#theatre major

[disappointingcabbage]

Fellas, is it gay to live inside another man forever with Satan himself by my side?

#shitpost #jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #henry jekyll #jekyll and hyde the musical #edward hyde #confrontation #fellas is it gay #guess what musical I’m rehearsing for this time folks #I play some fuckass board of governors asshole #who Hyde stabs in the first scene of act 2 #every ensemble number in this show is an absolute banger #also it is very gender of me to say my lines as a male character and then immediately turn around and sing a high D6 bc soprano 1 vibes #theatre major #musical theatre

[augyarson]

made a silly little nikola orsinov mask at work today for shits n giggles

#the magnus archives #tma #nikola orsinov #theatre major

[trauma-insence]

“can you be quiet?” no actually, i can’t. im a theatre major and im practicing for my professional yapping classes

#ignore that i’m a production major focusing in sound and technical direction #the point still stands #i will never shut up #you can beg but like god i will ignore your pleass #theatre #theater kid #theater #theatre major #theater major

[autismmajor]

8/20/23

Finished all of the work I can currently complete for my classes! I had a productive first week of class and I’m already having a much better year than I did last year. Also met with the rest of the Improv team board (i am the secretary) to discuss our upcoming events.

I’ve also found that doodling in my notes helps me focus and feel engaged with the content. It’s not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasing, but it helps me think a lot and I’ll do whatever I can to make studying and note taking easier for myself. Below is a doodle from my Intro to Visual Arts notes.

#studyblr #college #college student #uni blogging #theatre major #university #doodle #visual arts #adhd studyblr #autistic student #actually adhd #actually autistic #actually audhd

[lauriemarch]

performers are "dedicated" and "disciplined" until you're a stage manager and you're trying to get them anywhere on time

#bonus points without talking or asking a question you've already answered #working my first mfa dance show! #stage manager #theatre major #mfa in drama #dark academia #light academia #studyblr #booklr #studying #light acadamia aesthetic #study notes #book blog

[str4wb3rry-guy]

just saw a college's production of spring awakening (first time seeing the show at all) and oh my fucking god. it was incredible and made me so excited for college😭😭😭

spring awakening may or may not be one of my favorite shows now...

#dont normally post abt this kinda stuff but #i am feeling feelings rn #so excited to study theatre education #gonna die #spring awakening #theatre kid #musical theatre #theatre #theatre major #theatre education #theatre education major

[danger-xylophones]

Officially finieshed my first stint as a stage manager!

It was a dance showcase and the lighting designer didn’t use autofollows so I got to call every cue.

It’s not much but it was something.

#theatre #theatre major #stage management #personal life

[matty-hatter]

Professor: The movie The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Me: *Basically jumps up* I FFFFREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE IT'S SO WEIRD AND COOL

Everyone else in the theater lecture: *heads slowly turn to look at me like FNAF 1 animatronics*

Me: *sinks into seat*

Professor: Good, now explain German expressionism to your peers.

Me who has an ancestor who was an Austrian silent film actor: *talks passionately about asymmetry and funky patterns used in German expressionist theatre while shaking like a chihuahua and overheating with embarrassment and excitement*

#the cabinet of dr. caligari #theatre #theatre student #theatre major

[studyingsocialjustice]

can you give any theatre/acting related advice that you have learnt through your studies as a theatre major? thanks

Anon I am SO sorry - this ask is from a year ago and I literally JUST saw this and I have absolutely no idea how that happened. I hope that you are still following me and will see this!

EDIT from May 2023: Haha. Oops. This ask is now from maybe like two years ago? Possibly almost three? I genuinely don't know. But I am so sorry that it's taken so long. I remember exactly what I was doing while typing my original response to this: I was folding laundry and trying to get ready to move back in to school, and I was procrastinating doing the folding by typing my response to this, and then my parents came in and were like "why aren't you folding laundry" and I remember saying to myself that I would come back to this ask and then I never did. But you probably don't care about that much, so here we go:

My top three things I have learned, in order:

Number One: Script analysis is everything. It will help you connect to and understand your character, it will help you to connect to and understand the world of the play - it is the foundation for understanding everything. Look at the historical context of when the play was written and where it stands in the playwright's repertoire chronologically. Look at word choice. Look at how the characters interact with each other. My favorite books I recommend for this are A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, etc. and Backwards and Forwards by David Ball. I read these books in my senior year of high school, so four years ago now, and I still use their methodology for all of my script analysis. Their methods are incredibly useful and I highly highly recommend reading them. B&F was also required reading for my Script Analysis course at my university this year, and it is still just as useful. The books are old enough that they aren't too expensive to buy, and you could probably also find copies online, though I'm not sure of that.

Two: One of the best, and in my opinion most accessible methods of script analysis (especially if you don't want to read a whole book) is the Question Words Method: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? This works for monologues as well as general script analysis, and is usually applied to one character at a time.

