What's on your mind?
03-31-2015, 02:52 PM
finished the run of my play! the last night was almost a disaster. i get thrown under a table halfway through act one. this time, the tablecloth was actually hung long, and was touching the floor. when i got thrown under, i rolled on top of it, and the whole thing got tangled up in my shoe, and flung EVERYTHING onto the stage floor RIGHT as all the other actresses make their re-entry. the guy i was in the scene with was awesome, and made something up about trying out a new magic trick. this was brilliant since his next lines were basically a cover for me being there. he said he was rehearsing a tapdance he prepared for the wedding ceremony, and even worked up a ventriliquist act (then he kicks me under the table to show he can throw his voice) meanwhile i'm panicking. i have no idea what's going on, because the vinyl table cover that was clipped to the table stayed on. i can't see out, so i just wrap myself up in the tablecloth like a blanket, since i was supposed to fall asleep under there anyway.
AND GUESS WHAT? the audience (of about 25) loved the whole thing. it was a really magical disaster, and everyone really proved themselves by working through it like pros. acting is the best high i've ever found. stage acting is totally different from haunted house acting. doing my comedy is totally different from stage acting too, but i was watching Inside The Actor's Studio with Robin Williams last night, and he was talking about how comics make the best actors, because they're fearless. later, James Lipton asks him where it all comes from. He goes into this whorl of different characters and voices to explain that it's his way of getting approval for being smart and knowing stuff. the improv and the act were his way of gluing it all together.
AND GUESS WHAT? the audience (of about 25) loved the whole thing. it was a really magical disaster, and everyone really proved themselves by working through it like pros. acting is the best high i've ever found. stage acting is totally different from haunted house acting. doing my comedy is totally different from stage acting too, but i was watching Inside The Actor's Studio with Robin Williams last night, and he was talking about how comics make the best actors, because they're fearless. later, James Lipton asks him where it all comes from. He goes into this whorl of different characters and voices to explain that it's his way of getting approval for being smart and knowing stuff. the improv and the act were his way of gluing it all together.