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Hey, Konrad/Jason--Acting Question

Hey, Konrad/Jason--Acting Question

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Posted by Jasper on October 22, 1999 at 11:48:41:

Do you guys have advice on finding monologues to audition with?

My last acting teacher said that I have this "sweet sadness" up on the stage and that "it is essential I find pieces that speak to my soul"

On a gut level, I knew what he meant. I would never feel comfortable auditioning Stanley Kowalski in "Streetcar." So I am thinking, maybe I should find plays with male characters who are FOURS. But can there be that many plays out there depicting the "sensitive guy?" I always thought most plays were about THREE men (like Stanley) and THREE women or FOUR women (like Blanche) duking it out. Any advice? Should I just forget looking to find a piece with a four, soulful guy, and try to pull off a SLICK three?

[As an aside, don't know if you two ever thought about this before, but your knowledge of the nine E-types could really help make the traits of characters you consider playing stand out and become graspable for stage work in ways that would elude non-Enneagramists]

Okay, now that you've given me advice on how to choose monologues, and whether to consider my enneagram status (four) in the choice, any advice on battling those horrible four nerves and self doubts that make you feel as small as Dorothy, scarecrow, tinman and Lion when they are ordered by the Wizard (the auditor) to bring forth the witch's broomstick (the monologue or cold reading)?

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Re: Hey, Konrad/Jason--Acting Question (Addendum) Jasper 11:59:08 10/22/99 (3)
- Re: Hey, Konrad/Jason--Acting Question (Addendum) Konrad 13:18:51 10/22/99 (2)
  - Konrad, thank you SO MUCH [NT] Jasper 14:23:53 10/22/99 (1)
    - Re:To Jasper Tiggy 02:17:00 10/23/99 (0)

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: : Do you guys have advice on finding monologues to audition with? : My last acting teacher said that I have this "sweet sadness" up on the stage and that "it is essential I find pieces that speak to my soul" : On a gut level, I knew what he meant. I would never feel comfortable auditioning Stanley Kowalski in "Streetcar." So I am thinking, maybe I should find plays with male characters who are FOURS. But can there be that many plays out there depicting the "sensitive guy?" I always thought most plays were about THREE men (like Stanley) and THREE women or FOUR women (like Blanche) duking it out. Any advice? Should I just forget looking to find a piece with a four, soulful guy, and try to pull off a SLICK three? : [As an aside, don't know if you two ever thought about this before, but your knowledge of the nine E-types could really help make the traits of characters you consider playing stand out and become graspable for stage work in ways that would elude non-Enneagramists] : Okay, now that you've given me advice on how to choose monologues, and whether to consider my enneagram status (four) in the choice, any advice on battling those horrible four nerves and self doubts that make you feel as small as Dorothy, scarecrow, tinman and Lion when they are ordered by the Wizard (the auditor) to bring forth the witch's broomstick (the monologue or cold reading)?

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