It's Coming Along

I have been making slow but steady progress on my monologue preparation since I last posted. I have read the play a few times now and have really tried to understand the story (it's a little complex). I have started breaking the monologue apart and separating the text in the way that I would speak it while paying attention to punctuation. I've also started developing my character analysis by giving the character a bit more of a background story as well as deciding what she wants in this particular moment. I'll need to go further into detail later, but I've got a good start. What I really need to get into now is the analysis of my character's relationship with her scene partner so that I can understand how she would be speaking to her in this moment. I will keep working slowly but surely; I like being able to work on this stuff while on a break from class because I can relax (i.e. stopping to eat food about 50 times a day...and possibly having a beer or seeing a friend) and have more fun with it rather than just worrying about getting it done.

I need to do a significant amount of written work for this monologue, but it's really starting to come along. When I've completed a first draft of everything, I will start rehearsing it and experimenting with it. We learn a lot of really neat exercises at school that are incredibly helpful for discovering new things (meanings, ways to perform, etc.) in a particular text and it's really fun to put them to use!

On another note, my dad and I are going to pick up our new Ford Explorer tomorrow! Well, it is new to us, but it is a used vehicle: 2007 Eddie Bauer Explorer, mint condition. He made a really good find and got a wicked deal on it. I'm excited to drive it! I'll post a picture once we have it in our driveway. ;)