For monologues: Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they trying to achieve by speaking? Where are they while they're talking? When in the course of the story is this happening? Why are they talking about this now? Why not later, why not sooner? To quote one acting teacher I had, why are they opening their mouth? And finally, how are they going about getting what they want? What tactics are they using, what's their word choice? What actions are they taking as they speak?

For characters: Who are they? This includes, name, title, relationships, basic biographical information. What do they want? What is their goal throughout this story? Where does this story take place? When? For a particular scene, where and when does that scene take place (general setting) and when in the course of the story does it take place? Why do they want whatever it is that they want? And how are they working to achieve it?

The most essential part of this, in my opinion, is what does the character want, and how they are going about achieving that. It's the objective and the tactics.

Three: This comes from one of my professors from this past school year. There is this idea in the world of theatre that if there's anything else you can see yourself doing, you should go do that because acting is only for people who can see themselves doing nothing else and just really really want it. Which is stupid because just because you might be able to imagine yourself taking a different career path doesn't mean you would be happy doing it. So, from my professor: "If you could see yourself doing anything else, do this anyway, because it's better." Again: If you could see yourself doing anything else, do this anyway, because it's better. If this is what you love, who cares about what else you could be doing? Do the thing that is fulfilling and makes you happy. It doesn't matter if other people think that it isn't a good career or won't make you enough money. If this is what you love, do it, because it's better than anything else.

I sincerely hope that this advice was helpful to you! Again, I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to answer your ask; time unfortunately is not my friend and I've had a lot of - for lack of a better word - bullshit happen to me this year. Best of luck going forward, and please know that although it may sometimes take me a while to respond, my inbox is always open! I love giving advice, and am always happy to provide it!

#anonymous #answered #theatre major #theater major #theatre advice #theater advice #acting advice #script analysis #backwards and forwards #practical handbook for the actor #zoe gives advice #zoe speaks

[shortroundandeasytotrick]

On the topic of the state of media literacrythese days

Maybe Bertolt Brecht was right

#bring brechtian media back #never thought I'd say that #he'd have a field day with some of you bitches I swear #theatre #bertolt brecht #brecht #theater #performance #plays #theater kid #theatre major #theatre memes #media literacy #media consumption

[disappointingcabbage]

I realized today that the reason I love showtunes so much is because I’m autistic. Showtunes don’t usually bother with overly complex metaphors, they’re part of a set story so it’s really easy to understand the context, and theatre professionals tend to actually enunciate when they sing so listening to showtunes isn’t an auditory processing hell game of What The Fuck Is Happening Now? It’s like. Autism heaven music.

#autism #musical theatre #showtunes #theatre kid #theatre adult #theatre kids unite #theatre person #theatre major #actually autistic #auditory processing issues #just say what you mean #accessible music #fucking love musicals #musicals #also harmonies go SO hard omg #shit slaps #theatre

[augyarson]

my favorite part of being disabled and in uni for theatre is when classmates and professors go "we can't actually make this accessible bc xyz reasons" and then i immediately rapidfire at least 5 different ways you actually can. and then just go "do better <3"

#augy thots #theatre major #theatre #disabled #we were talking about how it apparently wasn't possible to cast a blind actor in the role of a blind person #and i got so pissed off #as a scenic designer i pride myself on being able to adapt to the needs of the cast. and immediately started thinking of things that could #be done to make a role that was written in a way that was inaccessible be actually accessible #obv it depends on the person but fucking hell #people need to stop making generealizations and giving up on making things accessible before even trying #also the presentation im watching on this play is literally blocks of text on a white background so im already irritated bc all the words #are blurring together #anyways

[marzipanandminutiae]

me: searching for bracelets with hidden watches; typing in “flip top watch”

my brain: hey remember how you were a theatre major

me:

my brain: :)

me: N-

my brain: GIVE ME THE GIFT OF A GRIP-TOP SOCK

#theatre kid #theatre major #sorry not sorry for any buried memories I have reawakened #suffer with me

[pandulce135]

It is 12:55 am on a Wednesday morning. I got home an hour ago, showered, and marked up a poem that I reread like 10 times because I have to perform it at 9 am.

#acting #the life of an actor tbh #theatre major things #pan shush #college kid #theatre major #poetry

[amporalicious]

my mom just sent me a tiktok that went something along the lines of "i was today years old when i found out they say 'break a leg' because they hope you get cast"

it is taking every fiber of my being to not explain the reasoning of where the phrase came from

#broadway #theatre #theatre major #theater major #theater #musical #musicals #broadway bootlegs #broadway memes #theatre memes #theater memes

[lauriemarch]

i know it's my real life but i want to play a theatre-themed dnd sesh and i want to play a wizard stage manager that is so tired of otherworldly spirits attacking her performance so she goes on a quest to kill them all and hesitantly drags an unruly band of performers and artists behind her

#this is somehow the plot of phantom of the opera i understand #stage manager #stage managing in real life is wearing me out i want to cast spells #dark academia #light academia #studyblr #booklr #studying #theatre major #dnd #d&d