Some thought(s)

I like the whole acting thing. My only prior experience included auditioning for The Sound of Music during my sophomore year of high school and...not getting a part at all. But now, I'm trying something new, and loving it. Here at CSP, I auditioned for the student-directed one act plays, and I'm cast in two of them. Tonight, I was able to see a full production of one of the plays, Some Girl(s). It's quite the learning tool to be in the audience's perspective, especially because I have only been thinking about what I was doing as a character. Also, relaxing and watching the whole thing take place was great--it put the individual scene that I'm working on into quite the perspective, especially because I could understand the timeline and context of the play. I saw things that I liked and didn't like, things that I thought were especially impactful or maybe even overdone. I also enjoyed having background knowledge about what I was about to go see. Learning encompasses a whole range of the experience--before, during, and after--and it all is combined into a memory that can be used for something outside of that single experience.

It didn't help that it was "pay what you can night" at the theatre, either! Pretty sweet evening, if you ask me.