Since becoming involved with the play "Faith County," practicing lines, observing how the director requests actors move around the stage in a specific way or recommends body language or expression, seeing firsthand how it is coming together, I’ve acquired a totally different perspective about other aspects of my life.
Take television commercials, as just one instance. Before this play staging exposure, I would have watched a commercial purely as a consumer from an entertainment vantage. I would respond positively or negatively to the message or the sales pitch, the music, and to the people in the commercial.
Now I observe commercials from a completely different viewpoint. I’m now acutely aware of how the actors interact, how close or far apart they stand, how they and even extras move around in that very tight space, how they deliver their lines, the tone of their voices, how they are dressed up or dressed down, the lighting and staging.
Take television commercials, as just one instance. Before this play staging exposure, I would have watched a commercial purely as a consumer from an entertainment vantage. I would respond positively or negatively to the message or the sales pitch, the music, and to the people in the commercial.
Now I observe commercials from a completely different viewpoint. I’m now acutely aware of how the actors interact, how close or far apart they stand, how they and even extras move around in that very tight space, how they deliver their lines, the tone of their voices, how they are dressed up or dressed down, the lighting and staging.
I observe “theater” now with a more multi-dimensional, layered appreciation, and I marvel that it’s all been ignited by, on a lark, having participated in an audition for a small community play.
This coming Wednesday evening we'll rehearse all of Act 1. I'd better quit playing around with this blog and go practice my lines!
For more information about the Claire vg Thomas Theatre in Lynden, WA or about upcoming performances, click on www.clairevgtheatre.org
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