The actors of Antigone

My job is to speak on the acting of "Antigone". I was in the play, I played king Creon, it was first play as a lead and my second play overall. It was difficult to keep my momentum when I had to be so emotional throughout the play. it was damn near impossible to get use to seeing the audience as I was trying to stay in character, but all-n-all I felt I kept my mistakes minimal. My job as an actor is to follow the script and the director. I became king when Antigones' brothers (the kings) killed each other in battle, so imagine being a regular Joe and the king dies and you inherit the throne overnight. I challenge any one of yall to get those lines and the blocking down in a month, along with your outside duties (school and being a father of a new born). When you do that, come talk to me.
Antigone was concemmit professional, she worked just as hard as anyone else to give the audience the best show possible with what we had to work with. Her lines were always delivered with a passion and I never heard her complain about it.
The guards were great to me! They reminded me of a comedy relief team. Their characters don't have any stake in the play, so they don't have anything to worry about other than letting the body be burried. If that happens then they will be killed, but that was quickly resolved once they caught the culprate. They were able to relax and fantisize about the rewards they can recieve from the king once they knew that they had done their job. James has a great accent and his delivery was very believable.
Ismene was played by an excellent actress in Desiree. I have been a huge fan of hers sense we were in class together back in the fall. She was absolutely stunning in Guys and Dolls, so it wasn't a surprise that she would bring such great energy to the part of Ismene. He projection was off the charts, she has great stage presence along with being a very pretty young lady. I look forward to seeing her again.
Haemon was very dramatic in the play, In the scene with him and Creon he really delivered his lines with a passion. He made Creon have to think about his actions. His movement was fluent and his eye contact was sharp.
The "nurse" Emily did a great job! No joke, she had a lot of lines and on top of that she had to speak in a different dialect the whole time. She was so believable as an nurse, even though she's younger than Heather she gave the illusion that she was really her elder. A believable job Emily.
The messanger, well what can I say. I've had a lot of classes with Chris and he always comes with an energy that commands attention. I wish the messanger had more lines so that I could watch him work for a while longer, but I had to except what we got which was a wonderful job. He made few mistakes if any, and he engaged the audience well.
-Patrick Ford