In class writing 9/11/18



 During the verbatim theater project last week my role was a person who was interviewed about how life in Markin was. My interview was then reenacted and put on stage in front of the class. Nan was the actress who tried to reenact my interview. I thought that she did a great job capturing many of my signature phrases and body positions while sitting down. This project was different for me because usually in my group, I am the one that is asked to be on stage acting so it was different being an observer in the audience.

I think people like to participate in verbatim theater because it tests their skills as actors. By being able to act as someone else in either a comical or serious way can help actors become better at what they do. Verbatim theater accomplishes the ability to reenact real words spoken by real people. Verbatim theater gives a sense of realism on stage when actors intentionally use words like "um, you know, like, and other pause words that happen when in natural dialogue.

 I believe that the freedom the actors had in class made this projects easier than some previous ones because the actors were not limited to a script. They didn't need to memorize anything and just spoke what came out natural to them on stage. However, they need to be acting as the charter they are portraying while being natural. I can see how this is hard but I still think it is easier than memorize a script. I enjoyed watching Nan try to reenact myself on stage. I thought she and everyone else did a great job acting as other people. One thing I learned about verbatim theater if it is done right it can really look good and real on stage.

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