Week 16- Reflection

This week is a free blog to discuss your experiences in the course and your progress in developing your craft. What have you learned? What more would you like to explore? How has this course helped you identify your process as an actor?

Week 15- Rehearsal

This week we are splicing our final scene rehearsals with discussion on how we enter into the industry as professionals. We are exploring audition techniques, head shot and resume trends, typecasting, etc. and how to incorporate all that we learn into our professional practice as actors.
For this week, think about what it takes to be a professional actor. As you refine your craft (which is key), where do you see yourself working in the future? How can you use the skills you acquire here at KU to prepare yourself for the competitive marketplace? Make a list of what you think you need to accomplish and what tools you are missing that you need to acquire to make yourself an competitive "applicant" for semi-professional and professional roles. Get an action plan together and start working it. Bring it to class for discussion.
If the opportunity comes knocking, are you prepared?

Week 14- Cold Reads/Rehearsal

This week were are working on our first round of cold reads for our final scenes. We will begin rehearsals and to start think openly in class about our process in the studio. Blog about where you are in your rehearsal process. Do you ever try what you practice at home? Do you feel that you have to do everything "right" before you can take a risk? Are you willing to follow your instincts in the moment, or are you constantly asking yourself if your work is "OK?" If you feel like touching your partner's hair in a scene, will you stop yourself? Try to drop your inner director this week and just take one risk. See what happens if you stop thinking about and analyzing what you are doing from moment to moment and just do it.

Week 13- Just Do it: Bringing it All Together

This week, we are exploring our final scene assignments with our scene partners. As you begin anew to prepare for your final performance, act as if you have just booked a job performing in the play you have been cast in. What do you do to prepare to work with the director? Have you read the play at least twice? What types of discoveries have you made about your character? What is the play about? What are the relationships that your character has within the world of the play? Have you started to break down the scenes? Do you know what year the play takes place and what is happening in the world at this time? Who is the President of the United States when this play takes place? What does your character want? What obstacles are in the way? Now is the time to do this work, not when you get to rehearsal. It is time to trust your instincts and bring it all together. Just do it.