Journal Entry 2 - Practicing Monologues

This week, we were assigned to practice some of Stanislavski's theories and exercises through performing a monologue. The monologue that I chose is called "Ferret Envy" and isn't from a specific play, but is in a book by Tara Meddaugh that contains many monologues. For me, this monologue is both a challenge and extremely fun. This monologue is a dark comedic drama, so it is supposed to be recited seriously and not comedically. Trying to act serious while talking about being someones ferret is extremely difficult for me because of how much I enjoy acting and portraying a goofy character, but because of the comedic nature of the content in the monologue, I'm still having fun seeing my peers reaction to the silly story. I'm kind of happy that I was asked to stretch myself to do something serious because not all plays are going to have the types of characters that a enjoy performing as, and if I want to continue acting, doing something serious is a good way to open myself up to new techniques and characters.