My job as an actress when working on The Trojan Women

I guess almost everybody who is not actors thinks that this profession is very easy and there is nothing to do with hard work. Just to let you know you are all wrong. Acting requires long hours of work and desire. I think every single actor supposed to have their "goal". They have to know where are they going. You have to know where you are going. I know where I am going. I have my own goals. 

As a professor of psychology once said J. 

Bouchard 'Perfection is not a destination; it`s a never-ending process... Enjoy!'. Apparently, no disputing that it`s true. 

However, my job as an actress is: 

• To make the world (people, audience) believe. Embody Hecuba`s (my playing character) feelings and emotions while standing in one place. As Rob suggested I shouldn`t move round the space. Just stand in one position and show my emotion by facial expressions and voice. 
• Research as much as possible about the play. It helps me to understand more about the character`s personality. 
• Find a reason WHY she says it. My job is not only to say the lines, my job is to make sure people understand why I said that. In my situation, Hecuba is full of despair because of her all daughters have been taken away by Greeks. She keeps sorrow inside. It affects her reaction while saying her inner monologue. Audience must feel despair, pain and anger at the same time. 
• Listen and react!!! As a professional acting teacher Sanford Meisner said "Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances". I totally agree with it. For example, when you speak with a friend and she/he tells a story, obviously you not gonna stand and do nothing. People should see the reaction in body language and facial expressions. 
• Who? Where? Why? Always set the location. Me and Claudie came up with idea of me standing at the edge of the mountain and before I die he wants to tell me bad news. Rob suggested as Claudie should be a police officer bringing bad news to a mom who`s children died in war. In sum, we combined both ideas. 

College life.

There will never be too much of rehearsing and trying different ways of acting same scene. It develops acting skills and helps to stay focused while acting. 

College life 2.