Class debrief

TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2008

Today for class, we did our debrief of the monologue exercise from last week. It was
a very interesting session. Apete and Ian talked us through how we felt as we were in the space, what emotions were running through our mind. How did we get into character? How did we feel about our monologue after we performed it.

The questions got me thinking like this:

1. How did you feel as you went into the space? What emotions were running through your mind?

I was nervous as hell, but once i took off my glasses, it became so much easier for me to focus on what i was doing. I was eager to have it over and done with. It was pretty nerve wracking for me to wait my turn. Lucky enough i was the fifth person to be called out. I felt sorry for those who had to perform last or towards the bottom end of the list.

2. How did you get into character? Was it easy?

I got into character by taking a few deep breaths and letting my anger build up through the performance. To feel angry, i focused my thoughts ona fight i had with my brother and then i had to feel sadness for the audience's ignorance, so i thought about all those people out there who never realised that their words had an impact on a gay person's life. It was not easy for me to get into character in the weeks leading up to the performance. ON the day, i realised that i could do it easily, the hard thing from there is staying in character and not taking it way over the top.

3. How do you feel about your monologue now that you've performed it?

I feel that i can give it a lot more justice if i had a chance to perform it again. I thoroughly enjoyed the exercise and i hope to do more in the future. After i performed, if i could i would try to make changes again with the way i presented it. This was a hard monologue to work but it was very good and absolutely fun to work. My directors help with the monologue was truly great and i appreciate all the hard work she put into making me perform with everything i had.

So that's about it for today's class... next up we're doing story theatre.

AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT I GOT FOR MY MONOLOGUE, I SCORED A "B"... thanks Apete.