Actor

Stanislavski’s work has not only helped people to become better actors, but also have helped others to become better people by helping them understand themselves. He has provided a system to help actors process of characterization which can also be applied to one’s everyday life. The first way Stanislavski’s work that stood out to me was the first proposition he makes for having actors become like the characters. He mentions how one must believe that that he or she is convincingly in the same…

The casting of the actors for this play were well suited with the talents of each of the performers. They drew the audience into the action and provided the audience a balance of character development and comedic content. This was reinforced through the play with actors monologs directed toward the audience, revealing a characters internal conflicts. One area that was a bit of a contradiction came with the choice of using Amanda Tavarez and Belinda Boyd in the roles of Gwendolyn and Lady…

considered that the audience could be saying things like “I don’t believe that he would react like that,” or “I wouldn’t react like that,” but after reading this I understand why it is completely necessary to understand the truths of the scene. As an actor I tend to use scenic truth in most of my characters. I understand that in some areas I am not able to find a time in my life that may connect with the character that I am supposed to play, but I feel that when I can connect to my…

Veteran actor Bill Murray has finally made his first appearance at the San Diego Comic Con. Although the Comic Con has been around for a long time, the 'Lost in Translation' star has never attended the event, until last Thursday. Murray's entrance in Hall H was met with an almost frenzied standing ovation. The actor was present to promote his new film 'Rock the Kasbah,' but all he wanted to do was clear up all those pesky 'Star Wars' rumors. "I don't know if I was ever up for Han Solo," he…

Benjamin writes that the question of whether photography is an art is “misguided and confused.” He states that asking whether photography is art or not is the wrong question to ask because it is not whether photography is art or not, the question that should be asked is “what does photography do to/for art?”. I will discuss the concepts and ideas Benjamin uses to portray his point of what is at stake and significant regarding photography, focusing on technological reproducibility, aura, and…

different areas that must work together for each different aspect of the show. The director has to figure out how much time each area needs to make the show come together. This is what effects timeline of the show. How long the director decides the actors need to rehearse and the shop needs to build the set, and the musicians need to perfect the songs. The more factors a show has, the bigger challenge this may become for the…

The ensemble was the first Asian-American theatre in San Diego. The ensemble provided Asian-American actors with major roles unavailable to them at the time in mainstream shows. Lowe even said that the students who came to see the show would comment that some actors looked like them. Every year since its incorporation, the company has produced at least one production in pursuit of their mission. Challenges in working with school audiences…

since. In my opinion, acting is not solely about the individual’s performance, but about how an individual actor can use their confidence and passion to impact other actors, enhance a production, and inspire the audience. I hope to be able to share these qualities with my peers as a part of Chapman Theatre. When I am involved…

Shakespeare Philosophy by McGinn, his thesis states, “I suggest that this comparison between himself and an actor provides the key to the play and to Hamlet’s elusive character. Hamlet is facing the problem of the nothingness of the self, and his way out of this nothingness is through an essentially theatrical construction of a self” (pg. 45). I agree with McGinn thesis that “between himself and an actor…

cost six pence. Actors had a severely limited amount of time to prepare their parts, resulting in them using “standardized” acting. During the Elizabethan era players were considered social outcasts. Acting was not considered a socially acceptable profession and the establishment found play watching unproductive (Gurr). At the time playwrights could be jailed if their plays were too controversial in nature. Women were not allowed to be actors at the time, thought the first female actor took to…