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

    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