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Another Theatre Beginning....
Last night was the first rehearsal for “In the Boom Boom Room”, the November production at Bakersfield Community Theater. I will be playing Helen, the mother to Chrissy who is the lead in this play by David Rabe.
Compliments are a great way to inspire a person to give his or her best. I know this from experience, but when the technique is used on me I turn into a puddle of happiness long before I think “Ohhhh, how familiar!”
Director Ron Bastone singled me out when he said, “I was very impressed with your reading at the audition.”
I turned into a blubbering idiot, “Oh, thank you so much, I am so grateful to get positive feedback…” acting as if I had never received positive feedback in my life. I think in acting I still have that belief that I am not very good at all and that any success I have had is primarily due to accident.
“You were present the entire time, even when he” (pointing to Richard, who is playing my husband, “had a long speech, you were responding to what he was saying.”
I stayed in the scene and it was noticed.
“I kept expecting for you to ask me to read some more.” I was actually hoping he would ask me to read more. I enjoy auditions and see them as the one shot I have to portray a character so my intention is always to experience that character completely.
“Sometimes you just have a feeling about an audition.” He said.
“In the Boom Boom Room” is different from any other play I have been in before which is one of the reasons I wanted to audition. My character isn’t very sympathetic at all and I know I will find reasons to come to like her more, but for now – in the getting to know you stages – if I met her through a friend I probably wouldn’t care if I ever met her before. Part of my work will be to make her interesting and multi-dimensional for the audiences.
They will be curious about me anyway from the set-up playwright Rabe creates through earlier dialogue from Chrissy and Harold, “my” husband.
I had almost forgotten how much anticipation and excitement comes from starting a new production. It is like the first day of school. I can’t wait to see what happens.
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twinkie
on Sep 1, 2008 at 12:06 PM
How exciting. I have no doubt that you will be able to accomplish what you have set out to accomplish for this character.
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