Auditions {Freshman and Sophomore theater student}
Oct 21, 2008 13:25:58 GMT -5
Post by Bridget Allen on Oct 21, 2008 13:25:58 GMT -5
Bridget had to admit that, in the first place, she hadn't meant to really use the same process for the freshman and sophomore class as for the juniors and seniors. She'd wanted to do auditions, but not for the end of term play, because she usually didn't want to give the new students two long texts to learn so soon after their arrival, but there was no denying that her new class was quite eager to always learn more, and maybe this could be a good experience for them. Some of them needed to have their confidence improved, and some other could probably afford to be brought down a peg or two. Of course, some people thought that you could never had too much confidence when it came to talents such as acting, but she saw things in a different manner. Even the most famous actors needed a certain uncertainty at times, because if you thought of yourself as so talented that you'd learnt all you could learn, that's when you went down. There was always some things left to learn, some ways to improve, even for the experts, and so kids of eighteen and down who thought they were at the top of their game needed a serious reality check.
And then, there was another lesson that some students would have to learn; coming second. In the small gathering of plays she'd found for them in their individual classes, she'd made sure every student got at least one role of importance so that they could develop their talent and abilities as much as possible, but for this particular play, there were some main roles and there were some smaller ones. And then, there weren't actually roles for everybody, which had been a bit of a shock and fright to most of the students, but of course she'd made sure that everyone would have a part to play, even if it wasn't acting. She'd need help with the technical stuff after all, the costumes, the choice of music, the lights, all those things, and to her relief, she'd already gotten some names of students who wanted to experience that aspect of putting a play together. Even if it'd been her own decision to do this, it still did make her feel a bit bad to impose something like that on students who loved acting so much, but her list of stage managers and all that jazz was already practically filled, with two or three spots left to fill. It was admittingly a lot better than she'd have expected.
Her choice of play had been a bit of a surprise too, and she'd heard several whispers and comments among students, mostly as to what their parents would think. She had to admit that it was a bit of a rough theme, but it wasn't as though the drama and suicide factor was worse than in any Shakespeare play. It was probably the references to sex and self discovery that would be more of a strain for the parents to watch, but she'd made a few changes to try and make it milder, though there weren't all that many differences to the original one, aside from the fact that Spring Awakening was a musical to start with and she'd had to take out that aspect. After all, the themes found in the play were some that, want it or not, concerned teenagers. They were things that most kids had to deal with at some point or another of their young life, and so she didn't really think it was all that bad that she should have them act out such a play. And as for the auditions, she hoped they would help her on deciding the roles because she had absolutely no clue so far of who she could choose to play the main roles, maybe because she hadn't had enough occasions yet to see their talent in every aspect.
And then, there was another lesson that some students would have to learn; coming second. In the small gathering of plays she'd found for them in their individual classes, she'd made sure every student got at least one role of importance so that they could develop their talent and abilities as much as possible, but for this particular play, there were some main roles and there were some smaller ones. And then, there weren't actually roles for everybody, which had been a bit of a shock and fright to most of the students, but of course she'd made sure that everyone would have a part to play, even if it wasn't acting. She'd need help with the technical stuff after all, the costumes, the choice of music, the lights, all those things, and to her relief, she'd already gotten some names of students who wanted to experience that aspect of putting a play together. Even if it'd been her own decision to do this, it still did make her feel a bit bad to impose something like that on students who loved acting so much, but her list of stage managers and all that jazz was already practically filled, with two or three spots left to fill. It was admittingly a lot better than she'd have expected.
Her choice of play had been a bit of a surprise too, and she'd heard several whispers and comments among students, mostly as to what their parents would think. She had to admit that it was a bit of a rough theme, but it wasn't as though the drama and suicide factor was worse than in any Shakespeare play. It was probably the references to sex and self discovery that would be more of a strain for the parents to watch, but she'd made a few changes to try and make it milder, though there weren't all that many differences to the original one, aside from the fact that Spring Awakening was a musical to start with and she'd had to take out that aspect. After all, the themes found in the play were some that, want it or not, concerned teenagers. They were things that most kids had to deal with at some point or another of their young life, and so she didn't really think it was all that bad that she should have them act out such a play. And as for the auditions, she hoped they would help her on deciding the roles because she had absolutely no clue so far of who she could choose to play the main roles, maybe because she hadn't had enough occasions yet to see their talent in every aspect.