David Chiu

Tonight I was back in class after the short Thanksgiving break. A couple of the scenes are now “on their feet” which means that the lines are memorized and the actors include movement in the scene (before we were all just performing the scenes sitting at a table on-stage). I continue to be impressed by the progress everyone is making with the training. People have very convincing accents (Texan, Manchester) and there is full emotion in the scenes. Blocking is still being worked on, which sometimes trips up the performers, but all the scenes are progressing nicely. I actually didn’t perform tonight. I will now be performing at Sat classes for Tom. My partner and I have actually scheduled two rehersals for this Thurs and Fri so we can be full force on Sat and get the approval from our acting coach to put our scene on it’s feet as well. The notes I am working on for my scene is to really be brash. Tom thought I was being to formal. I need to loosen up my character a bit and give him more colors in the scene. I need to portray a no-nonsense, hard-hitting, powerful man who hates women, yet is very attracted to this women whom he perceives is undermining him.