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    This document summarizes an acting class performance of the play "Waiting for Lefty" by Clifford Odets. The student was playing the role of Edna, a housewife. In her scene, her character's partner tells her they have no money, food, or furniture. This triggers memories of the student's father admitting to being poor. The student struggled to get into her character and her partner became frustrated. After rehearsing for hours, the teacher told her to do something more with her role. She then drew on memories of her father to emotionally connect to her character and have an impactful performance as the hungry housewife.

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    This document summarizes an acting class performance of the play "Waiting for Lefty" by Clifford Odets. The student was playing the role of Edna, a housewife. In her scene, her character's partner tells her they have no money, food, or furniture. This triggers memories of the student's father admitting to being poor. The student struggled to get into her character and her partner became frustrated. After rehearsing for hours, the teacher told her to do something more with her role. She then drew on memories of her father to emotionally connect to her character and have an impactful performance as the hungry housewife.

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    In Asteptarea Lui Lefty

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    This document summarizes an acting class performance of the play "Waiting for Lefty" by Clifford Odets. The student was playing the role of Edna, a housewife. In her scene, her character's partner tells her they have no money, food, or furniture. This triggers memories of the student's father admitting to being poor. The student struggled to get into her character and her partner became frustrated. After rehearsing for hours, the teacher told her to do something more with her role. She then drew on memories of her father to emotionally connect to her character and have an impactful performance as the hungry housewife.

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    Acting I

    Waiting for Lefty


    Clifford Odets

    “Waiting for Lefty” or “how to bring back terrible memories for sweet Ilinca” is a
    play by Clifford Odets and my part was a housewife called Edna. As we are used
    to, in acting class everything is beyond personal and evry information is, how my
    teachers tend to call it, “ violent personal”. And you could imagine, dear reader,
    when my partener told me that we have nothing ( no money, no food, no
    furniture!) I went crazy. The only thing I could see in front of my eyes was my
    father, lifting his shoulders resignedly. The first 5 rehearsals went great but after
    that I become too pasiv about this topic...exactly how I do everytime my father
    admit he's poor.
    Everything went bad. I couldn’t find the right way to do my character and my
    partener was frustrated. After long hours of rehearsals my teacher told me to do
    something. “To do what? I have absolutely nothing in this room…” I had to do
    something and I just listened to him…but not him-my father…him-my
    husband..the man I love the most. And this man told me that he is very sorry but
    he couldn’t find any clints with his taxi and he is very hungry; meanwhile I put my
    kids to sleep

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