Double - Auditions For Actors - Blog 1 - 07/09/16

Today, we started our new unit: Auditions for actors. As our lesson was cut rather short, we only had time to discuss the units content and the dates of each performance.

Our job was to go home and find a monologue to start with which we'll work on next lesson.

Below are the monologues which I found which I could try out:

• "Punk Rock" (Chadwick): http://hogofthetardis.deviantart.com/journal/Brilliant-Monologue-Punk-Rock-End-of-the-World-225723397
• "Dreams in Captivity" (Pax): http://www.monologuegenie.com/the-roadrunner-never-looks-down-monologue.html
• "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"  (Rosencrantz): http://www.whysanity.net/monos/rosencrantz.html

After considering the three, I decided to go with Pax's monologue from Dreams in Captivity. I chose this monologue because I love the way it's crafted together and the content involved, when performed right, can be very moving. Also, the way the monologue is written, it doesn't out of context at; the scenario which the pair have themselves in is made apparent very easily. Below is a short synopsis of the play:

After being kicked out of culinary school, aspiring chef Pax returns to his hometown to regroup. There he happens upon an old friend from high school, Livi, who he learns has forgone a promising acting career to work in a retirement home. Meanwhile Livi's sister-in-law Reina enrolls in a class about space at the local community college and, much to her husband Barry's dismay, becomes fixated on the unlikely dream of becoming an astronaut. Pax supports Reina's aspirations and encourages Livi to revive hers - all while pursuing his own far-fetched dream of opening a restaurant for celebrities in LA.

Next lesson, we will perform these monologues and then change the way we perform them based on feedback.