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High-functioning Werewolf
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 Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:13 am
Little Black Ridinghood I did A Midsummer Night's Dream. And, you know, since Shakespeare hardly puts any stage directions in his plays, you can really do anything with the characters.
So, I was Mustardseed, one of the fairies. When I first got the script, I flipped through it, and I was severely disappointed with the amount of lines I had. That is, almost none. But at the end of 3 weeks, when we were performing Midsummer, the three fairies were in EVERY single scene. It was almost like we were the main characters! Though we had the smallest amount of lines out of all the characters, we definitely had the most blocking. All in all it was a great experience, and thankfully now I won't judge a play by it's cover ever again. YES! I was Cobweb in Midsummer. There are like....no lines anywhere, but wherever Titania is and sometimes where she isn't, dammit, those little fairy attendants are THERE. xd
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:16 pm
I was one of the "everywhere extras" in Grease, so I got to stan around on stage and pretend to talk to myself... I got two lines.
"You mean you still listen to your old man?"
and
"Is he Polish?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:43 pm
i was a frozen chicken in toad of toad hall. i have NO CLUE how my director worked a frozen chickens into the script because we weren't originally in there but we had a whole chorus of frozen chickens. i had to be painted all blue and shiver!
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:38 pm
I loved playing Karait in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, mostly because at the time I really liked snakes, but it was still a lot of fun because I got to fight with Rikki! I had four lines: "Hsssssssssss." "I am the tiny twig, the quiet killer. I am death." "We shall soon see." and "AAAAAAAHHHH!" So much fun.
I was also Chuchundra...but that wasn't as much fun.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:33 pm
I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with the musical BIG (based on the 1988 movie with Tom Hanks) but there's a scene involving a panhandler at a bus station and it's some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen.
His/her one line is "GIMMIEAQUARTERHAVEANICEDAY!!!!" as well as assorted hacking coughs and sniffles...I was onstage for this scene and I nearly exploded from trying not to laugh...probably has to be seen to be appreciated.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:18 pm
Lane from the importance of being earnest, he doesn't say a lot but his lines are very witty.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:47 am
Little Black Ridinghood I did A Midsummer Night's Dream. And, you know, since Shakespeare hardly puts any stage directions in his plays, you can really do anything with the characters.
So, I was Mustardseed, one of the fairies. When I first got the script, I flipped through it, and I was severely disappointed with the amount of lines I had. That is, almost none. But at the end of 3 weeks, when we were performing Midsummer, the three fairies were in EVERY single scene. It was almost like we were the main characters! Though we had the smallest amount of lines out of all the characters, we definitely had the most blocking. All in all it was a great experience, and thankfully now I won't judge a play by it's cover ever again. Kinda same thing with me. I played a kid in a piece written by my director herself. I was pretty disapointed that I had only 4 lines. But I ended up appearing in like 8 of the 14 scenes or so. I love being ensemble so much biggrin
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:07 pm
We did "The Fantasticks" my senior year of high school. We tweaked the script and came up with a lot of chorus people, but in the original script, I *LOVE* the Mute. He says...Nothing, at all. But is one of the most important characters in the play. I would do almost anything for that part...its ...well...FANTASTICK!
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NeverForgetsNeverForgives
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:26 am
Patrick Martin, of Little Shop of Horrors. Since when does a character, given only one scene, manage to inadvertently doom man kind?
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:45 pm
I have two - "Jacob's Favorite Wife" in Joseph - so stupid, really - Rebecca was dead by the time all this happened. The other's Martha Corey in The Crucible. Something like four lines, all offstage or behind a scrim, but you're getting tried to be a witch! "I am innocent to a witch! I know not what a witch is!"
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