Kyle Krichbaum

Jason Kaufman
Acting
17 March 2015
The Visible and The Invisible
We must do all of the homework, know it completely, and then
forget it. The homework and the character work become the invisible.
Obviously between shows I would not want to forget the invisible work,
but the invisible work should never be shown to the audience. They
should never know how the sausage is made.
While I was reading and writing about Backwards and Forwards I
made a point in one of my papers talking about how you could use
what other people say about your character to help you learn more
about them. While I think it is still interesting to see what other people
say, I retract that statement altogether. The Actor and the Target says
the point I believe I should have stated originally. What characters say
about your character says more about them than it does you. I would
agree with that completely. Every opinion, good or bad, is subject to
how a person views you. That being said, I would say although it is
interesting to take into account, I would not use what they say to
characterize me. However, I may start paying closer attention to the

text my character says about other people. I believe this could be an

interesting place to gather information about myself.
An exercise I would love to try and put into my practice is the
Exercises of Extremity. Playing the scene many different ways to find
a movement, look, or moment that really works well and keeping it. I
may not play with that particular emotion or circumstance in the show
since it may not work with the intention of the playwright, but it could
bring something new. This would help bring variety to a rehearsal
where I try to work out what choices do and do not work.