Unit Evaluation

This unit, 'page to stage', was very hectic and interrupted and unorganized at times, but it did not fail to teach us all a lesson or two. I really got to see the workings of a theatre company putting together, albeit on a smaller scale. We really needed to listen to our director, as opposed to last year's 'page to stage' unit where our director let us make out own decisions a lot. The directors had the final say.

I think the main problem I faced as an actor were, sadly, the directors. I do not feel they were tolerant enough, or quite as organized as they should have been. They got overly stressed at which point it felt as if they had no faith in us and that dropped our morale. They did manage to put it all together, though, and that was what mattered in the end. We put on a good show that they directed, so they managed to do their part.

Another difficulty we faced was ourselves. We did not put enough effort into learning our lines, and thus had a harder time during rehearsals. DI and rugby also got in the way and that took away an entire week from our preparation time.

What i also found was that we, the actors, were quite isolated from the tech team, with the exception of myself perhaps as i helped Alex a little from time to time, so we did not know our sound cues as well as we could, but it all worked out in the end as they were not terribly complicated and did not distract from the play.

Personally, I feel "The Long Goodbye" was a very suitable play to end drama class with. We were saying goodbye to drama class, and the final scene really captured that.

In the end, we managed to come together and create one final piece of theatre, and we did it very well. The actors were great (especially Nick CS as Joe, i think he was VERY good), the designers did everything they had planned perfectly, with one small exception, and the directors had masterminded it all. It is a sad end of three years, but we ended well.

Thank you Mr. Sarstedt for the past few years, they've been great, it's been a pleasure and an honor to be in your class.