Post-final scene performances

Like I said in my previous post, theater is about learning to work together. That is the reason scenes are great. It is a very compact way to begin to learn and understand that concept. I was lucky to work with a great scene partner. We get along very well and we were able to combine efforts and ideas to let a more professional scene evolve. We were able to practice together, which is imperative, but we were also able to rely on each other to do our own part and memorize our line, rehearsing separately. This was an ideal partnership in our case, but that is often not always the situation. It is necessary to learn how to work with all kinds of people; outgoing people, quiet people, bossy people, busy people- all types of people are types you will have to work with in theater (and in life). It's likely that you will have to live with, work with, teach with and collaborate with all kinds of people. There will naturally be people that you get along with better than others. An important concept brought up within my Acting 1 class is that "politeness is the lubricant of all social interaction." This is true in all circumstances. Politeness and professionalism can (unfortunately) be more difficult to find within the world of theater. Although you are always competing with someone for some part in some show, politeness is key, and can really get you far. Being professional goes hand-in-hand with being polite. It is not professional to call another actor names, or show up late. Nor are those things polite. Theater is awareness of others and understanding teamwork. Working on a scene and having a scene partner gave me a taste of how important it is to be polite. It is much easier now, surrounded by friends, to be polite than I know it will be in the future, so it is important for me to get used to the idea now. Working on a scene helped me great develop the skills of teamwork and understanding, and that will be important in my future of theater, as well as in life. 

On that note, our scene went surprisingly well. We did the best we could, and I think we find that when we do work our hardest and do the best we can in that moment, our work really pays off. We were pleased with the outcomes of our scenes. It also was useful in applying the ideas that we learned for our monologues to our scenes. We realized that those things still apply 100%, even though it was a scene rather than a monologue. Doing a scene was an eye-opening experience, and I was able to learn and apply things that make me a better actor and a better person.