Assignment 6: Sam Flomenhoft

      Our group's performance all in all wasn't stellar, but it was still entertaining. I'm not trying to brag but I thought my portrayal of Cecily was spot on; at least the costume was. I thought Jacob portrayed Chasuble as a very boring, monotonous man, whether that was on purpose or not, I still thought it was good. Beck, Charlie, and I all did a decent job acting but I don't think we brought anything extra to our characters, although we did all stay in character.
      While Jacob's portrayal of Chasuble was good, he  didn't project at all times. My voice as Cecily was humorous, but certainly not always the easiest to understand and I didn't articulate as well as I could. In general I though Beck and Charlie did a good job of delivering their lines crisply.
      The major area in which we lacked was our use of space. There was minimal movement, and only at the beginning of the scene, and the part where Chasuble and Prism come in. No one completely turned their back on the audience though which was good. The lack of movement wasn't entirely boring because there were hand motions and such but more spacing and walking would have been desired.
      Our group was fairly prepared. We all memorized our lines to a decent extent, although not all ere delivered verbatim, but that is to be expected. We could have done a better job planning out or movement to move the audience's eye. I thought our final product was very respectable, although certainly not a stellar job.
      Mostly this experience helped me understand some of the more slapstick, silly humor that could be incorporated into this play. While reading I mostly just got a sense of the wittiness of Oscar Wilde, but I saw there was room for directors to make decisions to add even more humor to the comedy.