Silent Monologue Assignment: Performance Prediction

Tomorrow, November 17th, 2009, I will perform my silent monologue. Because I have had a lot of other things to do this week, I hope I have not been to preoccupied and my performance will turn out decently. I've practiced several times tonight, and I think I know my routine quite well. I think my performance, as with anything, there will be the positives and the negatives.

I think my strengths will come through my method of portraying emotion in this scene. I've worked in Speech and Debate on dramatic scenes before, so I think that will help a lot. My dad watched my performance and said the emotions, such as depression and grief, came through very clearly. I also think another one of my strengths will be my performance story. I think my story line is creative and different from what most people would expect for the song I chose. It would be expected that I have a typical relationship story, but I did not want to do that, and I wanted to do something different, which is why I decided to go with the surgeon story line.

I think one of my main challenges will be nerves. I usually don't have trouble with public speaking; I feel quite comfortable when speaking in front of a crowd. However, this isn't exactly what I would call public speaking. I have everything timed and rehearsed, but I'm scared that nerves will cause me to make a mistake on performance. I hope I will be able to calm down so my nerves won't be as big of a problem.