First acting class is in the books!

So last night I went to my very first acting class. It's a 5-week course held through a local theatre company. The class is in it's third week and two of us were newcomers (but I was the only one completely new to acting). The class has probably about 10+ that participate, but only 5 of us showed up last night (Which I didn't mind).  

Anyway, we worked on monologues ... you could really tell that the three class veterans had tons of experience. We are supposed to prepare a dramatic monologue from a play. It was amazing, to say the least, to see them work. To see them take direction, change what they were doing completely, and for it be so believable ... awesome.

Then it was my turn ... with my comedic monologue, that wasn't from a play .... and it was my first time in that type of setting. While, I'm pretty sure that I didn't do that great at taking direction ... I still enjoyed every moment of it. Yes, it was intimidating a little bit and kind of unnerving. To stand there and understand the terms, to try and convey true emotions ... to change those emotions and try again ... it was intense. But I loved it. Yes, I definitely have tons to learn, tons to work on, tons to soak in ... but I'm so excited for this journey.

Acting is so .... beautiful! The artistry and self expression and emotion .... is mind boggling. I have to do it. I have no choice.

So, that's it! Hopefully a video blog will be coming soon!