During our production of play on I was in the crew. I moved the walls and furniture and I pulled the curtain. I feel like at a view point of the crew, we did our job very well and I'm proud of us. Our roadblocks was mainly space to work with, moving a 500 pound 10 foot wall in a space of 11 feet. My advice for future workers on the set is to not wait until the last minute
During the Production, I was a member of the crew. I basically, moved around props, walls, chairs, etc. Whatever the actor or set needed, I was there. There was a lot of success with the transition timing. Especially, with the walls. Those were a huge pain to move around, and then take back down. Now, the roadblocks were in many forms. The only ones I could think of was just timing. Although, my personal roadblock was choosing between football and theatre. I never anticipated for this to become a problem, but it was because I was not isolated to Varsity. Thus, I had to choose to either play in the JV game or help in crew. This was the most difficult roadblock for me.
There were really no detours for crew members. I can't speak on behalf of the talents. For future readers, please do this one thing. Please, just have fun. Don't stress out. Don't blame others. Just have fun.
For our production of "Play On!", I played the role of Aggie Manville who was the stage manager of the play within the play, "Murder Most Foul". It was my responsibility to be kind of tough and very mindful to Gerry and to be a bit bossy towards Louise. Some of my successes were: I was funny during funny moments, I always listened to what Gerry said and I took charge when people in the play got off task. I was also good with my movements. Some of my roadblocks were characterization and learning all of my lines when all my cue was, was "Aggie!", that was probably one of the more difficult tasks. A detour I took was, for the performance, I had a "Play On!" script taped in my "Murder Most Foul" script so that I could help people out with their lines since that was the majority of what I did anyway. My advice to future travelers would be to really read the entirety of the play multiple times and mostly learn your own lines and cues, but try to know everyone elses stuff as well. Always pay attention to what anyone is saying about the play because even if it doesn't pertain to you, youu may still need to know it.
Olivvia, you were a great addition to our Theatre program. You were such a relief to have in our classroom because you were new and didn't have background history or drama with the other classmates. It was like opening an old box in the attic and airing it out of all the years of gunk. You are such a joy to have around. I could see playing the role of Aggie was a bit of a struggle because she is not anything like Olivvia Spears. Over the course of rehearsing I could see Aggie more and more. I hope you enjoyed working with us and that you felt welcomed within our little F.A.M.I.L.Y. <3
My role in "Play On!" was co-director/stage manager, again. My job was to have control of all aspects of the play, inside and outside, as director. As stage manager, I had to conduct the pandemonium that is backstage. Both jobs require a great deal of self motivation ad will power.
The major success was that we pulled the play together. The set was up, props were in order, the actors knew their lines, those are the main goals of any production. However, I first imagined the finished product of the play to be the equivalent or greater than "Noises Off!" About two weeks in I started to realize that wouldn't happen.
The biggest issue was the investment of cast and crew, rather the lack thereof. It seems from so many that there was no drive to accomplish something greater than "Noises Off!" Day after day, everyone kept saying "we have time, just no time to waste." Time was wasted, a great deal of it. We only looked at the time we had left so optimistically, rather than focus on what we needed to do in that amount of time. The set had not been moved until the day before opening night, so no one knew their jobs. There was no way for me to assign jobs or anything because things kept being added at the last minute. We have to realize that something's simply cannot be done in a given time.
Detours including forgetting about those things, and blocking out unnecessary additions. For example, almost all costuming was left to the actors. It was not something any manager had time to do. Another detour was forcing myself to realize when enough is enough. People can work and work, but after you hit a certain point of exhaustion and frustration, your work is no longer productive. If anything, it's counterproductive because you flop through the motions.
You have to do your homework before rehearsal, because you know good and well you won't do it after. You have to remember your life outside of the play, but you better put all in for the hours you need to make that production great. Focus. You never want to make anyone one person in your cast feel as though they do more work. not only does it make them feel overwhelmed, it makes them dislike you, and it honestly makes them better, because they're getting things done while you're not. Everyone must contribute equally and constantly. If they do, you ever have to imagine it will be better than some great show, your work will just make it that way.
I portrayed Billy/Stephen in our production of Play On! My responsibilities included learning my lines and helping fellow actors learn their character. My successes include slowing down and learning to pace myself. I also succeeded in stepping out of my comfort zone. While these successes helped me grow as an actor, I did so whilst experiencing some major obstacles.
