livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Theatre? I love theatre! I'm not exceptionally good at it, but I thoroughly enjoy it. Our school director is quite a character. :P I enjoy math as well. I guess you could call me a nerd. Unfortunately that nerdiness is what has severely impaired my ability to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyclae Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 You do? :D I'm a theatre junkie, it's what I wanna do with the rest of my life. I was sooo excited this summer, because last semester I wrote a play for a playwriting class and over the summer one of my professors asked if he could direct it this spring! :) Do you have a favorite playwright or play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 *gasp* That's awesome! :thumbsup: I hope it goes well! I don't really have a favorite play or playwright yet. But I do know that I do not like Shakespeare. Not that he wasn't a great playwright or anything - he has very clever puns and interesting plots - but he's so... long...winded... x_x and if you understand the language, which I do, awfully perverted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyclae Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Haha yeah, I definitely think Shakespeare is overrated. His language is beautiful at times, but it's really difficult to stage, and it's almost never staged well, so it just ends up being boring for the audience and a HUGE pain for the actors and director. Incidentally, we're doing a Shakespeare next semester first thing, haha. Cymbeline. It's super convoluted, but I love my professor and he rearranged it to make it way more understandable. I think it'll be a good show, hopefully... we'll see how it goes. I don't have a big part, I'm just an extra. I have... 3 lines I think, but I get to do a lot of stage combat! I'm a "Celtic Warrior Woman," haha, and word is I'll get to use an axe and wear fur and blue paint. I'm excited :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Axe, fur, and blue paint. Any time those three come together, that's gotta be a fun time. :P We're currently doing Much Ado About Nothing in "No Fear Shakespeare". It's not terribly interesting, but... *shrug* I'm the Sexton/secretary-type person, and the smartest one there in my particular scene. A few years ago, before I joined drama, we did Midsummer Nights Dream, retro style, with clothing and music from the 60's. EDIT: Apparently I've hit my "it's really late and I should be asleep but I'm not" hyperness spurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyclae Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ha yeah I know what you mean... I have to work tomorrow exactly 12 hours from now, so I figure I've still got at least 4 hours to be awake. :P Midsummer Night's is actually my least favorite play by Shakespeare that I've read... Much Ado is ok. I've only done three full length Shakespeares before this coming one. I did Romeo and Juliet three years ago, in which I was a chorus member and understudy to Juliet (so I memorized all her lines, though I don't think I remember them all now), then I did Love's Labours Lost, which is a weird one cause it's totally a comedy until the last scene which is super depressing. I was Jaquenetta in that one, and then the year after that I was Bianca in Taming of the Shrew. So I haven't really had any big parts that I was actually performing for haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Small parts are okay. Especially in Shakespearean plays, where most of the comedy comes from the smaller characters and most of the convoluted drama from the major. And you don't have to memorize long monologues of Shakespearean speech where you're not really sure what you're saying. With small roles, you only have to memorize snippets of Shakespearean speech where you're not really sure what you're saying. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyclae Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Yeah I don't mind small parts. I kind of have to not mind them in order to keep my sanity, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losorlaugh Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 OMG.. theatres?? Ugh.. hate the stupid things :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruto Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm not a very good actor. I'll read the lines, but don't expect me to act like another person. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̊ ˉˉ ̊ Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'd be a horrible actor. you couldn't count on me to remember ANY lines xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I enjoy theatre. I'm not terribly good at it, but I can memorize lines pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm involved in my school's theater department, but I don't really act, I do background stuff, like building the set and doing the lights and sound. It's more fun and less work that way in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 That's cool, Will. Afterall, we'd be nowhere without our wonderful backstage people. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Awesome Pants Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Aww, he hasn't? :( I'm sorry to lose him. Who's gonna take care of young AA and the muffin now? (If you still remember that.) I noticed in the posts I reread that something seemed to be wrong... I hope he's alright. There were things wrong. But he and I talked. And I straightened it out. But I'm not sure how it is now, since we haven't talked in a while. :( Anyway, back from Indiana. Just had a driving lesson. Went on the interstate. Didn't kill anyone. AND OMGTHEATRE! :woot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruto Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Driving on the interstate makes me nervous as he---crap. There's always semis coming down the lane I want to merge into. D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Awesome Pants Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 RUN OFF THE ROAD! :woot: On a more serious note, I haven't run into that yet, but I haven't been on the interstate too many times before. Just a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 "Omgtheatre!"? Are you a theatre person too, Laura? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruto Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I've already run off the road. Into a fence. :D LAURA CAN BE ANYONE SHE WANTS TO BE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Awesome Pants Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 LAURA CAN INDEED! And Laura used to be. Now Laura just does Laura's brother's make-up as he is a theatre person as well. Nghh, I feel like I'm spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ryan Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I think i'm about to Page PWN but i'm really not sure. o.o Edit: OMG I WAS RIGHT! I shall use these powers for good and not evil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruto Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Why would you use those powers for good? Evil is more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ryan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 True. And evil DOES have cookies. BUT WAIT! Are they chocolate chip, or... PEANUT-BUTTER? -Dundundunnnn- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 They're peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips in them. It's like a Reese's, only cookie-fied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ryan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 OSHNAP! I'M IN! K, gimme a shotgun and some lemonade and i'm good to take over earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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