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Love The Art In Yourself: Empowering Actors To Honestly, Comfortably, And Successfully Embody Their Characters, Alyssa Germaine

Honors Program Theses and Projects

As an actor, I have performed in more than twenty plays and worked with ten different directors over the years. The outcomes of these performances have varied, and so has the effectiveness of the different approaches I have experienced. As an early career director, I am working to find my own creative voice as well as my personal style of directing and communicating with actors. The purpose of this process is to address the relationship between the actor and the director and how this can best serve a production from the rehearsal process and into performances. A director’s initial role …