Beauty & the Beast soundtrack (NOT the musical...agh. I adore the Disney score)
Now I need to find two monologues from contemporary plays...and a song that shows my range. I've got the two Shakespeare monologues memorized and I'm working out how they sound, with all the emotions and the audition outfit I'll wear, etc...so that's nice. Still reading up on acting, although I've been on a memoir kick of late...
I just finished Unbearable Lightness: A story of loss and gain (Portia de Rossi), and I've requested the memoirs of Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, Kristin Chenoweth (Christian?!), Steve Martin, Anne Rice, and a book on SNL...but I'm still reading through some acting books (Acting: The First Six Lessons) and figuring out if it's something I really want to do.
I struggle with this question daily. Do I really want to be an actress? I still say, YES. But it's the HOW that I'm concerned about. Will I really ever be cast in anything? CAN I be an actress? That's more the question now. Do I have what it takes? And what if I don't? What if I am not built for the stage, like I think I am? What then? What if I can't do television or movies or theatre? (And don't get me wrong - I don't have grand aspirations...I know I don't have the looks of a leading lady, but I wouldn't mind playing a minor character...it's the whole story that counts!)...what will I do with my life THEN? Because if I'm not cut out for the stage, then I am probably not a musician or a dancer either. So that leaves me with writing and art, both of which are usually solitary.
And while I may be a writer/artist at heart...I'm still a creature who loves community.
So...I have to figure that out.
There's always performance art. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOf course! Why didn't I think of that...;)
ReplyDeleteI have never seen you act (well, briefly in that short Stu did about R2D2 and the trash can, and you were fine in that), but as far as your *look* is concerned, I'm certain that you would be a fine character actress. You have very expressive, very prominent facial features, which would be great for the stage.
ReplyDeleteI think with the proper training I could do sketch comedy pretty well. My big concern is that most sketch comedy is pretty filthy. :/ (Thinking SNL here...their funniest stuff ISN'T filthy but there is so much filth in comedy that it worries me)
ReplyDeleteStu is going to let me be a bit part actress in Sacrament so I guess I'll cut my teeth (hahaha) on that...and I'm going to audition at CIU this fall...they're doing 3 plays. After that it is time to audition in theatres in Columbia...might try the children's theatre first.
My big conundrum is that I don't *love* theatre unless it is musical theatre, and I am not sure my voice is musical theatre quality...so I'm toying with the idea of writing and starring in (like Felicia Day) my own webseries.
My brain just thinks too much.