Some roadblocks I faced included fellow production members as we butted heads on multiple occasions. While we did get over this, the drama did not help me focus on what I should've been focused on. Another roadblock I faced was differentiating between my character and myself. Detours past these roadblocks included talking it out with my production members to get over our issues so we could come together for the play. To help me find my character, I used an accent, so this way I could help sound different to myself and therefore portray someone else.
For advice for future travelers, I would say try not to let the little things bother you. In the end, none of it will matter and will honestly just make you feel regret. Also, try to learn your lines earlier so this way you can spend more time learning how to portray the psychical aspect of the character. I enjoyed our first play of the season, and am excited for even more.
I liked how you touched on all the drama that happened throughout, because that defiantly caused unnecessary tension, and, really, I would have to say that, and not knowing lines, were the main reasons everything leading up to the show went like it did. People, including myself, had the thought process of, “I’m going to make myself look good, and these other people can just fail,” and I feel if we hadn’t developed this sort of attitude early on, the show could have been ten times better than it was.
I portrayed Polly/Lady Margaret in our production of Play On! This was certainly a challenging production but I like to think I came out of it as a better actress. My responsibilities included finding two different characters to portray as well as creating a realistic relationship with Thomas' character. My successes included creating a difference between my two characters, and finding the right psychical actions for my character who is of a different build than me.
My roadblocks included the fat suit as I had to change basically everything I did as I had a different psychuie. It was also incredibly hot, and hard to change into. Another roadblock included finding personality in my character and finding that one thing I could relate to the audience. My detours included putting an ice pack in my fat suit as well as getting used to the suit. Another detour included getting an accent for my character to add something to her.
My advice for future travelers is to get used to the psychical aspects of your character as early as you can. This way you have as much time as possible to get used to you character. Also, find something for your character to do. Every character could find some personality through having that one thing that people recognize them for. Overall, this production was full of obstacles but we found ways to overcome them.
My role in Play On! was Phyllis Montague. My responsibilities were to be a very eccentric, outgoing, and comedic character. I would say that my successes could be tied into my characterization, though not perfect, I thought that I played Phyllis very well and really did her justice. I defiantly feel as though I grew in the comedic aspect of my acting.
I would say a roadblock would be having my character be completely flat. Phyllis isn’t eccentric all the time, she is also very demanding, set in her ways, and occasionally just downright rude. Though not having quite as much stage time as the other characters, Phyllis is quite complex. I would say my detour to help solve this was to listen to, and take direction from, our director, even though I disagreed at first, I finally reread my character, and realized she was right.
My advice for future travelers is to always look for ways to characterize, even if it’s just your first time rewarding the script. Take direction and listen to new ways to improve yourself, though at first they may seem absurd and you may disagree, it could really help you out in the long run. Also, always, no matter what, LEARN YOUR LINES FIRST, because it will save you so much stress, and you won’t have to scramble the night before the show worrying about things that should have been done weeks before.
My role in "Play on" was acting as the role Violet who is also referred to as Diana. My responsibilities included learning lines and getting into characterization. My successes include becoming a better character and following the changes that i was given. I seemed to have a better grasp on my character by the end of the run and by the time that the run started. I had to work hard and do some practice outside of school.
My roadblocks consisted of family and other issues that interfered with my focus. Another roadblock that happened was that we all were disputing and we had to come across that and come together to make the production okay. My detours in this project were talking and finally coming together as a team and working as a F.A.M.I.L.Y to succeed through the play. My personal detours was to work through them and fight against them so that I can get them out of the way and focus harder.
My advice for future travelers is to push on no matter what the obstacles are. Remember that you always have people here for you that will stand by you through everything. Focus on not only your character but try and help others with theirs if they need it or when they need it. Overall I am somewhat happy with our outcome. I think if we worked harder then we would have been much better.
During the production, my role was a 17 year ole girl named Smitty, who played a maid. Smitty's responsibilities was too simply remember her lines and ques. During the play, Smitty repeatedly missed her ques,and couldn't characterize. However, at the end she ended up remember other people's lines.
I have to say some of my successes were pretty easy. Since I was playing a 17 year old, and I am a 17 year old, characterizing for me was easier than my casts. They had to be 50 years old, or 25 years old. Some roadblocks were the little arguments or disagreements between the cast. There were times when some of us were just too stressed and we all just wanted to walk out and we just gave up. We also dealt with the domino effect, where if one person attitude was bad, everybody's attitude would change and that was tough to deal with; however at the end of the day the turn out wasn't that bad, I felt as if we had a great show.
