Personal Essay: Chaos In Theatre

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DIY: CHAOS Chaos was a brand new experience for me. I have never done anything like it voluntarily. The last time I performed on stage in front of an audience was back in elementary school when they made everyone participate in the play. I always struggle to get out of my comfort which caused me to never tryout for a play or participate in anything theater related. Chaos was my last chance to do what I have always wanted to do and I am so glad I went threw with it. Examine your roles I was one of the few lucky ones to get a play into chaos. I was even more lucky to be able to get 2 plays into chaos. Being a playwright and being an actor were the extent of my roles in chaos. When I found out that i got 2 plays into chaos I became very excited …show more content…

The biggest plus to me was I had the opportunity to act in front of people on a stage. Something I have always wanted to but was always so scared. Another plus of chaos was being able to write my own plays. It is one thing acting out someone else's play, but another thing when you get to act out a play that you wrote. It is also just a new experience writing pieces or work designed to be acted upon. There were some minuses to chaos however. One of them being limited roles. When you only have 2 or 3 roles for an hour, sitting backstage can get really boring. Especially if your plays get called early. Then you feel as if you have nothing to do, I understand that you try to make it far by giving everyone roughly the same amount of roles, but it would be so much better if we could be in all the plays. Obviously that is unrealistic, just something that would be very cool. Another minus would be not having the guarantee or acting in your own play. If a student gets a play into chaos, and has the option whether to direct it or not, they should also have the option to act in it or not. If I'm guaranteed the director position, if I want it, I should also be guaranteed the acting spot, if I want it. Nothing sucks more than choosing not to direct your play so you have the chance to act in it, but then not getting the role. Yes you are still the playwright, however, it feels as if your play was taken away from you. Overall, chaos was still a

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