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galen  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 9, 2016

I feel like this show is mostly confusion for the sake of discomfort, but it's discomfort for the sake of discomfort-- like there's no bringing people out of there bubbles and making them think about life, just "look at all this fucked up shit. This would never happen in real life, but aren't you uncomfortable now?"

As far as being in the show, I feel like my main problem is actually with the rest of the cast. None of them are (IMO) very good actors, but more importantly, I don't feel like I can trust them. And that, combined with the script, has made the whole exercise pretty fucking tedious. But it's almost over.





mknod  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    As far as being in the show, I feel like my main problem is actually with the rest of the cast. None of them are (IMO) very good actors, but more importantly, I don't feel like I can trust them. And that, combined with the script, has made the whole exercise pretty fucking tedious. But it's almost over.

Here is some more incoming unsolicited advice.

You can't trust other actors, so don't. They can't trust you, so don't worry about it. It's up to you to find your character, it's up to them to find theirs, if you feel like you can't trust them, it becomes your problem to overcome.

I also empathize with you regarding this and am only offering these opinions as someone who has been in positions like this before. Please don't read into it as a harshness or me being critical of you personally. I am telling you what I wish someone would have told me. (Subsequently, they never did, and it was only through reading works by Meisner that I was able to notice these defects in my own acting).

galen  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, sure. That is how I'm dealing with this. But I come from six years of working with ensembles that I trusted completely, which was fucking awesome, and I still think that's an ideal to strive for when creating theatre.

mknod  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe, trust is definitely a big thing to do, but I think as you grow, you'll worry about it less and less and realize it was inside you all along (tm). :D

user-inactivated  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did you know of the state of affairs on the stage before assigning yourself to the show?

galen  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nope. When I auditioned I read the only normal scene in the play, and I didn't meet the other actors until it was too late.

user-inactivated  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What are you going to do after the show's over and after you're done with the play? Are you going to be a professional actor?

galen  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

¯\_(ツ)_/¯