Theatre director

in an internship at Greenwood Community Theatre in Greenwood, South Carolina, as they put on their production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. My role in the production included acting the play, helping the stage crew build and move sets, and producing two promotional videos for the theater. I was an actor in the ensemble, meaning I played various minor roles, including the baker, a crony, and a plate. As a stage crew member, I helped our technical director, John Keenan, construct set pieces…

1935 at Fefu’s Country House. It was written by Maria Irene Fornes and originally produced by the New York Theater Strategy. Fefu and Her Friends speak of themes during the 1930s that the characters were dealing with in society. Walking into the theatre room, it was set up as a black box. The set-up of Fefu’s Country House used realistic furniture and had a kitchen to the left of the stage. The actor’s utilized all of their space that they had and used several different exit and entrance. The…

Perseverance for all the jobs you go in for to maybe get turned down, but still being able to keep going to get what you want. After all of the judging that comes from the director on your acing and fellow actors. The confidence to get up in front of people every day and become a new person and have no shyness to do what the director tells you. To still believe in yourself after all the credits have judged your performance. The flexibility to be able to work in all kinds of environments that the…

As with any show or movie, the choices that directors, actors and designers make will have a direct effect on the way the audience perceives the work. Plays are no different. Blood Run was an intense and emotional journey that utilized these three elements well and furthered the meaning of the play. In terms of specific choices the Director made, one of the most interesting was has having characters walk from the crowd to behind the sink where they weren’t actually in the scene, but as a vision…

the play flourished due to the costumes that each character wore. Although this was meant to be a show heard over the radio, the costumes kept up with the idea that this occurred during the 1940s, and assisted in maintaining this imagery for the theatre audience. Each actor wore an outfit appropriate to both their radio personality, and to at least one of the characters they played from the film. For example, the actor who played Sam Wainwright sported a flashy tuxedo with matching dress shoes.…

Reproduced was quite complimentary to the entire essence of the composition. Right at the beginning when you watch the two dancers eerily crawl under the tables in the shadows, you begin to hear equally as unearthly noises courtesy of Thom Willems (music director). These sounds, which can hardly be considered music, continue throughout the entire piece. The music would change at times and never distinctly following any type of pattern, while it also allowed the dancers movements to be heard.…

“Physical theatre requires no specific dance style from its performers – it is the freedom to express emotion in performance whilst integrating various acting and dance techniques.”(Quench, 2013) Physical theatre could be described as a freedom of expression that has less rules and restrictions than Dance. DV8 is a widely known physical theatre company that was founded by Lloyd Newson in 1986. Newson lived in Australia where he attended Melbourne University. Whilst there he studied psychology…

it. Julius Caesar questions fate and free will, and where control truly lies. The School of Theatre and Dance production of Julius Caesar was performed in a black box, theatre in the round. The audience was on all sides of the stage and the actors had no place to hide. The grey walls in the theatre were simple and bare, but had black paint dripping down to give a…

Tale-danda Godugunuri Prasad When Girish Karnad wrote the historical play Tughlaq, it created uproar in the Kannada theatre, the thrill of which no one has been able to forget. Then he wrote Tale-danda and became the centre of a controversy once again. Soon after the publication of Tale-danda, a play reading by the dramatist was organised at the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata. The spell of the drama was…

distinctly different from traditional theatre. This helped include the audience and create empathy and engagement. It also inspired great mystery and wonder in the audience, excited to be a part of such a thought-provoking experience. This involvement of the audience helped break the…