Mysteries
The most striking thing about the mysteries for me was the interactions with the crowd. Which creates a relationship that few actors get to create between themselves and the audience, when the actors who were going to play demons decided to sign on they were probably like, "We get to drag audience members into a hell mouth?" " Awesome." The point at which the little kids throw sponges at the con artist, until it was mentioned in class I didn't realize it but they were throwing stones at him. Which is a weird juxtaposition, but a rational one for a period in which they believed that time was circular and they were living everything over. And of course there were plants every once in a while but it didn't matter because it was still fun. Especially the guy who was wearing the clip on tie, when it came off and he tried to escape, priceless. It was a true moment of inspired improvisation, oh my tie fucked up why not escape? But the moving of the crowd to make way for characters and the ability of the actors to pop up anywhere at any moment makes this play a play you have to pay attention to.
posted by IPDB @ 9:39 AM
4 Comments:
I agree that it must have been an amazing experience to be in the audience and have the actors performing so close. However, it had never occurred to me that having the actors come out of the crowds would help keep the audience on their toes. That really makes sense to me because I can imagine that I would constantly be wondering if one of the strangers around me were actually one of the performers in disguise.
I really enjoyed the part the crowd played in this series as well. I know if I were an actor it would be very distracting to me. Of course I am not an actor though. To be a member of that audience would be a fantastic experience. The only thing that would bother me would be knowing when to move and when to just chill. It would be the closest I would ever be to a play though.
Obviously everyone agrees that being able to interact with the crown as an actor is something special and you don’t get to do that all the time. I agree that, when the actors that signed up and heard about what they would be doing with the audience, they would be excited!
I completely agree with you, when that man lost his tie, I lost it, it was one of the funniest parts of the show. And the best part is that it was totally on accident, and he just went with it- that's what I love about theatre!
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