Who has acting experience?

[Baitball Blogger]

What role did you have to play that really tested your abilities?

[bluedigger]

1. I played Ruckley in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" years ago.

Just community theatre. I only had one line, repeated several times, but I had to hold my arms extended out for a very long time. I had to work up to it in rehearsals. And I appeared in my bvds in a spotlight to start one act. Pissed myself every night. Oh yeah, and my head got shaved for the role. (That was a fun cast party.)

Anyone know the line?

[Lesmoderesstupides]

2. I was in a TV Commercial and my voice was used in a national radio spot

No challenge but it was a paycheck!

But I am also not an actor I was only paid to pretend to be one, go figure.

[Xyzse]

3. Every single day at work for a while...

I acted as a dutiful employee who likes his upper management boss.

It tested my abilities when he makes jokes about other people's expense thinking he's funny.
Impromptu, improvisation, and extemporaneous speech which should be lightning quick to come up with responses.

Does that count?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. And how.

Life is a stage.

[datasuspect]

4. pool cleaning boy

pizza delivery guy

assorted mob heavy #7

[TrogL]

5. I act badly. Does that count?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. College teleplays & radio plays; some cable PSAs. No stage stuff.

Nothing that really pushed my limits.

[WolverineDG]

8. Right now, the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet

a very fleshed-out 3-D character, complete with back story (rare in Shakespeare).....hits just about every emotion humans can go through.

[blogslut]

9. That's a great part.

Congratulations!

As for me, I can't say any role I've played was particularly challenging. However, when I portrayed Charlotte Corday in college, I learned to literally fall asleep at will. I've had sleep troubles ever since.

[rug]

10. I played Agate Keller many years ago in an amateur production of Waiting for Lefty.

People said I mumbled too much so I never again tried to act.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. To be in the acting business, you have to have some seriously tough skin.

I could never do it.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

11. All I had was on air experience.

News, not acting.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. DJ?

Some people's voices are entrancing.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

15. TV. n/t

[RebelOne]

14. I played the mean girl in "17th Summer" in a little theater group

when I was in high school. It has been so long ago that I forget the name of the character I was supposed to be.

[OriginalGeek]

16. I once managed a warehouse

where I employed a dozen or so order pickers, one of whom made it known early and often that this was just a temporary thing for him to help get by as he went on auditions. It didn't take long for me to realize he needed to start acting like a picker and I told him so to great comedic effect.


He did act well after that but then he got busted on a random drug test for pot.


I buried the results as I didn't think it affected his job and I hated to bust a guy for weed. I just never let him drive the fork-lift. He was even a better picker after that.


We performed admirably until our main customer was sold and shut down and our parent company had nothing else for us to do.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. That is a great story, even though it has a sad ending.

[OriginalGeek]

19. It was sad at the time

but one door closes and another opens worked out for me. I got valuable experience and good references there and, even though I am no longer in the warehousing business, I am enjoying the fruits of my labor in a position I love for a company I am proud of.


OH! And I was Harvey in 8th grade Bye Bye Birdie. Had a couple whole lines! I had to purposely make my voice break for the laughs.

[Aristus]

18. I was in a production of "Twelve Angry Men" once. I played (I think) Juror #7.

Whichever one the racist guy was. That was tough. I had a hard time trying to find the character and making his last full-on racist speech believable.The night in rehearsal when I finally nailed it, I was shaking by the end. It's scary becoming a character like that.

I also played Mozart in a college production of Amadeus. And that was kind of tough, too. One would think it would be easy, screeching and giggling all the time. But the character has an emotional arc that can be tough to play. And in the death scene, I made the mistake of choosing to "die" with my eyes open, in full view of the audience. I hadn't considered that Constanza has about a five-minute speech after that, holding me in her arms. I had to keep my eyes open, unblinking, for the whole thing until the lights went down. I'm an idiot...

[Baitball Blogger]

20. LOL!

And you know someone was looking to see if you blink.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

21. Mrs. Mi Tzui - "Good Woman Of Setzuan"

A great role that is a lot of fun to play. Problem was I was a 19 year old who looked 13 having to play a middle-aged landlady. Challenging on all sorts of levels.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. Oh, for the days when I was mistaken for a kid.

[JeffHead]

22. I act like I give a shit all day at work. I must be good at it cuz people seem to believe it.

[frogmarch]

23. In the 70s I played saloon queens in

summer mellerdrammers in Deadwood, SD. Fun! It didn't really test my abilities, since no one expected my characters to have great singing voices, just interesting ones.

[Sweet Freedom]

24. I was Friar Laurence in R&J

We did a modern version where I was a biker chick bartender who had been ordained online.