My First Podcast!

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So here is my first podcast! My podcast is about the crucial lessons of being a Drama major. You would be amazed by the surprisingly large amount of work that it requires, but keep in mind it is very beneficial as well. So you'll be able to hear all about that! Below are links to accessing the podcast as an RSS or an Itunes podcast. And of course below that will connect you directly to my podcast that I just recorded!


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The End of the Year

Hey kids!

So the semester is finally coming to an end and I could not be more sad. This past Monday was Trinity University Player's Banquet, or more simply known as the Drama Banquet. The evening is full of silly superlatives as well as respectful acknowledgement awards for all of the senior Drama majors, followed by a dance party afterwards. This year I have gotten to know many of our senior Drama majors really well and will miss a lot of them. I can't help but sit here and think that I am now halfway done with college and I will soon enough be that senior that is being remembered. It is amazing how fast time flies, but I am so glad that I have spent it this year really getting involved in the Drama department and getting to know so many awesome people!

What is next for me is traveling to Florence, Italy this next semester where I will be studying film as well as seing many many Italian plays. I am still in awe that I am going, but truly cannot wait. I highly recommend all students taking an opportunity to study abroad. I believe that I have much to learn next semester not only about the country I will be living in, but myself as well. So good luck to everyone next semester! And keep auditioning! You never know when you will get the part that is right for you!

What's Next

Hey guys! So this past week has been quite exciting! I just finished the final weekend of The Misanthrope this past weekend. Saturday night was closing night and yesterday was strike. Strike takes place always the day after a show closes. What we do is come to the theater, and take down the set and put away all of the costumes and props. It's traditionally a fairly nostalgic day where the cast and crew reflect on how much they enjoyed working on a show. This production definitely had a nostalgic strike. It was heartbreaking watching the beautiful set that so many people had worked on just come falling down so quickly. The place that we had made our home for the past six weeks now looked completely different.

So what's next? A lot! We recently had elections for our Drama club, TUPS. I was elected Junior class representative, and I hope to help make many improvements to the club this year. We have also found out the shows that we will be putting on next year: Urinetown, The Real Inspector Hound, Blood Wedding, Harlequin: The Servant of Two Masters.


Picture of some of the fabulous cast!

The Misanthrope

Well, the weekend is coming to a close, and I must say that there is so much that has happened this past week. Not only was John Cleese's lecture AMAZING, but The Misanthrope is finally up and running.

Thursday night was such an incredible adrenaline rush. After not being in a mainstage production since senior year of high school, the first preview of the show made my month. Thursday night, the night before opening, is called the "Gyspy Preview." At the Gypsy Preview, drama faculty, staff, and students come to watch the show to see how it has turned out. The audience on Thursday was much larger than the typical Gypsy Preview. So what happens when you fill the auditorium with nothing but Drama kids? Lot's of fun. Not only was the crowd so energetic, but their initial reaction set the pace for the rest of the show. You can't imagine how good it feels to have people react to your performance with such hearty laughs. It felt good that I had done my part to make the show what it is, a comedy.

Although my role is significantly smaller than many others in The Misanthrope, it hasn't stopped me from reaping all the benefits of such a succesfully comedic play. My mind keeps wandering back to Thursday night and our initial entrance onto the stage. I just remember thinking to myself, "this is why I do theatre."

So I think the show is officially a success! Come see it next week! Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 pm and Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm.


The cast of The Misanthrope

What's New

Hey theatre friends! These past couple of weeks have been quite hectic. The production of the Misanthrope has begun rehearsing! My involvement for the semester in the department has begun. Being cast as a small role, Du Bois, I have managed to finally get my feet wet acting in the department's final show of the year. This unfortunately is the time of the year when all the professors pile on the work for the end of the semester. So to say the least, these next couple of weeks might be a tad stressful. Today begins the start of "hell week" where the cast has dress rehearsals every night leading up to opening night on Friday. So it will be nice to finally see the finished product of what we have been working on these past few weeks.

Other exciting news! John Cleese is coming tomorrow to Trinity and I am super pumped! Cleese, the British actor/comedian is known most commonly for starring in Monty Python--a cult classic for many Americans as well as Brits. He is giving a special lecture for Drama students only. The Drama department rarely gets their own special guest speaker, so this is quite a special treat.

If you couldn't tell already, this will probably be a very busy week! Wish me luck!

Icarus's Mother and Action Review

Trinity University's first production of the semester is a collection of two Sam Shepard plays--Icarus's Mother and Action. The two plays are a step out of the box for Trinity productions considering the play lacks basic plot structure and a lack of character development. The plays seem to be receiving mixed reviews. Although the set is phenomenal, the directing is up to par, and the acting (for the most part) is above excellent, the audience seems to be having mixed feelings. My personal reaction to the first play was hesitant at first. Icarus's Mother is about a group of friends, out celebrating the Fourth of July. By the end of the play, the characters have watched a plane crash and it is also to be believed that they are now in the middle of an apocalypse. The long, intense monologues seem to fall a little flat in the first show, and the overall theme of the play seemed to be a little vague. Maybe this was Sam Shepard's point? Either way, I think it went a little over my head. Action, however, was an incredible experience. While Icarus's Mother takes place pre-apocalypse, Action is a story of four characters post-apocalypse. Although Action made just as little sense to me as Icarus's Mother did, Action seemed to clearly capture the crisis and confusion that is to be expected in this situation. I was moved by all four characters. They existed in the space of a broken down house together, as an ensemble. No actor tried to hog the spotlight, and each character seemed to be listening to one another. Overall, they were completely in the moment, and I was right there with them. I felt as thought I was in this strange space with them, and when the time came to take their bows, they did them in character. I thought this action was an appropriate choice; to fall out of character so quickly in that show would have been disappointing. So should you go see this play this weekend? I highly recommend it. If Icarus's Mother falls a little short of what you were expecting, Action makes up for it completely.

As you may or may not know about me, I am a Drama major at Trinity University. I spend many days a week at the Stieren theater plugging away on whatever production we are in the middle of. As the title of my blog suggests, Theatre is my life. I love Drama and anything that has to do with it. I would love to go into professional acting or teaching acting in my future. I put this video on my blog because I grew up on musical theatre. Since I was very little, I have learned to love such musicals as Chigago, Wizard of Oz, Dreamgirls, Cats, and many, many more! This video is a sketch from Saturday Night Live, and the premise of the sketch is making fun of all the theatre companies and well known popular shows. This scene I could assume was an especially big hit for a live, New York City audience. So please enjoy the video and look for more posts to come!