In My Mind's Eye with Antonio Royce Copeland
Introducing Antonio Royce Copeland! A Midsummer Night’s Deam is Antonio’s first production with PCSC, so he’s answering round one of our Acting Questions. 1. How do your typically go about preparing a Shakespearean character? I approach every character I play from a similar jumping off point. Our actions as human beings are based on needs and wants (be they realistic, necessary to survival, or otherwise), so it is necessary for me to flesh out all of these first. Then I have
On Playing a Non-Human Character by Kate Tubbs
Frequent PCSC actor, Kate Tubbs talks about the challenges of creating a non-human character. Puck is the first Shakespearean Fairy character that I’ve played, so preparing for this role has created a lot of new questions for me and has been an exciting challenge. The first step in creating a non-human character is to determine how your character is different from humans, especially the characters he/she interacts with. In creating Puck, I started by deciding how my character
In My Mind's Eye with Chad Marriott
Introducing Chad Marriott! A Midsummer Night’s Deam is Chad’s first production with PCSC! You must respect the Bard - that is first and foremost. When preparing for your character he has already done most of your work for you, but why did good old Billy have to be so smart? I’m not sure, but I know when I begin working on Shakespeare I start by figuring out what my character is saying. From there I figure out what they want and decipher how they are trying to get it. After