Epiphany!

Though I've been involved in drama for over three years now, I don't believe I've ever truly felt like I belonged (at least performance-wise). It's fine when I'm up on the stage with a group of people, heck I'm relaxed, but when it's just me all by my lonesome self...now that's a completely different story. Like I've said before, monologues just aren't my thing. Following last week's performances of our monologues, our teacher asked us to prepare them for a second performance in class today, and well I just didn't really have the time to prepare like I would have liked. So, there I was, back in front of the class just as unprepared as ever, but I went with it. This time I made sure that my character had some sort of background, a history before the scene started and ended. In addition to developing my character, I attempted to bring this time a physicality of my environment that apparently didn't get across in my last performance. For once, I felt completely connected to my character, body and soul. I wasn't fretting about mistakes in my lines or awkward blocking, I just went with the flow. And guess what? It worked! It worked, it worked, it worked! An overwhelmingly positive response in all aspects. Now I'm not saying that I am the epitome of an actress, but hey, I'm getting there!