1st 9 weeks review

I think this quarter has been very productive. I have learned means to memorize quicker and have become more developed as an actor. I feel like I have  a better grasps on my strengths and weaknesses. I have also learned to audition which is very good, I just have to work on losing my nerves (if that ever will happen). I have also learned to identify with characters more. I learned it is ok to open yourself up to pretend to be something you aren't. Even though it is awkward at first hearing yourself say "I'm a lesbian", you get use to it and grow from it and even learn more to accept people as they are . I think that is the most important thing I've learned this quarter, I never had a problem with gay people, but I've never really felt their discomfort or fear, and this has showed me not to just assume that everyone is comfortable with themselves. I learned to open up.

Character Autobiography

Hi my name isSamantha, but I go by Sammy. I live in a fairly big city where everyone is pretty open to things. I just wish i could say the same thing for my parents. They are the epitome of stiffs. Some may say Im a little rebellious, but I'm just trying to find my own comfort zone. I have my secrets like everyone else, but mine's a little more severe. I'm gay. I haven't told anyone because Im terrified of the outcome. I come off sort of carefree to everyone but I really worry more than most. I am by no means saying I'm not comfortable in my skin, I just wish everyone was as comfortable with my skin as I am.

Headshots

Monologue 3 First Showing

Monologue 2 First Showing

Scene 1 Final Showing

Dramatic Monologue

And Turning, Stay by Kellie Powell

AMY:

Don't you dare walk away from me! And don't tell me you're sorry! And don't tell me to forget it, and don't you dare tell me to "let it go." God knows, I'd like to. I wish I could, but I can't! I can't forget that we had something, and you're running away. You're running away! Don't you see, Mark? You're running from what I've searched for all my life! Why, because you're scared? Well, I'm scared too, but you and I - we have something worth fighting for. We could make it work, I'm not saying it would be easy, but I care about you. And I know deep down, under this (Spitting out the word.) bravado, you care about me. And that's what it's all about, Mark, don't you get it? It's the human experience. You can pretend all you want, but you're only lying to yourself. You're denying the simple and wonderful fact that you are emotional, and vulnerable, and alive.

Can you honestly stand there and tell me that I mean nothing to you? That everything that happened that night was a lie? That you feel nothing? (AMY is crying or close to it. The following is a painful statement that she makes not to attack or threaten Mark but rather, to allow herself closure with the situation.) I feel sorry for you, Mark. I'll move on. I'll find someone else. I'll be all right, because I will know that I tried. That I did everything I could. But someday you will look back, and you will realize what you threw away. And you will regret it always.