Why Did I Choose This Monologue?

Reasons:

• I am similar age to the character being played
• I am familiar with the script so i find that it is a little easier to understand the characters feelings and intentions. 
• I don't have to use an accent or strain my voice so i will be clearly understood.
• The piece isn't overused yet is quite entertaining
• Not only one emotion is being shown throughout which will hopefully keep the audience interested.
• Doesn't include foul language or sexual innuendos

Contemporary piece

Casting Range

Casting - On the way you look, it can be adapted (ability to play and make a character come to life for real)
Cast Ability - On talent, can modulate voice and body

I don't believe that i have a specific role that I would like to play because i am open to a variety and very interested in many different types of roles - i would like to think that my casting range is quite varied. However i would like to play some sort of a villain or antagonistic role of some sorts as well as many others.

Discussing with my partner my range are as follows:
Typical teen (rebellious)
Upper class roles (almost snobby)
Stereotypical damsel in distress
Stereotypical Bully
Someone who lacks remorse...
Etc.

Self Audit

What skills have I developed so far?

• Rehearsal skills
• Analyzing texts (breaking them down), research cultural/historical background of text
• Evaluating - being more helpfully critical of myself and others
• Deeper Research of my character
• Discovering my objective (what does my character want, how can i achieve it)
• Spending emotion and letting breath take over mind
• Fully opening up my body (physically) letting the creative instincts take over
• Textual analysis and character building
• Working in an ensemble, understanding energy on-stage
• Getting into character before walking on-stage
• Responding to audiences on-stage
• Being able to control voice and breath with breathing exercises
• Voice and body working in unison
• Multimedia performance (1984)
• Counter mask (body is portraying something different to a mask)
• Don't just say lines for the sake of it - feel the words
• Every scene is a chase seen
• Never neutral on-stage even if character is not talking
• Body and face each portraying something different

Have you learnt any skills elsewhere?

In English i was able to learn to analyse text to the point of being able to critique and state improvements successfully. Also dancing helped me to control my breathing and to portray a story with my body.

Areas to improve?

I think that i can improve by being more confident and really pushing myself physically and with movements, when playing my objects play it on the spectrum from low to high always pushing myself so it comes natural when playing the character, don't say the lines for the sake of it or because i feel obliged - say it because of the characters instinct to say it.

Self Audit

Skills Audit

Voice (control, projection. articulation)                    7
Rehearsal skills                                                          7
Confidence in working with text                               8
Movement/ Physical                                                  7
Evaluating (ways of improvement)                           8
Different styles of acting                                           7
Characterization                                                       7/8