David Chiu

Tonight in class I finished my work on the Edmund Pollard monologue. For my performance I modified my toga costume so that it was sleeveless and hanging off my right shoulder. Tom wanted more “bohemian” so I showed more skin. I also used grapes instead of an apple for the top of the scene. I remember seeing an illustration of Bacchus online and he was reclining eating grapes. So that is what I did. Before the lights came up on stage I reclined on the ground holding the grapes above me while I bit one of the grapes from the bunch. The lights then came up and there I was reclining in a toga eating grapes. I thought it was very effective and got a good reaction from the class when they saw me. My performance of Edmund Pollard tonight was more playful, soft and seductive. After the first run through Tom gave me some slight adjustments to my performance and I performed it again. I ended up performing it three times with Tom’s approval on my third performance.

So now we’re back to scenes again. The play I will be working on is “One Sunday Afternoon” by James Hagan. I’ll have to pickup the play tomorrow…