Theater stuff
Just read through the story. It's going to be fun. The big/hard part will be actually pretending/being the role. I probably could do it but I can't imagine being married to someone and him being accused of a murder. I guess I need to explain a bit. Here's the blurb on the back of the script...
"Panic" by Joseph Goodrich
Paris, 1963, Director Henry Lockwood has come to the City of Lights for the premiere of his new film, "Panic." Accompanied on the trip by his wife Emma and his secretary Miriam, Lockwood expects nothing more than to enjoy another cinematic success and to bask in the adulation of young French film critic Alain Duplay. But when Lockwood is accused of a hideous crime-a crime that could destroy his career and his marriage- he's forced to confront the truth about himself and those closest to him. Lockwood, known the world over as 'the Sultan of Suspense,' is cause in a nightmare straight out of one of his own films."
Finding my impression of that situation and acting it out is going to be the interesting/hard part. Emma is a rather frail woman (she has some sort of heart condition), she was originally written as a woman in her 60s but they've decided not to stay hard and fast to the age factor (a good thing considering I'm in my latter 20s). That means that there's going to be a fair bit more characterization I'm going to need to play with and make sure comes across. She's a woman aware of her own time on the earth and the lack of time to enjoy it. In addition the people around her, her husband, Miriam and Alain all are trying to coddle and shelter her when all she wants to do is experience all that she can in the short time available to her.
Some of the people on my f-list probably remember when I was begging asking for advice on characterization. Well that's because I see that as my greatest weakness in everything from acting to writing. Finding and showing the inner motivations in the outward reactions/actions is where I find myself at a loss so often. The funny thing is that when it comes to that for dancing it's a natural talent (at least I've been told that and considering I was chosen for some of the bigger dance roles at my dance school I guess it is at least somewhat true) but when it comes to expressing myself in words I tend to find myself speechless... literally.
"Panic" by Joseph Goodrich
Paris, 1963, Director Henry Lockwood has come to the City of Lights for the premiere of his new film, "Panic." Accompanied on the trip by his wife Emma and his secretary Miriam, Lockwood expects nothing more than to enjoy another cinematic success and to bask in the adulation of young French film critic Alain Duplay. But when Lockwood is accused of a hideous crime-a crime that could destroy his career and his marriage- he's forced to confront the truth about himself and those closest to him. Lockwood, known the world over as 'the Sultan of Suspense,' is cause in a nightmare straight out of one of his own films."
Finding my impression of that situation and acting it out is going to be the interesting/hard part. Emma is a rather frail woman (she has some sort of heart condition), she was originally written as a woman in her 60s but they've decided not to stay hard and fast to the age factor (a good thing considering I'm in my latter 20s). That means that there's going to be a fair bit more characterization I'm going to need to play with and make sure comes across. She's a woman aware of her own time on the earth and the lack of time to enjoy it. In addition the people around her, her husband, Miriam and Alain all are trying to coddle and shelter her when all she wants to do is experience all that she can in the short time available to her.
Some of the people on my f-list probably remember when I was begging asking for advice on characterization. Well that's because I see that as my greatest weakness in everything from acting to writing. Finding and showing the inner motivations in the outward reactions/actions is where I find myself at a loss so often. The funny thing is that when it comes to that for dancing it's a natural talent (at least I've been told that and considering I was chosen for some of the bigger dance roles at my dance school I guess it is at least somewhat true) but when it comes to expressing myself in words I tend to find myself speechless... literally.