Voice acting

the usherette greeted me with a full smile and a welcoming voice. Everyone seemed self-absorbed in a mix of technology and small talk with the person they sat beside. I came alone, leaving my wonderful boyfriend of over two and half years asleep in our bed. He is not really into plays…

who xc would do anything for their children even try to kill. Grendel's mother acts in a different way than the other females in this story. She doesn't act as feminine in fact she acts more on the masculine side. Instead of showing peace or acting in a way of a host shen uses her strength and weapons…

in the ghetto in West Philadelphia with his mother. He got into a fight and his mom was scared from him so she made him move with his auntie and uncle Bel-Air. Now Will has to learn how to be a rich preppy male. He has to start dressing different, acting different and meeting new people.…

Through this contrast of voice pitch, as well as other factors, a gendered world is created within the play as it sets a new standard of what a “man” is and what woman is by setting sharp contrasts. The men are portrayed as highly masculine in behavior, typically through speech…

As I continue my passion of interviewing those involved in the entertainment industry, sometimes I happen upon people in most unusual ways. I happened to put in a request to interview an actor (Karl E. Landler--his interview will happen later), and this charming gentleman included Marem Hassler as part of that request. I was quite unfamiliar with her and her fantastic work, but as I have continued to interact with her and discover her impressive list of credits, she happily agreed to answer some…

This classic role takes not only a classically trained voice but also the acting skills to become this girl and go on this journey of psychological and physical battles with the phantom. Knowing Marissa as a Terry Scholar and peer in other classes outside of the theatre and performance world I knew she was a hard working…

On October 14, 2016, I had the pleasure to attend my first university production of Our Town, a metatheatrical three-act drama from 1938 written by Thornton Wilder and directed by Philip Hays Wortham. The production was performed at the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts in the proscenium stage using the university theater students as the actors. Our Town consisted of three acts; the first was a simple introductory scene with the stage manager informing the audience…

centuries, theatre conventions evolved from the highly presentational performances of the Greeks to the extravagance of Elizabethan productions and eventually conglomerated to produce contemporary theatre. The University Playhouse’s performance of Acting: The First Six Lessons expressed this conglomeration of Greek and Elizabethan conventions through elements of presentational theatre, a non-localized set, and a supporting cast that functioned similar to a chorus or ensemble. This performance…

tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!’” (Lee 52). Jem is insulting Scout by saying she is acting like a girl as if acting like a girl was a bad trait to have. What Jem is saying is that the task at hand can only be handled by those not acting like “girls.” The text also states, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could…

It is to no surprise why he is attached to the career of acting when he does it every day. Neil consults in Mr. Keating when he doesn’t know what to do about his father. Mr. Keating tells Neil “Then you 're acting for him, too. You 're playing the part of the dutiful son”. Neil doesn’t know how to balance his desires with what his father wants of him. Through acting, Neil has allowed him to leave his problems somewhere else and assume the role of a fictional character…