So we just talked about thin in class and I also think it is something that today I experience personally. An audience and the atmosphere that comes from a space can completely change your performance. I have also experienced this during the production of The Vagina Play. We performed in the Itty Bitty, in a friend's basement, to young audiences, to professors, and to older crowds. I feel that one of an actor's best skills is being able to adapt a show to an audience. Thinking about all of this I was scrolling through facebook and I saw that The PigPen Boys that I worked with this summer (and that Matt taught) had an article with Theatre Development Fund on just this topic. Seeing one of their shows, and the behind the scenes aspect of it I saw first hand how they tweaked their show to make it work for the space they were in. However, I don't think this just applies to traveling shows. I think it can be looked at simple changing from rehearsing in 372 and then getting to start work in the Studio Theatre. It can be a huge change, even though it might not seem like it. But, I feel that it is one of the exciting challenges that we as actors have to face.
How Does and Audience Change A Play
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