Musicalluver
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"Through her tears"?Hi everyone, I'm playing Sarah Brown in a production of Guys and Dolls at my high school that's going to start in May. I'm having trouble with the scene just before "Marry the Man Today" when Sarah meets Adelaide. When Sarah remembers Sky because of "Isaiah", she begins to cry. I'm used to doing more comic roles so I've never had to cry on stage before. I was just wondering how some of you who have played Sarah have done this scene or if anyone has any advice on how to build up to this emotion. Thanks!
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phantomphan85
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Yeah, I'm worried about that too. I don't want to sound really fake.
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xsophiex
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Try Stanislavski (Method Acting), It really works it just takes a while.
We did this in class and everyone was crying.
We had a situation where we where leaving Earth, and by the time we came back everyone we knew would be gone, and 100 years will have passed. We had to think of what we would say to that person and then say it out loud. Of course we couldn't hear what everone was saying because they where all crying. But if you concentrate really hard on a situation like this, it can make you cry easily. Imagine you have an emotional library. It didn't work on one or two people, but practise makes perfect, and my teacher has practised so much she can cry within seconds. Hope it helps!
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Musicalluver
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I actually tried this...and it really works! The only thing that I am afraid of is that I can't do it fast enough yet, but I think if I practice I should be able to by the show, especially since the scene is so emotional already.
Thanks!
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what_the_heck013
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I would suggest reading Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen she discusses this in full.
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Brigantine
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Re: "Through her tears"? | Musicalluver wrote: | Hi everyone, I'm playing Sarah Brown in a production of Guys and Dolls at my high school that's going to start in May. I'm having trouble with the scene just before "Marry the Man Today" when Sarah meets Adelaide. When Sarah remembers Sky because of "Isaiah", she begins to cry. I'm used to doing more comic roles so I've never had to cry on stage before. I was just wondering how some of you who have played Sarah have done this scene or if anyone has any advice on how to build up to this emotion. Thanks!
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Just a guess, but since that scene is mostly there to build up the song, and it is after all, a musical, I don't think anyone expects you to really cry with actual tears. Sort of along the same lines as previous suggestions:
You may have to watch a sad movie or get yourself to cry somehow, but I would suggest studying the physiology of it- what muscles move in what way when you get emotional and are trying not to cry; what happens when you give in to the urge to cry, etc. You can copy the facial features and bodily reactions to crying on stage. No one expects Adelaide to actually sneeze all those times, she's just mimicking recognizable body reactions, hopefully convincingly.
Figure out how your voice wobbles when your throat closes up when you're trying not to cry, how your face contorts when you give in to a sob, how your nose immediately starts to run when you start crying, how you're embarrassed to be crying in front of Adelaide, a woman you don't know, and are trying to wipe away your tears before she sees them... something like that.
hope that helps!
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Salome
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| xsophiex wrote: | Try Stanislavski (Method Acting), It really works it just takes a while.
We did this in class and everyone was crying.
We had a situation where we where leaving Earth, and by the time we came back everyone we knew would be gone, and 100 years will have passed. We had to think of what we would say to that person and then say it out loud. Of course we couldn't hear what everone was saying because they where all crying. But if you concentrate really hard on a situation like this, it can make you cry easily. Imagine you have an emotional library. It didn't work on one or two people, but practise makes perfect, and my teacher has practised so much she can cry within seconds. Hope it helps! |
dont EVER try method. that sh*t will f*ck up your technique. If you draw a on your own memories you arent in character. its merely applying your own feelings on the character. the emotion should come from the text.
like the above poster said..Uta Hagen is the best route to go.
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