Acting Was Shocking

Surprisingly I was shocked, because it was nothing that I was expecting as a whole. The acting in this play should have been perceived in many other ways and this is why. As Antigone, I believe Heather did well, and was the only one who did her studying of the character she was portraying. Emily's character as the Nanny was good, but I thought she should have been ismene, and this is why. Ismene is supposed to be this serious and absolutely gorgeous woman who is confused about what is right for herself, and what is right for the power of the kingdom. Desiree who plays Ismene is average in looks, and is more of a comedic actress. Starting from the beginning I was waiting for a punch line but towards the end she dramatically changed to serious. Emily was consistent in her acting, and with her acting I was not waiting for a punch line every time something was said. so that leaves out the part of the Nanny. I would of put Desiree in her spot. Because it was one of the more comedic roles, and more suiting to what I would have seen her do in her monologues earlier on. Creon, now I love Patricks acting, and maybe it was an off night, but as a king you would act more proper and stand tall and Not put in the facial expressions nor repetitive hand movements that were throughout the entire production. So as Creon, I would not have casted any of the cast members to be him. Chorus. The Chorus was another character with an off night. Since she was breaking the fourth rule between the entire production, you could notice her self mistakes, and trust me it wasn't always pretty. I think with the time and the lines she had I would of had more than one actor portray the chorus. I also did not like the witchy feeling she was portraying through the entire production. Haemon. Tim is another actor I have worked with in the last year, and he has improved a bit, but as the romantic lead it was horrifying. The way he spoke blocked and interacted was not his type of acting. He is a much better dramatic figure, rather than the romantic lead. So as the romantic lead, I would of rather seen Chris McVey Play the straight lover, because he puts more emotion and love into something that would of been more familiar to him. Now the Messenger. I did not feel that it was fair putting the actor who performed the monologue in Acting Fundamentals 1 as the same role. think in a way it was cheating, but hey Chris pulled it off today and I enjoyed his acting. As a Messenger, I would of rather seen Tim portray it, because it was more dramatic rather than romantic and that would of been the smarter move from the directors point. The Guards. First Guard as James did not fit. He was to proper and Jerk - ish rather than the man who should of had a limp, because he had gone to war and was wounded three times. I think Ben should of been the first guard for acting purposes, and James move down to second. Paige. What a cute kid. What I don't like about the acting choices with him is that he was the only one with an accent. If they were all from the same place, they would of all had the same accent. Tiny things such as that, were easy to pick up on tonight. The Queen Eurydice. Why? what sense did it make to just introduce her. Personally as a friend connection Ember did the best she could do for the production and the decisions in acting they gave her, but really? I think it would of been for the best for the queen to have been cut. Now as a group I did not like it when the chorus was speaking to the family and they interacted with her. I think they should of had an inner reaction and not look at her. I also did not like the acting behind the curtains, because it was too muffled and aggravating. so as a whole the acting was a shock. Good job for trying to be the people you were, and maybe it was just an off night since it was preview night.~Nici Benois~