Week two of class

In my acting class, over the past two weeks, we have done many different and fun things that work on our acting skills. Each different thing taught me something about acting and performing. We did two different main activities. One of the things we got to do was work on reading a poem in different ways. The other thing we got to do was work on monologues, which we are still doing now. Even though I only went to class for a few times because I was sick, I did learn a lot.
One of the activities my classmates and I worked on in class was reading a poem.  At first we read it normally and in order. Then we had to read it out of order, with each person picking several different lines they liked and saying them whenever they liked. We then staged it, by making certain lines be only said at certain, but general, times. After doing it like that a few times, we added stage directions and music to it and did a performance of it a few times in the black box theater. These exercises taught me about that in some situations when actors do improv, there needs to be some amounts of planning, in what they are going to do and say, and how to do that planning. It also gave me more practice and experience in performing in the black box theater. I also learned to try not to play with my hair while I was reading the poem, which I did the first time I read it.
Another activity that  we are doing currently is working on monologues. We all got to pick one to do. I found two very different ones, a light, dramatic monologue  from the TV show 'Grey's Anatomy' and another funny one from 'Saturday Night Live,' but in the end I chose to do the one from 'Grey's Anatomy.' I have been working on memorizing mine. It also lets me work on speaking in a slower, more paced voice with clear diction, which I did not do when I said them at first when I read them. I also get to practice my skills of choosing what to do with my body while I am performing.
Throughout acting class, I have done several different activities, like reading poems in different ways and getting to work on monologues, to work on my skills. I also got to have fun while I worked on them.          


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