A Few Words on the Local Showcase (Experience #4)
03-03-2020
Tonight we had our local showcase. By we, I mean all twenty three BFA Performance Majors (Acting and Musical Theatre) in the theatre department. It is the first performance in a long series to come. We will spend our Spring Break in New York City attending workshops and presenting our showcase to agents and casting directors in the hopes that we will learn something new and maybe even have someone take an interest in one of us. But for tonight, we were simply getting our toes wet and seeing how audiences responded to what we have been working on.
Our showcase has been a long time coming. We have all been hard at work since September, preparing our material and polishing our skills. It has been a long process, but one that I feel I can take a lot away from. I am accustomed to quick rehearsal periods--a month or two at most--but I found there is something to be said for working a piece to excess. Every time my partner and I do our scene together, I find something different about it, some new thing that I can try. Every time I do, I am amazed at how I can still feel excited about doing the same minute or two scene over and over again for months on end. The same goes with the song I sing. I am constantly making new discoveries and thinking up new ways to interpret what I'm doing.
My performance tonight made me excited for the upcoming week, and more importantly, helped me take off some of the pressure I've been feeling to succeed. At this point, having practiced for months on end, my pieces are in my mind. I feel like I can live in them and make them my own no matter what I do. The idea of extensive rehearsals might seem tedious, but in reality, they only help you continue to grow. Performing my work for an audience tonight really solidified that in my mind.
Tonight we had our local showcase. By we, I mean all twenty three BFA Performance Majors (Acting and Musical Theatre) in the theatre department. It is the first performance in a long series to come. We will spend our Spring Break in New York City attending workshops and presenting our showcase to agents and casting directors in the hopes that we will learn something new and maybe even have someone take an interest in one of us. But for tonight, we were simply getting our toes wet and seeing how audiences responded to what we have been working on.
Our showcase has been a long time coming. We have all been hard at work since September, preparing our material and polishing our skills. It has been a long process, but one that I feel I can take a lot away from. I am accustomed to quick rehearsal periods--a month or two at most--but I found there is something to be said for working a piece to excess. Every time my partner and I do our scene together, I find something different about it, some new thing that I can try. Every time I do, I am amazed at how I can still feel excited about doing the same minute or two scene over and over again for months on end. The same goes with the song I sing. I am constantly making new discoveries and thinking up new ways to interpret what I'm doing.
My performance tonight made me excited for the upcoming week, and more importantly, helped me take off some of the pressure I've been feeling to succeed. At this point, having practiced for months on end, my pieces are in my mind. I feel like I can live in them and make them my own no matter what I do. The idea of extensive rehearsals might seem tedious, but in reality, they only help you continue to grow. Performing my work for an audience tonight really solidified that in my mind.
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