Last blog before Brooklyn

Chekhov = boring. (That was the old Caitlin.)
Chekhov = wonderful, necessary, smart, emotional, hysterical. (This is the new Caitlin.)

I saw The Seagull on broadway over mid-semester, and my old and stupid opinions changed by the ending of the act. Then, as I would have it, literally on the ride home from New York we got the email saying we would be doing this show. This was the most exciting project I have gotten to work on in so long, and I am so glad we got to do it together. It was a difficult process for me, I had too many ideas in the beginning which scared me, and made the mistake of choosing one early on and forgetting the rest. I had a lot of fun on Thursday but at the beginning of new beats I still felt inactive and got a little lost trying to gain back this "idea" I had rather then listening and reacting. There's always more to do and always more to improve on; I wish we had more time...now I understand why they take 3 years to work on these scenes in Russia. I'll really miss working on Chekhov, I want to explore more of the idea that there are no villains/good guys...that concept is so incredible to me. It makes so much sense! Every villain could be played as the hero...because they think they are one! How much more interesting would they be. Chekhov gets human interaction so incredibly well, I want to continue reading all his plays because he picks up on these uncannily true thought processes and ways of dealing with others people go through better than any writer I have come across. I especially loved our talks we had in class about acting, in general. From Star Wars to The Front Desk, I loved talking with you all and there are notes in my journal that I am still thinking about. I now know how to use a Big List and find that super objective, how Clowns can actually help me act, how important your relationship to your environment is, and so much more. So thanks Matt, Peter, Nick, Tyree, Daisy, Tess, Alborz and Skye for the learning and the fun. One last quote:

"Chekhov often expressed his thought not in speeches," wrote Stanislavski, "but in pauses or between the lines or in replies consisting of a single word… the characters often feel and think things not expressed in the lines they speak."

So I leave you with this:
have a great.........................................break.