Journal #8090
Posted 11 years ago2013-01-18 20:58:11 UTC
So today I made my first major performance in front of a large group of people.
As a final summative project in Drama, we had to create and perform a one-act play clocking in at around 50 minutes. So we got the entire class on board for one massive production. Today we performed it in front of a large portion of the school as part of the arts festival. We got good laughs, (it was a dark comedy) and surprisingly, I got good laughs. People were coming up to me for the rest of the day and telling me I had a good performance, that I was great, that I was the best person up there (that last one, IMO, is BS, but I appreciate the gesture)
So yeah. Timid old me was up on stage playing an old retired mob boss and talking about how to get laid. One of my friends described me as being the most confident she's ever seen me, and I just got this message from our director:
"Jeff, I cannot express how impressed I am by your performance today. To be honest, I was a little nervous about how you would do. Nothing personal, but you've never performed something of this magnitude before, but I'm glad to say that I was proven wrong. I'm so proud of how you made Old Man Jannety into your own character. You were truly a highlight of the play, and I'm proud to call you a colleague and a friend. 10/10 would perform again."
You could say I feel proud of myself right about now.
As a final summative project in Drama, we had to create and perform a one-act play clocking in at around 50 minutes. So we got the entire class on board for one massive production. Today we performed it in front of a large portion of the school as part of the arts festival. We got good laughs, (it was a dark comedy) and surprisingly, I got good laughs. People were coming up to me for the rest of the day and telling me I had a good performance, that I was great, that I was the best person up there (that last one, IMO, is BS, but I appreciate the gesture)
So yeah. Timid old me was up on stage playing an old retired mob boss and talking about how to get laid. One of my friends described me as being the most confident she's ever seen me, and I just got this message from our director:
"Jeff, I cannot express how impressed I am by your performance today. To be honest, I was a little nervous about how you would do. Nothing personal, but you've never performed something of this magnitude before, but I'm glad to say that I was proven wrong. I'm so proud of how you made Old Man Jannety into your own character. You were truly a highlight of the play, and I'm proud to call you a colleague and a friend. 10/10 would perform again."
You could say I feel proud of myself right about now.
5 Comments
Captain Terror
Commented 11 years ago2013-01-18 23:49:20 UTC
Comment #61048
Awesome man! I would love to see it if u have the recording =)
Notewell
Commented 11 years ago2013-01-18 23:55:23 UTC
Comment #61050
We had a classmate be our official photographer and take photos and film of it, and she said she got most of it. If it gets uploaded, I'll get a link up.
Blitzkrieg
Commented 11 years ago2013-01-19 06:31:20 UTC
Comment #61047
wow nice man! I've been on stage once but I wasn't acting, and that was intimidating enough! it must've fealt awesome to read that message from the Director! gratz
Instant Mix
Commented 11 years ago2013-01-19 21:05:15 UTC
Comment #61046
ACting is great fun, I do a tonne of amateur productions, but I still get grannies in the town coming up to me saying how wonderful I am. I hope you do non-course related acting though, honestly, it's so fun to do
Striker
Commented 11 years ago2013-01-20 13:42:13 UTC
Comment #61049
That is great! Keep on improving.
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