"I really enjoyed your performance." Those five words totally made my day. I was so nervous to meet Steven Gridley, the playwright of "Sun, Stand Thou Still," who was flown from New York City to watch our performance of his play on Aquinas College campus. He arrived on Wednesday--the night of our preview show for theatre majors--and I spent all day baking homemade apple pie for him. I am playing his character called "The Apple Woman," which is the only female role in the show. The other characters are Driver, Hitchhiker, Man and Officer. The baking of the pies was sort of an endeavor to method act--but more so because I wanted Steven Gridley to like me. I hope it worked; either way, he complimented my performance.
Wednesday's theatre major preview rocked the house. Since the entire audience consisted of dramatic, emotional people, there was continual reaction and subsequent reinforcement for the actors the entire way through.
Opening night, however, was a competition with the hypnotist demonstration across campus. Our show lost. We had about four people in the audience, but without the extra tension we were able to play and experiment a bit, and I feel more pumped for tomorrows show.
So, the good news is THE PLAYWRIGHT (who I have already compared to a god in my last post) COMPLIMENTED ME!! My pie rocked, and my roommates have great stories about being hypnotized.
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