Presentational acting and Representational acting

The Call (2013) The question “911, what is your emergency?” is the most often heard in the hive, place where begins and largely develops The Call (2013) a film that hooks you from start to finish, it has good performances and a very interesting story, therefore, I can grade this film with five stars but there is a detail that I do not like and for that reason my final grade for this movie are four stars and later I am going to explain that detail that lowered its rating, in my understanding.…

In an article by Ann Hollifield, she states some of the possible reasons why there aren 't a lot of minorities in the acting workplace which could lead to why there isn 't a lot of diversity on television. The diversity declines in large television markets has been argued that minorities have to face a "glass ceiling" which makes it more difficult for minorities to move…

Mabou Mines’ production of Dollhouse captured my attention and introduced me to a new way of thinking about creative theatre. The production showed me a portrayal of theatrical text that stretched artistic boundaries in a way to captivate audience members throughout the entire production. This production made me angry, laugh, feel disturbed, and many other emotions all under three hours. A truly incredible performance can make an audience member feel many emotions, especially emotions that they…

Costumes and Masks in Commedia Dell’Arte: Their True Purpose Costumes and masks are pivotal point in commedia dell’arte. The costumes and masks allow the audience members to become fully immersed into the production of the performance. Every detail of the performance is important and the costuming symbolises the attempt to fully enthrall each member into believing that the costume looked and dressed a certain way. The meaning of the costumes and masks is seen as being an extension of the…

“Come and look at the freaks,” are song lyrics from “The Sid e Show” and that is what the play is about, freaks. The Siamese twins were called freaks simply because they were joined together by a piece of flesh. “The Side Show” was a very great play. Since it was a musical, I knew I would enjoy it. I do not think there was one thing I did not enjoy about the play. The reason I enjoyed the play is because the story about the freaks was very vivid and understanding. The actors, costumes, music,…

In a young woman's life sex is such an important aspect. It defines so much with such a simple term,Virginity. In William Shakespeare's hamlet, Ophelia is a young woman in the middle ages who is facing the same troubles and it drives her mad. The consistent conflict between her lover;hamlet and her father and brother drives her into madness which in the end takes her life. Ophelia's insanity is not short brought on. It the cause of long term arguing of her worth whether it's in her virginity…

It was a simple day in a dark theater, my father had left me alone with a friend in this weird booth with a lot of buttons, switches, sliders and dials. It seemed really cool to me and he had even left me with my favorite of his friends, Paul Riopelle. My father walked out of the booth and into the lobby and he didn’t come back before the show started but Paul assured me that my father would be back soon. So we sat and watched the play and it was really funny actually, I don’t remember much of…

I arrived at the Wednesday night showing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Bellamy not knowing what to expect. I had never been to a Shakespeare production before, but I enjoyed the first production, A Streetcar Named Desire, so I had high expectations for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I thought I would like A Streetcar Named Desire more since it was a realistic play and a little more relatable than fairies and spells, but I was completely wrong. Even though A Midsummer Night’s Dream was not…

Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed was a delight to experience, no matter the gruesome aspects of the show. Overall, the production was fantastical because of the cast cohesion, the non-linear plot structure, the variety of set choices including the scale of them, and the range of technology used throughout it. As a theatre student, however, much of this was a learning experience to watch the puppeteers, looking for the production characteristics of the piece: how are they creating a…

I have recently had the pleasure to attend one of the best plays of my life. The Title of this play is 16 Wounded written by, Eliam Kraiem. I had the fortune that the producing entity was the Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, therefore It was right here at the Glenwood Springs College and I saw the show on Thursday night of the second week. I recognized some of the major participants in this production such as that it was directed by Wendy S. Moore, whom I thought did a…