My advice for the future travelers is to no matter what keep the good energy. There will be times when you just want to give up, but remember you guys are representing Synergy Studios, and we are a family. Y'all are in it together,we all depend on someone. So, no matter what happens you just have to have faith. We thought the play was going to be a disaster, but we actually did pretty good.
My role during the production of Play On! was being the light technician. I was responsible for programming the lights for the show, making sure any task involving the lights got done, and helping anybody if they needed it.
Being that it was my first time being on crew anything that I learned or accomplished was a success. I was afraid to do anything because I didn't want to make a mistake. Later I figured out that the little mistakes helped me learn. Now for future productions I have more confidence in pursuing roles off stage. Successes as far as the production itself, we got through the play and we didn't have to push the show back because of the lack of preparation.
Roadblocks that we faced as a production and that I faced individually was the lack of attendance and dedication. As a cast this play was not at the top of our priority list and it showed in rehearsal. Other roadblocks we faced was lack of leadership and being a coachable cast. There was a lot of frustration and tension because no one could really say that they were doing their job at a hundred percent.
Some detours we had to take was stopping rehearsal to have small meetings about character choices and what you think your character would do in certain situations. I believe that it took time away from rehearsing obviously, and working in little gimmicks of our own to make the play even more funny.
My advice for future travelers would be to be coachable, be prepared, and MAKE A CHECKLIST! Don't always depend on our record for being able to pull together last minute. Had we all done our jobs and encouraged each other this show could have had a similar reputation of Noises Off.
My role during the production of Play On! was the character of "Geraldine Dunbar" but commonly referred to as "Gerry." My responsibilities with this role was to be the strung out Director having to direct a chaotic community Theatre troop in a play named, "Murder Most Foul". All with actors and actresses from the ranging ages of teenager to elderly. Overall, from the way this entire cast started, I like to think we pulled off a pretty decent run of this production.
My successes would have to be, being able to make character choices from the beginning. Trying to create a character and make it your own isn't the easiest task that everyone can take on. It takes a special kind of performer to see that distinct character choices is just as important as learning lines. Being able to find those things within my character is one of my favorite things to do as an actor, no matter how big or small my role is.
My Roadblocks would have to be how little we thought of each other and this play, that I didn't put a lot of time and effort in perfecting my craft. I felt we didn't have a great cast or chemistry and that led to me being lazy and lollygagging around. Which then led to me not rehearsing or learning my lines. Most of my lines were just me correcting the "Play On!" actors so they were redundant. It was hard to know what I was supposed to say at which moment because most of the cue lines and my lines were a play on words. Ha. Get it? "Play On" words..."Play On!"?!?!
My detour came when I realized that whether or not I thought this play was going to be a "smash or smash up", I still needed to do my part, even when others choose not to theirs. My detour would have to include going over the play and lines I didn't know well until I got it down. It took me playing the full length play on YouTube and saying my lines with the actor who had the same role as me for me to get it.
My advice for future travelers would have to be DONT. PROCRASTINATE. It is one of the WORST things to do as an actor. It puts you far behind schedule, that it then feels IMPOSSIBLE to make any progress. It stresses you and the other actors out because they're also depending on you. It makes it so much easier to get a head start and have one less thing to worry about, rather than to have another thing on your plate. One thing I would tell my seniors is to make each moment count. Make it Last. Everything is coming to a close faster than you think.
My role in the Play On! project was Henry Benish, AKA Lord Dudley. I wish I could say that being in this play was essentially the time of my life, but in all honesty it is a black mark on my high school career for the sole reason that I was so stressed throughout the entire project that it was often all I could think about.
Some successes throughout the project were, frankly, the completion of the play. We finished it, and we survived. That, to me, is our biggest achievement, because in spite of all the setbacks that we created for ourselves, we were able to pull off a halfway decent play. The aforementioned setbacks are as follows: we didn't know the play, we didn't want to be there, we weren't ready, and we weren't motivated to do it. We were stressed, we were panicked. We just weren't ready, and that was all on us. It was just a lack of focus and a lack of motivation.
What should people in the future do? Don't procrastinate kids. You should do what you're told, when you're told, and then you should anticipate and plan for the future. "Act, don't react." - Jam, quoting Coach Silvers.
