Acting Journal

This is a collective documentation of my experiences as a first-time actor .

I come from a film production & theatre production stand point, and have no experience in acting whatsoever (except the occasional few background extra roles in student / indie films).

All the instances here (except the 1st entry) revolve around the SFU Contemporary Arts Fall 2009 Directing Projects, in which the play The Virgin and the Unicorn, written by Oscar Mandel and directed by Stevie Benisch (click here for a bio reference), will be performed on the first Thursday and Friday of November in Studio II of SFU Theatre as the 2nd set/week of performances. There are five weeks of Directing Projects, and each week two plays are performed.

Entry #1 (Sept. 23rd)

Entry #2 (Oct. 19th)

Entry #3 (Oct. 23rd)

Entry #4 (Oct. 24th)

Entry #5 (Oct. 28th)

Entry #6 (Nov. 2nd)

Entry #7 (Nov. 4th)

Entry #8 (Nov. 7th) —the final bow

This marks the end of my acting journey for now. Thanks for every single one of you that was involved in this production for making my acting debut so enjoyable. Thanks to my family and friends who have been supportive and encouraging throughout the entire process. And a special thanks goes out to Stevie, who let me be a part of her wonderful project and believed in me. I couldn’t have asked for anything better.