pauses makes the dramatic action more apparent. While we continue rehearsals i will continue to experiment with different tactics in speech and movement, and hopefully i will settle on some before our Work in Progress performance on Tuesday.

Final scene performance

It's coming along. However, my performance of Adine in 'The Dispute' is far from complete. I know I still need to do a lot of work on it. When Anna and I practiced in front of the class, I was nervous at first, but it turned out to be A LOT of help. I learned that I need to remember to fully embody each moment, and go all out with it. The challenge that goes with that, however, is that I have to figure out how to do this and not throw the through line of my character's journey and of the scene out the window. I find it hard to connect everything while performing or 'doing' each moment one at a time. I also need to focus my physical intention, and make every movement purposeful. It seems so hard to do, however, when we don't have Jon to remind us and tell us what we are doing wrong while practicing.