Personal Narrative: My Experience At The Campus Inn Theatre

This is a must watch Broadway show that makes your fine, terrible, or even boring day, an absolute blast. The Play That Goes Wrong has finally made its way to America and right at the heart of New York City near Times Square at the Lyceum Theatre. Therefore, the experience is a win-win situation for the audience. The Lyceum Theatre’s architecture is astonishing as it is filled with ornaments, I also realized the letter ‘L’ around the theater, but the most interesting fact is that it is a landmark. It has a proscenium stage while the audience is in the orchestra, balcony, or the mezzanine seats, like where I sat, and there is barely any space if you are a tall person. My seat was near the far end of mezzanine, I couldn’t see a part of the left side of the stage, so I found myself bending sideways to see what was going on, but I saw nothing. I found the side stage lights and a side balcony blocking my view and yet I had a great time.

On February 26th 2016, I went out with my friend to saw this event. It was the first time of my life to be in such production. I was not a fan of theaters. I thought they are boring. Now, my mind has changed because the play was amazing. So, on the next day,

In Module/Week 8, you will write a 1500-words (about 5–7-pages) essay that addresses one of the plays from the Drama Unit.  A minimum of six citations, including the primary source and at least five secondary scholarly sources, is required for this assignment.  Before you begin writing the essay, carefully read the guidelines for developing your paper topic that are given below.  Review the research paper Grading Rubric to see how your submission will be graded. Gather all of your information, plan the direction of your essay, and organize your ideas by developing a one-page thesis statement, outline, draft, and bibliography for your research paper.  Format the thesis statement and the outline in a single

Anderson Theatre has truly shaped me into the mature young adult I am today. My freshman year, I decided to join theatre not knowing what to expect. None of my friends were in theatre, and it was something I decided to do completely on my own. I walked into the first meeting, late because I had cheer practice, and sat in the back of the Fine Arts Room by myself. I then let cheerleading take over all of my time, and did not return to theatre until Dry Tech. That day, I walked in and started working. In that 12 hour day, I realized that doing hair and makeup is something I am really great at. In that 12 hour day, I met dozens of people with whom I am still friends with today. Because of Anderson Theatre, I met my best friend. I laughed more than

When I first walked into the Granada Theatre I was amazed by the intricate detail put into the design of the venue. At first glance, it seemed to be an extremely high class venue, and it made sense why Professor Roy asked us to dress nicely. In all honesty I felt totally out of my element. I showed up a couple minutes late so they had me stand until the first piece was over to take my seat. The seriousness added to the layer of prestige that I had begun to attribute to the event. When I finally took my seat, I was astounded by the setup too. The piano was center stage. I was expecting an orchestra before I had arrived, but was not too disappointed to see just Yuja Wang. I could see her, but I could also see people sitting in the balcony. The

On Monday the 19th of April my class and I had the pleasure of attending the dress rehearsal for the new play Successions by Michaela Di Cesare at Centaur Theatre. This play was directed by Tamara Brown and stared four very talented actors. I found this play to be enjoyable in terms of viewing, but frustrating in terms of story. It had left quite an impression on me, albeit somewhat negative. However I find that being left with a strong negative impression is better than not being affected by the play at all. As the purpose of plays are to stimulate a response from the audience.

Throughout this essay, I am going to critically discuss my involvement in the production. I will do this by reflecting on the planning process, rehearsal process and the performance itself. I will give insights on the production team as a whole, my role in the production and the importance of my character. I will show an understanding of the themes and politics in the play and how we presented them. I will give a brief introduction to the chosen play we performed and why it was a perfect christmas show. I will generally look into the role of an ensemble, the importance of having an ensemble and how influential Greek theatre was to the production. I’ll draw on techniques used by practitioners and how we incorporated it into our production such as Epic Theatre. I will discuss about the element of company and the relationship between actors, directors and audiences. I must be critical about myself and give an honest insight to the whole production by evaluating my engagement, collaborative skills, decision making and discipline. I will show a clear understanding of my approach to performance, my interpretation to the character and the productions interpretation of the whole show. I’ll discuss the wider context in theatre, theatre in society and what role it has thereof. I will give as much reference and theory as possible to support my opinions and I will demonstrate performance theory and relate to practitioners like Brecht, Stanislavsky and so on .

I am a very introverted person, I don’t like being in front of crowds or talking to new people. As a child I was the complete opposite, I was extroverted and loved being the center of attention. Unfortunately this only lasted until I was about seven years old. After that something snapped and I became unable to talk or do anything in front of other people.

As many would say, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” In life, sometimes people are going to have different opinions and ways of looking at the world. They have their own notions of what speaks to them, what they admire or believe is magnificent, especially in the work of arts. Enrolled in Introduction to Theatre Arts, I was given the opportunity to attend many New York’s finest plays. In addition to getting artistic exposure, I am encouraged to give my own thoughts and criticisms of the performances in order to become into a more informed and analytical audience member. Out of all the wonderful productions I had a pleasure of attending these last few months, “The Castle” and “Sweat” were both the most impactful performances as many, including myself, were touched by each of the play’s message.

We arrived at the theatre about an hour before the performance started. We anxiously waited in the lobby with hundreds of people, mostly women, all dressed in their finest. Just when the room seemed to reach just beyond its capacity, the doors opened, and people trickled into the large performance space. My aunt, my mother, and I scanned the seat numbers until we found ours

I went to see the production play of Our Class at University of California, Irvine (UCI). The play was based on history events that happened and the characters perspective on the events. It took place in a small city in Poland between late 1920’s till even in the 2000’s. The play was really mesmerizing but it was also easier to spot some of the techniques and lessons that were shown in the play like how we learned in our class room. For instance, I learned about the Fitzmaurice voice work, the Laban Efforts, Sanford Meisner technique and some of the stage techniques.

The most mysterious aspect of theater is found in the sliver of space hidden between the dimensions of the world created onstage and the one awaiting its members after the final curtain call. Despite seldom being seen by the audience, this hideaway witnesses the most magical feats. Set pieces being maneuvered as if playing lifesize versions of tetris, actors taking their final moments before entering into a different human body, and casts molding their energy with one another to become whole. Every minute action taking place backstage is in preparation for the masterpiece about to begin. My life thus far has taken place backstage. Every play that I have been a part of, organization I have volunteered for and opportunity I have taken has prepared and shaped the stage which will soon begin to unfold.

To complete this task, I intended to focus on literary analysis of the play, history of the plays staging, the time period of when the play was written and staged, and present day adaptations. The topic that may give me the most trouble is researching how the audience would have reacted to the play. Because of

After taking my theater FIGS course students will learn about different careers in the theater, gain an understanding for the process of producing a show, and will have an interest in reading and seeing new works to support the theater community. It is my hope to format the course so that each week discusses a different aspect of producing a show while highlight the positions that contribute to the show. In addition, I would start each class with a headline from the theater community to encourage discussion better students and also to expand students’ horizons to the plays that are currently being produced.

For my cultural experience, I decided to attend a comedy show at the old Capitol Theatre. The comedy show was entitled, “Not Today Satan” by the well-known drag queen, Bianca Del Rio. Bianca Del Rio, or also known as Roy Haylock, is an insult comic who was the winner of the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. I arrived one hour early to the show so I could talk to some of the people attending the show.