Theatre Experience

Theatre encompasses creativity. As I stated in my first blog concerning what creativity means to me, I believe that theatre is the perfect example of creativity. 

There are so many aspects that make up theatre and require many people's various and creative talents in order for it to even exist. In order for a theatrical production to take place, it needs a director, who then needs actors and a tech team... I can go on and on, but I think that you get the drift. 

Theatre can be used in many ways... to send a message, purely entertain, or express something new and abstract... there are endless possibilities in which theatre can be used creatively. I believe that's why I love it so much.

A famous playwright I like, Samuel Beckett (known for using the theme of Absurdism in his works) , used theatre in a creative and abstract way. My junior year of high school I was cast in one of his works called, "Play". 

"Play" consists of three identical grey funeral urns on stage facing the audience. The urns contain the main characters. In the middle urn is a man. To his right is his wife (also known as W1) and to his left is his mistress (also known as W2). At the beginning and end of the play, a spotlight picks out all three faces and all three characters recite their own lines. The effect is unintelligible. The play though, is basically made up of short, occasionally fragmented sentences. One character speaks at time and only when a strong spotlight shines in their face. 

This was a creative experience for me as an actress because I had never acted in that type of style before. We could not be expressive with our faces because the whole show was supposed to be mundane and abstract at the same time... Our audience had never experienced a show like we had put on that year. It was different and caught the attention of the audience. This was such a cool experience for me because I had to learn to be expressive with my voice, but not with my face, which goes against many contemporary theatre works. 

How I Define Creativity :)

What is Creativity?

After doing some research, I found a definition of what creativity is. I can relate to this definition and find that it goes along with how I view what makes up creativity:

"Creativity is the bringing into being of something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought.

You would be demonstrating creativity if you:

1) Invent something which has never existed before

2) Invent something which exists elsewhere but you are not aware of

3) Invent a new process for doing something

4) Reapply an existing process or product into a new or different market

5) Develop a new way of looking at something (bringing a new idea into existence)

6) Change the way someone looks at something

In fact, we are all creative every day because we are constantly changing the ideas which we hold about the world about us. Creativity does not have to be about developing something new to the world, it is more to do with developing something new to ourselves. When we change ourselves, the world changes with us, both in the way the world is affected by our changed actions and in the changed way that we experience the world. "

Creativity lets us explore not only who we are, but it allows us to experience new things, be different and unique, as well as opens our eyes to new ideas, philosophies, and thoughts. The cool thing about Creativity is that a person can choose just how much they want to be creative... meaning whether someone does or makes something considered to be big or small... no matter what, it is still creative... especially to that person who receives joy or pride for what they have accomplished with their creative mind.