Assignment for the week = Visit this blog about theatre and choose five (5) articles that are relevant to what you have done as an actor or what you would like to do.
https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/
Explain, with specific details, how each of the five (5) articles is relevant to you using anecdotes, goals of yours, or examples of theatre you have been involved in or hope to be involved in.
Thursday April 5th Question of the Day = Of all the movies and plays you've seen and books you've read and stories you've heard, which ones are the most important to you ... and why?
Wednesday April 4th Question of the Day = What makes a story relatable? How does an audience connect to what's going on up on stage? What makes them care?
Tuesday April 3rd Question of the Day = What makes a story memorable for you?
Thursday March 29th Question of the Day = What makes connecting with people difficult? What makes it easy? What makes it worthwhile for you?
Wednesday March 28th Question of the Day = What do you enjoy about being in front of an audience? What do you wish felt differently or was different?
Now that you've read it ... compare each of the ten (10) items to you and your own behaviour ... compare and contrast.
Monday March 26th Question of the Day = What makes a performance great? What is an example of a great performance?
Friday March 23rd Question of the Day = What is your goal as an actor? Something specific and possible to accomplish this semester is best.
Thursday March 22nd Question of the Day = Being something vs feeling something ... a lot of people say "actors are great liars" or "acting is just pretending" ... based on your thoughts and experiences and intuition, do you agree with this sentiment?
Wednesday March 21st Question of the Day = What does it mean to "be" a colour? Does the actual colour matter? What does it mean to "feel" a colour? Is there a difference?
Tuesday March 20th Question of the Day = What was your "true colour" result? What did you learn about yourself by seeing some of your personality traits written down and categorized? Does a test like this give you any insight or is it jibberish?
Monday March 19th Question of the Day = What was the highlight of your break? What wasn't?