ME.
With every production, you can look back and see that you have obtained SOMETHING useful. Something that you can take away from it. Considering how generally well SGD went, I have quite a few I'd like to share:
COMPLIMENTS COUNT
- From the beginning there were naysayers about this production. In addition to that, there were people who just don't like me as a person. I have this philosophy where I don't need to people to love me, or even to like me, but i crave that they respect me for what i do well. And after this show, I really got that. Those who choose not to talk to me in a social setting went out of their ways to tell me how the play moved them. It makes me feel that much more powerful that I could still evoke a positive emotion from a person who doesn't prefer me as a friend.
DIFFERENTLY IS... DIFFERENT.
We as an IBTA Y1 class chose some things that weren't typically done, like doing the first year play as a whole group, and picking a highly dramatic and controversial play such as the one we did. SGD pushed us in new ways, and while they weren't necessarily easy problems, they weren't nearly as bad as we were anticipating. The worst of our problems were problems that any production could have faced, such as losing our building materials. Admittedly, there were some specific problems that we dealt with only because of our play, like getting into a serious mindset all the time and making sure our costumes were religiously acceptable. But I think that we made an even bigger splash on the scene by doing something bold and different. It clearly showed, because so many more people came the second night that we had anticipated on coming.
THE REAL DEAL
This show was unique for me in the sense that for the first time, I played a character that was my age, went to school like I did, had a family, had dreams. I was playing someone "real", and by playing this girl who ends her own life like that-- it made me realize that playing someone closer to you in real life can be ten times harder than playing something so far out of your realm of normalcy that it's humorous. This play was so real to me: the characters, the setting, even the intimacy of the audience, it took everything I knew about theatre and put it under a microscope. It was hard, and not what I was used to by any means, but it was a turning point in thinking as far as acting goes. Granted, I probably won't use this intimate acting as much as the grandstand musical theatre style, but it's so rewarding to know that this asset is now another thing i can work on and perfect.
So to conclude, this production has taught me lots, only the tip of the iceberg has been mentioned here. I cannt wait to see what the future brings, and how this play will impact my life and theatrical work as a whole...
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