Caroline's Acting Blog

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Our final scene that we chose to do is a comedic drama. In this scene, Julia plays Lisa, Jenna plays Sara, and I play Beth.The plot of the scene is that two sisters, Beth and Lisa, and their mother, Sara, meet at a café to discuss Lisa’s wedding. Lisa and Sara, have a really close mother-daughter relationship; she’s the favorite. But Beth has the opposite relationship with her mother. Beth is always overlooked and thinks that both her mother and sister are naïve and not reality based at all. So, this “lunch date” is pretty awkward and gets a little intense.  After becoming familiar with the relationships between the characters, we made lists and descriptions of who we thought our characters were as people. We listed adjectives to describe them, their appearance, age, positive and negative memories to show what the character likes to/doesn’t like to do, and what they did before the scene and also after the scene to develop emotions. What really helped me was thinking about what...

Beth-Personality sarcastic mischievous optimistic realistic caring Beth-Physical Casual clothes Not fancy hair, hair down Wears classic, normal makeup No jewelry Skinny, and average height Age-25ish Job-we don't know, but seems to be a good lawyer 3 positive memories- College was a good experience Meeting friends-now Has a couple really good friends Maybe went on a few trips/vacations with girl friends 3 negative memories- Childhood with sister, maybe a bigger age difference Parents probably preferred Lisa over Beth Family isn't as supportive of her as they are of Lisa Before the scene- Beth is dreading having to meet with her mom and sister, but knows that it's necessary to talk about the wedding. She expects it to be about Dan and how he's cheating, thinking the mother knows. She tries to put on a happy face to avoid conflict. After the scene-Beth is furious that her mother and sister are being completely ridiculous and naïve about Dan ch...

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For my first season at Cheshire Academy, I was apart of the stage crew of the fall play. The name of the play is The Caucasian Chalk Circle, written by Bertolt Brecht. I worked at all the shows November 9-11, 2017 in the Black Box Theater of Cheshire Academy. For our school's production of the play, Mr. Aronson directed and some of the main characters include Grusha, Simon, Azdak, Natella Abashwili, the Singer, and Michael. The plot of this show is told by the Singer, who doesn't actually sing. Grusha, a peasant servant of the royal Natella Abashwili, finds Michael Abashwili, who is the royal heir, in the midst of the war that her fioncé is fighting in. Michael is found alone and forgotten about. She takes him and flees the dangerous area as she intends to keep him safe. Over the course of the first act, Grusha tries to avoid running into Natella and her armed forces who are rapidly looking for the child. Grusha adopts the child, and finds ways to get him food and shelter. The ...

The first half of the video that I watched was the actual performance with the masks, the second half was what looked like them rehearsing without the masks. What was interesting is that, while performing, the actors really used their bodies to direct attention and show emotion/personality. For example, the disrespectful girls put their feet on the table to show that they are sloppy and rude and disregarding. What was also interesting was that the actors, when they weren't performing, would show their masks facial expression, even when they weren't wearing them. I didn't expect this. By practicing making the face of their mask, it probably helped them get into character for the actual performance. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRi-pYV-4g