Acting without expectations.

Acting;Theatre;Gary Brice

Gary L. Brice

University:University of Louisville

Department:Theatre Arts

关键词: Acting;    Theatre;    Gary Brice;   

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美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This thesis examines my preparation for performing Leland Cunningham in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Using the motif of personal expectations, I explore how my ideas of performance have become unbalanced. I evaluate the origin of these performance expectations and discuss how they influenced this particular process. After considering my early career, graduate school experience, and character preparation, I use the final chapter to explore the debilitating nature of these expectations. I consider how and why I can no longer accept this frame work of unrealistic performance expectations; and how through this process I have reconsidered pursuing acting as a primary career but as meaningful art.