During our production of play on I was in the crew. I moved the walls and furniture and I pulled the curtain. I feel like at a view point of the crew, we did our job very well and I'm proud of us. Our roadblocks was mainly space to work with, moving a 500 pound 10 foot wall in a space of 11 feet. My advice for future workers on the set is to not wait until the last minute
ReplyDeleteTo add to myself, I meant do not wait until last minute to learn your job
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ReplyDeleteDuring the Production, I was a member of the crew. I basically, moved around props, walls, chairs, etc. Whatever the actor or set needed, I was there. There was a lot of success with the transition timing. Especially, with the walls. Those were a huge pain to move around, and then take back down.
ReplyDeleteNow, the roadblocks were in many forms. The only ones I could think of was just timing. Although, my personal roadblock was choosing between football and theatre. I never anticipated for this to become a problem, but it was because I was not isolated to Varsity. Thus, I had to choose to either play in the JV game or help in crew. This was the most difficult roadblock for me.
There were really no detours for crew members. I can't speak on behalf of the talents. For future readers, please do this one thing. Please, just have fun. Don't stress out. Don't blame others. Just have fun.
For our production of "Play On!", I played the role of Aggie Manville who was the stage manager of the play within the play, "Murder Most Foul". It was my responsibility to be kind of tough and very mindful to Gerry and to be a bit bossy towards Louise.
ReplyDeleteSome of my successes were: I was funny during funny moments, I always listened to what Gerry said and I took charge when people in the play got off task. I was also good with my movements.
Some of my roadblocks were characterization and learning all of my lines when all my cue was, was "Aggie!", that was probably one of the more difficult tasks. A detour I took was, for the performance, I had a "Play On!" script taped in my "Murder Most Foul" script so that I could help people out with their lines since that was the majority of what I did anyway.
My advice to future travelers would be to really read the entirety of the play multiple times and mostly learn your own lines and cues, but try to know everyone elses stuff as well. Always pay attention to what anyone is saying about the play because even if it doesn't pertain to you, youu may still need to know it.
Olivvia, you were a great addition to our Theatre program. You were such a relief to have in our classroom because you were new and didn't have background history or drama with the other classmates. It was like opening an old box in the attic and airing it out of all the years of gunk. You are such a joy to have around. I could see playing the role of Aggie was a bit of a struggle because she is not anything like Olivvia Spears. Over the course of rehearsing I could see Aggie more and more. I hope you enjoyed working with us and that you felt welcomed within our little F.A.M.I.L.Y. <3
DeleteMy role in "Play On!" was co-director/stage manager, again. My job was to have control of all aspects of the play, inside and outside, as director. As stage manager, I had to conduct the pandemonium that is backstage. Both jobs require a great deal of self motivation ad will power.
ReplyDeleteThe major success was that we pulled the play together. The set was up, props were in order, the actors knew their lines, those are the main goals of any production. However, I first imagined the finished product of the play to be the equivalent or greater than "Noises Off!" About two weeks in I started to realize that wouldn't happen.
The biggest issue was the investment of cast and crew, rather the lack thereof. It seems from so many that there was no drive to accomplish something greater than "Noises Off!" Day after day, everyone kept saying "we have time, just no time to waste." Time was wasted, a great deal of it. We only looked at the time we had left so optimistically, rather than focus on what we needed to do in that amount of time. The set had not been moved until the day before opening night, so no one knew their jobs. There was no way for me to assign jobs or anything because things kept being added at the last minute. We have to realize that something's simply cannot be done in a given time.
Detours including forgetting about those things, and blocking out unnecessary additions. For example, almost all costuming was left to the actors. It was not something any manager had time to do. Another detour was forcing myself to realize when enough is enough. People can work and work, but after you hit a certain point of exhaustion and frustration, your work is no longer productive. If anything, it's counterproductive because you flop through the motions.
You have to do your homework before rehearsal, because you know good and well you won't do it after. You have to remember your life outside of the play, but you better put all in for the hours you need to make that production great. Focus. You never want to make anyone one person in your cast feel as though they do more work. not only does it make them feel overwhelmed, it makes them dislike you, and it honestly makes them better, because they're getting things done while you're not. Everyone must contribute equally and constantly. If they do, you ever have to imagine it will be better than some great show, your work will just make it that way.
ReplyDeleteI portrayed Billy/Stephen in our production of Play On! My responsibilities included learning my lines and helping fellow actors learn their character. My successes include slowing down and learning to pace myself. I also succeeded in stepping out of my comfort zone. While these successes helped me grow as an actor, I did so whilst experiencing some major obstacles.
