Little Bit About Me!

Theater really is my passion, so when Ms. Anderson informed me that there was an acting class being offered, I immediately signed up for two semesters of it. I have always been involved in theater by participating in out of school plays, summer theater programs, school productions, workshops, seeing on and off-Broadway productions, competing in contests for theater and singing and by taking individual lessons and classes for acting, dancing, and singing. However, I had only ever taken pone acting class, and I think that it didn’t really help me as an actor. I had been wanting to take an acting class, but because I attend boarding school and work on the weekends, I never really had time for a class. Now, I extremely excited to be a part of both acting classes this year.

This is my Musical Theater Elective that I have been a part of at Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts Camp for six years!

I am most excited to take this class again because I will be able to participate from a different perspective. I have never really directed and have only had minor acting coaching experience. I think that it is important to learn all aspects of theater to be a good actor. I have had experience on tech, crew, on stage, but never directing. I am so excited to be able to learn how to do this and look forward to growing as an actor.

That being said, my there goals are:

1. 1. I want to learn how to direct acting scenes in a productive manner (and hopefully, not come off overbearing to my fellow students.)
2. 2. I would love to do a dramatic scene from a classical work (ex. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Shakespeare, etc.)
3. 3. I would like to participate in a one on one tragic scene (with possibly learning how to stage cry).
4. 4. I want to become more of my character.

I mostly want to accomplish these goals because they are all something that I have never done in theater and I believe that I can better myself by learning how to complete them. I also set these goals because while they are challenging, I believe that they are realistic enough to accomplish. Last semester, I had simpler goals, so I wanted to create new goals that would push me and require more effort. I think that these goals can also help me when I audition for future summer programs, performances, and activities.

I think my most important goal is number four. As an actor, my greatest fear is constantly acting same, even when playing various characters. If I can achieve number four, I think that I will be able to prevent this. In addition, it will no doubt help me perform more naturally. For example, whenever I think of playing Asaka, I think of who she is and how she might use her body language, react to certain lines, etc. Thinking about this also helps me act in singing when learning how to play this role. I think that number four will be the most crucial in helping be a better actor in Once On This Island and in future shows.

I look forward to being a part of this acting class and to having a great second semester.