Working In Theatre

Many people consider participating in theatre as a worthless activity and a waste of time. In fact, my Cinema professor just had a conversation with another student about how live theatre is a dead form of art and has no value to anyone anymore. However, the performing arts actually have many benefits for the performer and the community. For example, from my own experience and observations, I know that performing increases one’s confidence, self discipline, and ability to converse with adults. Being in theatre requires actors to open up and be in touch with his or her emotions and let it all out on stage in front of a group of total strangers, which definitely helps people boost their self esteem, especially when other cast and/or crew members or audience members let the actor know what a great job they are doing. Similarly, working outside of long rehearsals on one’s own, memorizing lines by a specific deadline, working with a variety of people, etcetera demands discipline, which is gained by everyone involved …show more content…
Actors must use reasoning and logic to plan costume changes, when to set for a scene, and other important aspects of putting on a show, which develops their problem solving skills. Also, since theatre is live, mishaps can happen unexpectedly at any time, so an actor must be able to think on his or her feet to quickly fix costumes, fill in for another actor, and more. Moreover, actors must make choices about their characters without being given specific instructions on how to effectively create their characters and make sure the audience can read them. Instead, actors are given scenarios and a character and must make choices about how to convey the motives and thoughts of their characters as well as showing the physical actions they are doing, which helps actors gain the skills they could use for school