Some roadblocks I faced included fellow production members as we butted heads on multiple occasions. While we did get over this, the drama did not help me focus on what I should've been focused on. Another roadblock I faced was differentiating between my character and myself. Detours past these roadblocks included talking it out with my production members to get over our issues so we could come together for the play. To help me find my character, I used an accent, so this way I could help sound different to myself and therefore portray someone else.
For advice for future travelers, I would say try not to let the little things bother you. In the end, none of it will matter and will honestly just make you feel regret. Also, try to learn your lines earlier so this way you can spend more time learning how to portray the psychical aspect of the character. I enjoyed our first play of the season, and am excited for even more.
I liked how you touched on all the drama that happened throughout, because that defiantly caused unnecessary tension, and, really, I would have to say that, and not knowing lines, were the main reasons everything leading up to the show went like it did. People, including myself, had the thought process of, “I’m going to make myself look good, and these other people can just fail,” and I feel if we hadn’t developed this sort of attitude early on, the show could have been ten times better than it was.
DeleteI portrayed Polly/Lady Margaret in our production of Play On! This was certainly a challenging production but I like to think I came out of it as a better actress. My responsibilities included finding two different characters to portray as well as creating a realistic relationship with Thomas' character. My successes included creating a difference between my two characters, and finding the right psychical actions for my character who is of a different build than me.
ReplyDeleteMy roadblocks included the fat suit as I had to change basically everything I did as I had a different psychuie. It was also incredibly hot, and hard to change into. Another roadblock included finding personality in my character and finding that one thing I could relate to the audience. My detours included putting an ice pack in my fat suit as well as getting used to the suit. Another detour included getting an accent for my character to add something to her.
My advice for future travelers is to get used to the psychical aspects of your character as early as you can. This way you have as much time as possible to get used to you character. Also, find something for your character to do. Every character could find some personality through having that one thing that people recognize them for. Overall, this production was full of obstacles but we found ways to overcome them.
My role in Play On! was Phyllis Montague. My responsibilities were to be a very eccentric, outgoing, and comedic character. I would say that my successes could be tied into my characterization, though not perfect, I thought that I played Phyllis very well and really did her justice. I defiantly feel as though I grew in the comedic aspect of my acting.
ReplyDeleteI would say a roadblock would be having my character be completely flat. Phyllis isn’t eccentric all the time, she is also very demanding, set in her ways, and occasionally just downright rude. Though not having quite as much stage time as the other characters, Phyllis is quite complex. I would say my detour to help solve this was to listen to, and take direction from, our director, even though I disagreed at first, I finally reread my character, and realized she was right.
My advice for future travelers is to always look for ways to characterize, even if it’s just your first time rewarding the script. Take direction and listen to new ways to improve yourself, though at first they may seem absurd and you may disagree, it could really help you out in the long run. Also, always, no matter what, LEARN YOUR LINES FIRST, because it will save you so much stress, and you won’t have to scramble the night before the show worrying about things that should have been done weeks before.
I agree that knowing your lines is a big part of the process and also saying thank you when you get advice to change instead of fighting it.
DeleteMy role in "Play on" was acting as the role Violet who is also referred to as Diana. My responsibilities included learning lines and getting into characterization. My successes include becoming a better character and following the changes that i was given. I seemed to have a better grasp on my character by the end of the run and by the time that the run started. I had to work hard and do some practice outside of school.
ReplyDeleteMy roadblocks consisted of family and other issues that interfered with my focus. Another roadblock that happened was that we all were disputing and we had to come across that and come together to make the production okay. My detours in this project were talking and finally coming together as a team and working as a F.A.M.I.L.Y to succeed through the play. My personal detours was to work through them and fight against them so that I can get them out of the way and focus harder.
My advice for future travelers is to push on no matter what the obstacles are. Remember that you always have people here for you that will stand by you through everything. Focus on not only your character but try and help others with theirs if they need it or when they need it. Overall I am somewhat happy with our outcome. I think if we worked harder then we would have been much better.
During the production, my role was a 17 year ole girl named Smitty, who played a maid. Smitty's responsibilities was too simply remember her lines and ques. During the play, Smitty repeatedly missed her ques,and couldn't characterize. However, at the end she ended up remember other people's lines.
ReplyDeleteI have to say some of my successes were pretty easy. Since I was playing a 17 year old, and I am a 17 year old, characterizing for me was easier than my casts. They had to be 50 years old, or 25 years old. Some roadblocks were the little arguments or disagreements between the cast. There were times when some of us were just too stressed and we all just wanted to walk out and we just gave up. We also dealt with the domino effect, where if one person attitude was bad, everybody's attitude would change and that was tough to deal with; however at the end of the day the turn out wasn't that bad, I felt as if we had a great show.
