Post by Penfold on Jul 21, 2005 6:32:58 GMT -5
Don't take offense to this SirGeoffrey, as I truly mean none.
The ED's job is exactly what you said, to help overcome shyness/nervousness and teach performance/improv. That does not mean that everyone comes out ready to go.
The first year I performed when I came out into the streets and realized I would need to perform for actual patrons, I was nervous and confused. I was not truly ready and it was no fault of my training. It took some work, but through asking for help and receiving it, I made it.
It takes time and a willingness to jump. Once I jumped, I became what I am and I am very proud of that.
JJ, would I be wrong in saying this is your first time performing? At least in this style of performance? Then being shy and nervous, even knowing not what to do is not a rare issue. No amount of training in the world can prepare you for the actual thing when confronted with improv performance, stage or street.
If you want some advice, heck, if anyone wants some advice from a lowly ratcatcher, just hit me up here in PMs or at faire Saturday morning. I'm more than willing to share my experience.
There will always be people at various points by the time we open.
Some are terrified or unprepared.
Some are nervous or slightly off kilter at first.
Some are ready and raring to go.
Some stay. Some quit.
I have been subject to training by multiple people.
From ED, to Assistant ED, to Cast, to Stage Act, to Random Person on Street #947-1.
It was up to me to take that training and turn it into something real on the street and stage.
No matter what the ED (or anyone else) does, no matter how much training is provided, in the end, it is up to the person in that character to take the leap.
The ED's job is exactly what you said, to help overcome shyness/nervousness and teach performance/improv. That does not mean that everyone comes out ready to go.
The first year I performed when I came out into the streets and realized I would need to perform for actual patrons, I was nervous and confused. I was not truly ready and it was no fault of my training. It took some work, but through asking for help and receiving it, I made it.
It takes time and a willingness to jump. Once I jumped, I became what I am and I am very proud of that.
JJ, would I be wrong in saying this is your first time performing? At least in this style of performance? Then being shy and nervous, even knowing not what to do is not a rare issue. No amount of training in the world can prepare you for the actual thing when confronted with improv performance, stage or street.
If you want some advice, heck, if anyone wants some advice from a lowly ratcatcher, just hit me up here in PMs or at faire Saturday morning. I'm more than willing to share my experience.
There will always be people at various points by the time we open.
Some are terrified or unprepared.
Some are nervous or slightly off kilter at first.
Some are ready and raring to go.
Some stay. Some quit.
I have been subject to training by multiple people.
From ED, to Assistant ED, to Cast, to Stage Act, to Random Person on Street #947-1.
It was up to me to take that training and turn it into something real on the street and stage.
No matter what the ED (or anyone else) does, no matter how much training is provided, in the end, it is up to the person in that character to take the leap.