Ms. Kim's Notes

When working in theater:

• Mrs. Moon introduced her into theater
• Wasn't talented in acting
• Studied English Lit
• Intro to drama class
• Professor was the director at U of T
• Did a production of Macbeth
• She partook into it
• Directed Robert LePage
• Learned about all the elements of theater
• dramatergy
• effects
• brecht
• artaud
• Bernliner ensemble
• it's like a german ensemble
• perfects things from beginning to end
• All actors present for rehearsals even if they aren't a part of the scene
• Actors don't have any contact with the director for weeks on end
• Mask theater
• physical theater
• As an actor, you need to connect everything together
• use small ticks
• need full connection of all 3 elements
• What are the 3 elements? - ask Mrs. Moon
• you need to know what you're doing
• you need to express things through things like your voice and your breath
• go far and thrive in your role
• don't be afraid to do the craziest things
• Acting isn't the biggest thing
• managers/producers have a lot of opportunity to talk and get along with actors and meet other people
• others create the opportunity to let the actors create and portray what they want
• if you're an actor, you need to know what the other people are going through
• You can act through stillness as well
• stillness is an artform as well
• pictures, are still.
• people find pictures so interesting
• When in a monologue, you should stay still and only move a little bit as it's more powerful
• Suzuki
• Visionaries
• create images that you will never forget on stage
• Jack Le Coque
• not a nice man
• will tear you down
• that's his approach
• you'll leave crying
• this will force you to look at yourself
• you will raise your standards
• Intentions should be shown through actions up on stage
• Any physical action you do has to refer back to the script
• Subtext
• make connections
• Everything in a set has to have a constant purpose
• not only to hide actors
• you need to incorporate all the thing in the set
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