The Ghost Sonata Excitement

   So last week was the week where all the clubs/activities/organizations were out on the main street of campus for everyone to sign up and become a part of. I signed up for countless activities including swing dancing, study abroad, film club, and countless others. The one I really wasn't sure if I was going to do or not was theatre (due to my previous horrid theatre experiences). I was extremely hesitant to even audition for those reasons alone. As much as I do love theatre, the past few years have not been the best to say the least. But I decided I might as well audition just to see what happens.

   The funniest part to me was that I was only planning on auditioning for one of the two plays that were going on but ended up auditioning for both, and got a lead in the one I wasn't even planning on going to. "Ghost Sonata" is the show I was cast in, its much too complicated for me to explain fully at this point in time, but I will make another post once I figure it all out. 

   It was through the auditioning process that I really fell in love with the complexity of the story, even though I am still confused about a lot of things right now, even after doing a full read through of the script. I think that's because a lot of the story is left up to the reader's interpretation and we are all going to have to, as actors, figure out the direction we want to take. I think it's all so exciting. 

This is a different kind of theatre experience than i've ever encountered. It is such a collaborative effort, and everyone is constantly asking questions, but the director has told us she wants us to discover certain aspects of our characters as we go along. Because, as we've realized today, not all questions can be answered by simply reading the script, we really have to interpret it ourselves.

Another really cool thing about our production is that its not all set on stage, the audience will move to about 5 different places to watch scenes unfold throughout our performing arts building. This will give it a creepier/eerier effect almost like a haunted house, but not meant to scare. I'm thoroughly excited to see the end result, and I really hope the audiences enjoy the set up as much as I know we will.

This is the playwright, August Strindberg AKA the 

women-hater.... oh well...