Letting go : acting process into performance

Theatre and Dance

In fulfillment of my thesis project requirements for the Professional Actor Training Program Master of Fine Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin, I portrayed the role of Ferdinand, King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost. This production was presented at the B. Iden Payne Theatre, (Department of Theatre and Dance) with guest artist John Langs directing. This document includes a discussion of certain aspects of my MFA curriculum, and the methodology studied. In addition, it also contains personal observations on my strengths and weaknesses as an actor, and the steps that were taken to transfer those discoveries into my work on stage in the production of Loves Labour’s Lost.