Panoply- n. a magnificent or impressive array.
| MSA Drama's Second Company took this definition to heart and created a play that consisted of an array of very diverse scenes. What was the theme? Acting. Panoply took the audience on a journey through time and space, The journey included the writings of Overmeyer, Hellman, Miller, Odets, Blessings, Wilde, Pinter, and Kaufman & Lardner. |
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At MSA, drama students study a theory of acting known as Naturalism, which comes from the work of the actor, teacher, and director Constantin Stanislavski. During his time, plays were being written in a new style known as Realism. These plays were about real people with real issues and they needed actors who could speak and move like actual human beings. Stanislavski's work gave actors an acting style to go along with Realistic playwriting. He changed the nature of acting forever when he instructed his actors to behave naturally within the given circumstances of the play, which is our definition of acting at MSA. |
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