So if you've kept up with this you're surely interested in this art form of expression. This is more aimed toward the actor himself, or any of you folks thinking about it.
Do you meet your public? Do you stay in character doing so?
These are important questions you need to consider. As a rule it used to be said actors should not meet their public and I have to agree, as the audience comes to see a particular spectacle, a specific character. I strongly believe a character deserves a life of their own and when the curtain closes is when it should be put to rest.
I never went out after performances simply because I follow the rules. I don't like disrespecting a character's right to live and be alive and be seen as just that. However, recently I participated in a small production (weeks rehearsal with two performances) and decided to break my rule. I learned what makes an actor really great.
As I exited the dressing rooms and headed for the gallery I did, in fact, take on my public part, but for once instead of sneaking out the back way, I joined my fellow actors in the gallery which was still filled with half the audience. So guess what happened.
Yup, no one recognized me! And that is what makes an actor truly shine, is in those moments that realization hits to the audience--they've just been conned. That's what they came for anyway.
I thought of becoming a con artist....I'd be great! But teaching's more fun.
Ya learned something, didn't ya?
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