I chose this scene from Chekhov’s The Seagull, slightly adapted into a webcam monologue, because I will be performing in the play as Masha later this semester (very sorry if this is a cop-out). However, I feel like the experience was very singular and valuable because it allowed me to inhabit Masha in a different way; not only does the acting take different form due to the different media (screen vs. stage), but re-contextualizing Masha as a sad emo internet-friends-only girl interacts with Chekhov’s reactionary realism in an interesting, modern way. I didn’t prepare too much for this performance; just drank a little bit of wine (we can pretend I filmed it in Poland!) and tried to make sure I was familiar enough with the text that it wasn’t super obvious I had the monologue pulled up on the screen. I filmed probably six or seven times, growing steadily drunker. Watching them all back, the loosey-goosiest (the last take, above) struck me as the best, most “believable” performance. Alcohol gettin ur girl honest? How’s that 4 realism!!! xp

I chose this scene from Chekhov’s The Seagull, slightly adapted into a webcam monologue, because I will be performing in the play as Masha later this semester (very sorry if this is a cop-out). However, I feel like the experience was very singular and valuable because it allowed me to inhabit Masha in a different way; not only does the acting take different form due to the different media (screen vs. stage), but re-contextualizing Masha as a sad emo internet-friends-only girl interacts with Chekhov’s reactionary realism in an interesting, modern way. I didn’t prepare too much for this performance; just drank a little bit of wine (we can pretend I filmed it in Poland!) and tried to make sure I was familiar enough with the text that it wasn’t super obvious I had the monologue pulled up on the screen. I filmed probably six or seven times, growing steadily drunker. Watching them all back, the loosey-goosiest (the last take, above) struck me as the best, most “believable” performance. Alcohol gettin ur girl honest? How’s that 4 realism!!! xp