Saturday, November 26, 2011

Audition Tomorrow

My audition for A Midsummer Night's dream is tomorrow, at 11:10 am. And I have to say that I'm just as excited as I am nervous. I've never actually auditioned for anything outside of my school, so it'll be a huge learning experience whether I am casted or not! :) That's what this next year has to be about for me. Experience.
So, by memory, and how I phrase sentences, here is my audition monologue. (Commas represent pauses - I know some are grammatically incorrect)

O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful in the contempt, and anger of his lip!
A murderous guilt shows not itself more soon than love that would seem... hid: Love's night is noon...
Cesario! By the roses of the spring! By maidhood... honour... truth and every thing --
-- I love thee so! That, maugre all thy pride.
Nor wit, nor reason can my passion hide.
Do not extort they reasons from this clause,
For that, I woo... Thou therefore hast no cause...
But rather reason, thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good but... Given unsought, better.

With only 12 lines, and about fifty-three seconds, I have to ensure that I show different sides of my acting abilities in this monologue. So, I've chosen 3 emotions/ideas/thoughts to flow into each other.... Here's the monologue again, written in the original 12-line form.

O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful
In the contempt and anger of his lip!
A murderous guilt shows not itself more soon
Than love that would seem hid: Love's night is noon.
Cesario, by the roses of the spring
By maidhood, honour, truth and every thing
I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride.
Nor wit, nor reason can my passion hide.
Do not extort thy reasons from this clause
For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause.
But rather reason, thus with reason fetter
Love sought is good, but given unsought better.

*From lines 1-4 I play with the idea of romance. The way I move and think about Cesario is very romantic in that sense. All my movements are smooth, and close to my body.
*Then, from lines 5-8 I start to sound desperate. I open myself up completely to Cesario, and let go of the thoughts I began in lines 1-4. My arms open wide - my movements are far from my body, and almost separate from it. I'm hectic. Desperate to reach out and touch him, with my words, of course. ;)
*Finally, from lines 9-12 I'm trying to convince Cesario to love me back. This time, my movements are both close, and far from my body, but WITH my body.

:) I am such a drama nerd.

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