Jenna's Acting Blog

My characters name is Samantha. She is in her early 20s and this is her first job after going to cosmetic school. She has moved to a new city and got a job as a department store makeup salesmen. Samantha wants to become a makeup artist but knows she has to start on the bottom. Today is her first day on the job and she wants to make a good impression with both her coworkers and the customers. Samantha's boss is a very mean woman, who tells her that if she does not make a sale in the first day she can no longer work there. This makes her work even harder and really shows her persistence. She is a people pleaser. Samantha wants everyone in the room to like her and if they don't she gets very upset. She also is very bubbly and happy, which makes most people like her as a person. An older woman walks into the makeup department and asks Samantha for a cream that will make her skin glow. Samantha remembers her training and suggests a brand new facial that will make her skin glow. With...

My new monologue is called "The Facial" and it was located in 111 1 minute monologues for teens. Here is the script

https://youtu.be/R56viTypk70

In the last week I have learned a lot about how to create a well structured monologue. I created my character by thinking of what I would do in their shoes. I thought of how I would react if I saw a gun in someone's locker. I used that emotion and idea to set the scene of how my character felt. I showed emotion through my actions, for example when I paced at the door or touched my face at the desk. I thought I did well using my actions well. I felt that my choices helped make the character more believable. For example standing up when saying the main line, this is something I would personally do in real life. I also believe that my props worked very well to set the scene. Having the chair and the desk made the audience feel like the principal because it was like I was talking directly to them. Something I could do better was adding more pauses when I spoke. I found this to be very challenging because as myself, I am very used to talking fast and not taking as many pauses. These pau...

A review of “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” “ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Raphael Massie was performed in Edgerton Park in New Haven, on Friday September 1st. The story begins in Verona Italy, where two feuding families live. These two families are the Montagues and the Capulets. In the beginning there is a street fight between the two families and the prince declares that whoever starts the next fight will be killed. Romeo is distraughtly in love with a girl named Rosaline, his cousins, who see how upset he is bring him to crash a Capulet party. At this party Romeo meets Juliet and they fall madly in love even though their families are feuding. Later in the night, Romeo sneaks into Juliet's garden and they agree to marry in secret. Romeo persuades Friar Lawrence to officiate, and the two are married in secret. Later that day, Juliet’s cousins challenges Romeo to a fight, when he refuses Juliet’s cousin murders Romeo’s cousin....