Kid, You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Kid You'll Shoot Your Eye Out was a very different experience for me because while I've been in theater for eight years now, I can't say I've SEEN too many shows or monologues. It's different being on stage and it's different sitting in the audience. But I loved the anticipation, and the surprise of watching each actor come to bring me something different. The monologues were interesting, and you could see where each person found their strength in each piece they chose. I personally don't enjoy giving monologues, but I think that I enjoy watching them, and seeing the choices that each person makes as an actor.

Then there was the piece in "act two"; how wonderful it was to see scenes from a play, directed by a student and performed by people I know well. I found the piece to be so powerful. The piece centered around a love triangle where the narrator was in love with the wife and envious of the husband. The wife gets a black eye and the narrator tells a story of anger and domestic abuse, which isn't what happened in real life. then he tells the story that the wife told him. which we also are to assume isn't true. such a powerful piece paired with the outstanding direction made for a very potent experience. I believe that I'll go and watch more theater in the future just to experience being an audience member more, instead of always being the performer on stage.