Having respect towards your other classmates whilst they are in the middle of rehearsals is also a reflection to how they will treat you whilst you’re rehearsing.

In addition to having respect for each other, I believe keeping a understanding and respectful work environment between each other makes it less tense when working with one another because of the amount of respect we all have for each other.

 

The way I see this problem is either the disagreements between one another causes a backlash of hatred to the point where working with each other or even close to one another makes it cause tension not to only them but also their surroundings.

Keeping all sorts of drama outside of the rehearsal space makes rehearsing that much easier for others who are not involved in the drama, hence because having drama between two people can cause drowsiness and distraction to all the actors and actresses whilst rehearsing but will also teach the two pupils that in the real professional world of acting there is no place for having drama at work.

 

Here’s why I believe investing time into learning lines is just as important as any other rule.

Learning lines is all about memory and if you are a person who struggles with memorising things easily then you have to start early into memorising your lines because sometimes improvising doesn’t look good.

If there’s ever a time where the person you are in a group with is not in when rehearsing, then that’s also something you can reflect and work on. 

What I believe worked best with me is to record myself on my phone in my spare time and basically saying the lines of the other person then listening to it back over and over again whilst also rehearsing my lines, this technique helped me a lot with memorising my lines but also practicing getting into character.

However, when a situation comes up like this where we need to scrap our usual accents and do something totally different.

What I found quite helpful was how as a class we all started working on accents as soon as the teacher explains the play and where the play is set should.

The early start to working on accents made It so much easier for us to get used to it and keep using the accent during rehearsals.

When at home I found it convenient to watch a lot of videos where people with the specific accent would talk and explain how some words are pronounced.

Such as coffee in a new York accent is pronounced ‘cawfe’ which makes a huge difference when talking in the usual American accent.

As it’s been told since day one of the semester: prepare for whatever the role needs so you won’t look silly in between all the other actors using American accent versus you.

This makes it easier for us to move around and not have wardrobe manufactures whilst rehearsing.

On top of that, black stretchy clothes are mostly used during performances anyway so in a way it prepares us to completely wear all black till the final performance is to date.

Overly open clothing such as mini crop tops or skirts is clothing that isn’t appropriate when rehearsing or even performing hence because it’s a risky type of clothing that can open up or reveal parts of the body that shouldn’t be seen.