Critical Reflection #3: Describe a moment and Analyze it

When I started my project I was extremely nervous about working with Theatre over the computer and I am still nervous about it. However, the moment that I gained confidence was watching my mother act in a play for a charity event. It was simple. I was just watching her and other cast members work through a read-through of a play she once did called “As Bees In Honey Drown”. 

Previously, I didn’t think that there would be anything worthwhile about doing Theatre over zoom. Theatre thrived off of onstage chemistry, movement and physicality was as important to Theatre as anything else. Looking through the selections of scenes I had chosen before coronavirus was disheartening. I was most excited to put on a scene from The Tempest, more specifically a love scene. How could that succeed over zoom without watching two actors interact together. I looked through the funny scenes I had been considering and didn’t see how anyone could successfully perform them with all timing skewed by the lag in all zoom calls. I realized that my lack of faith in the project was significantly affecting my effort and motivation. However, watching my mom and the rest of the cast work through that readthrough it really seemed like something successful. I saw that everyone involved in that reading was missing Theatre and was happy to engage however they could. The students who would participate in my club weren’t students I had to persuade to be interested in Theatre, they were the students who would’ve participated anyway. As long as I worked with students who were passionate I believed that the club would be a success. Really that’s what putting on plays is all about working with a cast and being together. Also, the fact that the people my mom was working with were so game helped with the flow and energy of the piece. I decided to try and maintain the hope until my club started.