Births Of Mythology Analysis

This critique will be on the theater production of Creation – Births of Mythology. The play was written, directed, and produced by John DiDonna. The play was held at Valencia's East Campus in the Black Box Theater. This was an original piece. This was the first time this piece was performed.

The plot of this production was to display the different myths on how we originated. It starts off if the actors already on stage on playing dead. The room has a dark and ere vibe when you first enter it. I found to quite enjoy the feelings. It varies from the typical. The action starts off with a voice calling them to wake up, and they do so slowly. The elderly actor, whose name is unclear in the pamphlet given out before the performance, starts off by talking back to that voice. During this portion lights simulate lighting and the actors act afraid. They all of a sudden start speaking different languages. This refers to the Tower of Babel in the Christian belief of when God changed …show more content…
I wish I could name who specifically but the actors did not have names in this performance. Often times that were running out to be right beside the audience. I felt like this was fine until they seemed to leave character and just be waiting there for their time to go back on. Their eyes movement irritated me. They often times made eye contact or were looking around when they clearly should not have been. With all of them on stage they would sometimes run into each other. This could have been avoided with more practice. Projection of some of the actors was poor. They would start of good and the their voice would fade out when it should not have. They seemed to have relied too heavily on the flashing lights in the fight scene in the Greek part. I remember an actor missing a que and falling/dying way too late. That is only a simple mistake though. Overall, not too impressed with the acting compared to the previous production at