Visitation of Agitation Review

This project was dialogue between a aged mobster and a young novelist. The conversation starts off bad but ends up being worse because the novelist is also a fetishist. The mobster being a traditionalist and probably a staunch conservative does not take kindly to this. The awkward conversation dissolves into the mobster shouting at the novelist while she flirts with him. He then forces her to leave because his girlfriend is on her way over. I of course played the role of the aged mobster while Angel played the role of the novelist. 

I thought that my portrayal was a lot more goofy than I wanted to be. I was supposed to portray a more serious and yah know experienced person. Instead I made myself out to be a little bit of a goof and dumb. My tone was all over the place with it, mainly because I was supposed to be angry but at times I sounded more exasperated than angry. 

I thought my blocking was ok, I managed to not stand still all the time and looked like I was walking mad. I thought the group project as a whole created a good dynamic of serious vs. silly and I thought I worked well with Angel. I thought that Angel did well especially since she was out of her comfort zone with the script.

 I liked the beginning of the performance best cause it had lighting. That is always fun. I thought that we could have done more with the script but that was left to angel and she did not feel as if we needed to. I personally thought that we could have had something to the right of me so I could get a drink or something. The middle is really where my tone falters though, I was supposed to have building rage but really it I just look exasperated until the last two lines. It does not look bad but not nearly as good as it could have been. 

I need to improve on my ability to get into a character, maybe it is because I was much more a caricature than a character but I was not all that into it. I especially need to work on this because the play is coming up soon and I still do not know how i am supposed to portray David Mathison or "Cynical Dave.” I am loving Gale as a character though even if I only get two lines I have to focus more on my emotions as a character. I think when I specifically take the time to get into the mindset of a character I perform way better. Especially because it is supposed to be funny and things only seem funny when it is natural not forced. Besides that, I think I will be improving at lot of stuff because apparently none of my directors feel the need to tell me what to do. Anyways, I rate the performance Angel and I did as a 6/10. Was not bad but definite room for improvement.