The performance on Friday at the Harris Gallery was a success. For me, I was nervous at first, but it was not my first time performing. From the skits my group performed, which were five, only two of them I felt uncomfortable which were the Recession Stories and Oppresion. For the Recession Stories I wrote down my true story of how I became a teenage mother and I don't mind sharing but it is always a sensitive subject to me. On the other hand, for Oppresion I was put in the shoes of the antagonist of the skit. I was the one who tied up Nellie and had to tell her all this mean stuff because that was my character. In reality I am friendly and it took guts for me to yell that to her in such a mean attitude but it was for the best of the performance.
As for the class, I have taken drama before but this was different. In this class not only did I learn that I am suppose to put myself in situations that I am not use to. For example, all the times in class that we were suppose to use improv and have a matter of seconds to come up with a small skit/performance. This class taught me to be more creative and sponteneous. Especially from Leaf's advice, you can do anything. He lived in the forest for a few years and learned the ways of the forest, so anything is possible. Lastly, having this class I thought I would just be performing but having to read the books and looking into the history of performing and theatre, where it all came from and how it developed over the years. It was very interesting to learn that anything can be art, it happens in our everyday life.
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