My advice for the future travelers is to no matter what keep the good energy. There will be times when you just want to give up, but remember you guys are representing Synergy Studios, and we are a family. Y'all are in it together,we all depend on someone. So, no matter what happens you just have to have faith. We thought the play was going to be a disaster, but we actually did pretty good.
My role during the production of Play On! was being the light technician. I was responsible for programming the lights for the show, making sure any task involving the lights got done, and helping anybody if they needed it.
ReplyDeleteBeing that it was my first time being on crew anything that I learned or accomplished was a success. I was afraid to do anything because I didn't want to make a mistake. Later I figured out that the little mistakes helped me learn. Now for future productions I have more confidence in pursuing roles off stage. Successes as far as the production itself, we got through the play and we didn't have to push the show back because of the lack of preparation.
Roadblocks that we faced as a production and that I faced individually was the lack of attendance and dedication. As a cast this play was not at the top of our priority list and it showed in rehearsal. Other roadblocks we faced was lack of leadership and being a coachable cast. There was a lot of frustration and tension because no one could really say that they were doing their job at a hundred percent.
Some detours we had to take was stopping rehearsal to have small meetings about character choices and what you think your character would do in certain situations. I believe that it took time away from rehearsing obviously, and working in little gimmicks of our own to make the play even more funny.
My advice for future travelers would be to be coachable, be prepared, and MAKE A CHECKLIST! Don't always depend on our record for being able to pull together last minute. Had we all done our jobs and encouraged each other this show could have had a similar reputation of Noises Off.
My role during the production of Play On! was the character of "Geraldine Dunbar" but commonly referred to as "Gerry." My responsibilities with this role was to be the strung out Director having to direct a chaotic community Theatre troop in a play named, "Murder Most Foul". All with actors and actresses from the ranging ages of teenager to elderly. Overall, from the way this entire cast started, I like to think we pulled off a pretty decent run of this production.
ReplyDeleteMy successes would have to be, being able to make character choices from the beginning. Trying to create a character and make it your own isn't the easiest task that everyone can take on. It takes a special kind of performer to see that distinct character choices is just as important as learning lines. Being able to find those things within my character is one of my favorite things to do as an actor, no matter how big or small my role is.
My Roadblocks would have to be how little we thought of each other and this play, that I didn't put a lot of time and effort in perfecting my craft. I felt we didn't have a great cast or chemistry and that led to me being lazy and lollygagging around. Which then led to me not rehearsing or learning my lines. Most of my lines were just me correcting the "Play On!" actors so they were redundant. It was hard to know what I was supposed to say at which moment because most of the cue lines and my lines were a play on words. Ha. Get it? "Play On" words..."Play On!"?!?!
My detour came when I realized that whether or not I thought this play was going to be a "smash or smash up", I still needed to do my part, even when others choose not to theirs. My detour would have to include going over the play and lines I didn't know well until I got it down. It took me playing the full length play on YouTube and saying my lines with the actor who had the same role as me for me to get it.
My advice for future travelers would have to be DONT. PROCRASTINATE. It is one of the WORST things to do as an actor. It puts you far behind schedule, that it then feels IMPOSSIBLE to make any progress. It stresses you and the other actors out because they're also depending on you. It makes it so much easier to get a head start and have one less thing to worry about, rather than to have another thing on your plate. One thing I would tell my seniors is to make each moment count. Make it Last. Everything is coming to a close faster than you think.
My role in the Play On! project was Henry Benish, AKA Lord Dudley. I wish I could say that being in this play was essentially the time of my life, but in all honesty it is a black mark on my high school career for the sole reason that I was so stressed throughout the entire project that it was often all I could think about.
ReplyDeleteSome successes throughout the project were, frankly, the completion of the play. We finished it, and we survived. That, to me, is our biggest achievement, because in spite of all the setbacks that we created for ourselves, we were able to pull off a halfway decent play. The aforementioned setbacks are as follows: we didn't know the play, we didn't want to be there, we weren't ready, and we weren't motivated to do it. We were stressed, we were panicked. We just weren't ready, and that was all on us. It was just a lack of focus and a lack of motivation.
What should people in the future do? Don't procrastinate kids. You should do what you're told, when you're told, and then you should anticipate and plan for the future. "Act, don't react." - Jam, quoting Coach Silvers.