Reflection Of Acting In Acting

Ever since the beginning of my life, I have identified with acting. Acting has been a pillar of my journey since the age of five, and has only grown with every coming year. The theatre practice can be broken down into many different aspects, all of which require high creativity and intelligence. However, I have always—and always will—identified myself as an actor because of the emotional expressiveness and openness that acting allows. When performing, the audience sees the actor as a person they can vicariously live through for a short period of time. The actor opens himself to allow for pain, sadness, happiness, anger, excitement, and more, thus giving the viewer an opportunity to see the emotionality to certain situations they might not ever experience. Thus, the craft is critical, because it opens the doors to vulnerability

Theatre should invite debate, encourage new perspectives, and open the mind to new possibilities. Building upon the aesthetic of emotionality and character driven stories, theatre should act as a microscope into the commonly unseen experiences and situations that people undergo in life. Theatre artists have the critical responsibility of successfully communicating these ideas to an audience. Artists of entertainment have an extremely difficult, yet rewarding job. Within a performance, they must convey various aspects of life, no matter how unsettling. Because of its abundant international presence, theatre is not bound by catering to one specific audience. Theatre can depict any and all aspects of life, from life to death, sadness to happiness, excitement to anger, and everything in between. My hopes for the future of theatre as a field are to continue to portray the aspects of society and life that are otherwise unnoticed. I believe that theatre is an immensely powerful tool that can stimulate tremendous emotion and encourage new