At Out is the blog for Homestead High School's Drama Club and Theatre department.
“I believe in the immortality of the theatre. It is a most joyous place to hide for all those who have secretly put their childhood in their pockets and run off and away with it, to play on to the end of their days.” – Max Reinhardt
Breathing for Confidence It’s really important to stay on relaxed breathing when nerves set in at the audition or performance. If you go into upper chest breathing, you get an imbalance of oxygen and carbon dioxide which makes you feel dizzy, nervous, sound unconfident and stops you thinking clearly. That’s why it’s called a ‘fight … More Confidence Tricks:
“Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare’s world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend – someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine.” – Sir Patrick Stewart
“There’s not really a lot to explore until you know it so well, backwards and forwards, one hundred and fifty percent, that you can say it backwards and forwards, one hundred and fifty percent.” – Robert Downey Jr. on Inside the Actor’s Studio I very much so agree with this, but I also understand … More Preparation and Memorization: Robert Downey Jr.
Last year, I traveled to England as my summer trip (I also did this for spring break, but didn’t go as extensivally). Most of you know why I went to England twice in one year, and for those of you who don’t, well, my sister and boyfriend decided to run away to the UK for … More At home with the Shakespeares
“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who does things – I write, I act – and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.” … More We are nouns, we are verbs
Forgive me, but I found this and could not help myself from posting. This man HATES musicals, and while I do like them, I did find some of his critizim true for myself and also very funny. Can any of you guess what I agree with in this post? Originally posted by Richard Nilsen Musical … More To sing the unbearable song
“We’re not a shop. It’s unfortunate we need people’s money, but we’re not selling something. That’s why I hate the word ‘production’: it’s not produced, it’s a ceremony, it’s a ritual, it is something which is very important for your mental strength, and you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than … More I hate the word ‘Production’
Below are excerpts from an essay J.R.R. Tolkien wrote on Fantasy and Escaping into another reality. Please enjoy! I PROPOSE to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold. And overbold I … More J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories
I’ve broken the season book into three different ones as well. One book for each play! http://www.blurb.com/user/store/franzam A Midsummer Night’s Dream Brigadoon Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
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