8.5.06
29/4 - The Drive: rejected (racial issue)
2/5 - Speaking in Tongues: rejected (apparently age issue)
4/5 - Empty Case (film): forfeited - no transport
4/5 - Up for Grabs: auditioned but no reply...
7/5 - Open Play reading: was AWESOME
8/5 - Chilling and Killing My Annabel Lee: screwed up big time
10/5 - Show a New Deal: told to come with open mind
16or19/5 - The Golden Age: was told okay to apply..will apply tomolo
had the pleasure of reading someone's work in progress yesterday. newtown theatre was hosting a series of workshops for interested playwrights, writing for 10minute plays. then us actors put our hand up to volunteer to read for them...and yesterday at 10am, we went in to be casted.
when i met the playwright, i had a good feeling about the play. i had a tiny role, but the story itself was lovely. and simple. and executable. and i thought "man, it'd be interesting to see the other plays, if this one is that good"...and was a little upset i didn't get a bigger part of some story. but life goes on. it's an acting exercise day anyway, and egos don't come into play.
so after half waiting around, half reading and giving feedback and receiving directions, it was 5:30pm and we were called back to do our reading in front of audience as part of the playwright's self-assessments. the night finished at 9pm.
after watching 10x10min performances (some of which were more like half hour horrors), i began to appreciate playwrighting - some made literally every mistake a playwright could make (too confusing, too hard to execute for actors on a bare stage, too much content for 10 minutes). i realised i had been chosen for one of the best plays of the course of playwrights and had an awesome experience. small role, but a damn nice story.
yesterday's session was about the playwrights getting actor/audience feedback rather than about the actors' work itself, but i can't help but be thankful i wasn't worked to death like some others, and had an excellent playwright who was open and easy to work with, a beautiful, engaging story to be part of...honestly, what more could you ask for?
i hope the playwright goes onto make some edits, and enter this baby into the competitions...
what more could you ask for? ... Nothing!
Glad you enjoyed yourself and had such a good experience. I look forward to the day when you make it big and I can go around saying "Oh yeah that hot chic you see on this huge hit, yeah that cool asian chic, she's my cousin btw." Or the day when your troupe make tours to my city and I'll get the front row seat and backstage access.
You rock, girl!
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2/5 - Speaking in Tongues: rejected (apparently age issue)
4/5 - Empty Case (film): forfeited - no transport
4/5 - Up for Grabs: auditioned but no reply...
7/5 - Open Play reading: was AWESOME
8/5 - Chilling and Killing My Annabel Lee: screwed up big time
10/5 - Show a New Deal: told to come with open mind
16or19/5 - The Golden Age: was told okay to apply..will apply tomolo
had the pleasure of reading someone's work in progress yesterday. newtown theatre was hosting a series of workshops for interested playwrights, writing for 10minute plays. then us actors put our hand up to volunteer to read for them...and yesterday at 10am, we went in to be casted.
when i met the playwright, i had a good feeling about the play. i had a tiny role, but the story itself was lovely. and simple. and executable. and i thought "man, it'd be interesting to see the other plays, if this one is that good"...and was a little upset i didn't get a bigger part of some story. but life goes on. it's an acting exercise day anyway, and egos don't come into play.
so after half waiting around, half reading and giving feedback and receiving directions, it was 5:30pm and we were called back to do our reading in front of audience as part of the playwright's self-assessments. the night finished at 9pm.
after watching 10x10min performances (some of which were more like half hour horrors), i began to appreciate playwrighting - some made literally every mistake a playwright could make (too confusing, too hard to execute for actors on a bare stage, too much content for 10 minutes). i realised i had been chosen for one of the best plays of the course of playwrights and had an awesome experience. small role, but a damn nice story.
yesterday's session was about the playwrights getting actor/audience feedback rather than about the actors' work itself, but i can't help but be thankful i wasn't worked to death like some others, and had an excellent playwright who was open and easy to work with, a beautiful, engaging story to be part of...honestly, what more could you ask for?
i hope the playwright goes onto make some edits, and enter this baby into the competitions...
what more could you ask for? ... Nothing!
Glad you enjoyed yourself and had such a good experience. I look forward to the day when you make it big and I can go around saying "Oh yeah that hot chic you see on this huge hit, yeah that cool asian chic, she's my cousin btw." Or the day when your troupe make tours to my city and I'll get the front row seat and backstage access.
You rock, girl!
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