Hello blogosphere!
My name is Alex Kaplan, and I am currently a senior at Glenbrook North High School. I’m excited to formally delve into the world of blogging, especially since I’m pretty unfamiliar with blogging altogether. I hope that you’ll all bear with me as I maneuver my way through this undiscovered territory!
To begin, I love theatre. Although I never actively involved myself in stage productions as a child, stumbling upon theatre as an eighth grader has shaped my life in more ways than I could have imagined. Since eighth grade, I have performed in thirteen productions at Glenbrook North, and each one has impacted me in some way. This year, upon the realization that I can’t stay a part of GBN Theatre forever, I have taken it upon myself to expand my theatrical love to other aspects of my life; I am producing this year’s GBN Student Written and Directed One Act Plays, reflecting about theatre in numerous college essays, and helping lead our school’s Thespian Troupe as acting Vice President.
I plan to do the same in this blog as well. This is going to be my way to verbalize the passion I have for theatre, but I also plan to use this blog to connect theatre to other aspects of my life. Throughout highschool, I have found that performance is archetypal—performance of any sort reveals the moral and ideological core of a society. For example, this year’s fall play Metamorphoses (which I will talk about in more detail in a future post) is arranged as a collection of Greek myths, and our cast is realizing more and more about Greek society as the show nears completion. Only through performance can we truly relive the past.
Although I’m clearly biased towards performance on the live stage, my goal in this blog, as I said, is to expand my understanding of theatre. Performance is found all around us: in Matt Damon’s facial expressions, in the prose of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in the interaction of two opposing sides during a heated debate. I am seeking to discover how performance affects everyone’s lives on a daily basis, and this blog is set to be a collection of my discoveries.
Theatre is one of my many passions, and I can’t wait to see how it relates to my everyday life. Feel free to join me for the ride!
My name is Alex Kaplan, and I am currently a senior at Glenbrook North High School. I’m excited to formally delve into the world of blogging, especially since I’m pretty unfamiliar with blogging altogether. I hope that you’ll all bear with me as I maneuver my way through this undiscovered territory!
To begin, I love theatre. Although I never actively involved myself in stage productions as a child, stumbling upon theatre as an eighth grader has shaped my life in more ways than I could have imagined. Since eighth grade, I have performed in thirteen productions at Glenbrook North, and each one has impacted me in some way. This year, upon the realization that I can’t stay a part of GBN Theatre forever, I have taken it upon myself to expand my theatrical love to other aspects of my life; I am producing this year’s GBN Student Written and Directed One Act Plays, reflecting about theatre in numerous college essays, and helping lead our school’s Thespian Troupe as acting Vice President.
I plan to do the same in this blog as well. This is going to be my way to verbalize the passion I have for theatre, but I also plan to use this blog to connect theatre to other aspects of my life. Throughout highschool, I have found that performance is archetypal—performance of any sort reveals the moral and ideological core of a society. For example, this year’s fall play Metamorphoses (which I will talk about in more detail in a future post) is arranged as a collection of Greek myths, and our cast is realizing more and more about Greek society as the show nears completion. Only through performance can we truly relive the past.
Although I’m clearly biased towards performance on the live stage, my goal in this blog, as I said, is to expand my understanding of theatre. Performance is found all around us: in Matt Damon’s facial expressions, in the prose of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in the interaction of two opposing sides during a heated debate. I am seeking to discover how performance affects everyone’s lives on a daily basis, and this blog is set to be a collection of my discoveries.
Theatre is one of my many passions, and I can’t wait to see how it relates to my everyday life. Feel free to join me for the ride!
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