GRRRLS: a Celebration of Womens Voices - Essay Example

GRRRLS: a celebration of women’s voices
The first performance, which was silent, represented the daily morning routine of the girls. It was the most successful scene in my opinion because all actors were together on the stage and each was focusing solely on the acting without paying any attention to the audience. Each actor had their own performance which they focused on. This ensured that the fourth wall between the characters and the audience remained intact.

On the other hand, the most unsuccessful part of the performance in my opinion was scene #21, Las Hermanas. There was a lot of chatting at the beginning of this performance and I felt slightly bored by the long lines that the actors read. I think one of the major reasons why I felt bored was because the rest of the performances were short and had music, sound effects, and dancing to complement them, whereas this performance was not only long but merely featured actors reading their lines.

I think that the actors worked well together, the performances were fluid, and the monologues and dancing were performed superbly. For example, performance #10, Ode to Daffiness, had the actors dancing and performing in sync. The singing and dancing were completely in sync with the music and were executed beautifully.

All the actors were well cast and were perfect for their roles, however, I liked one actor in all her performances: the actress who played Natalie. I thought she acted, danced, and sang superbly. What is more, she was very versatile: in performance #4, God’s Girls, she was acting the part of a young girl with another actor playing her sister. They were talking about lying and faith. Natalie was perfect in her portrayal of a young girl. Her way of talking with her sister as a child was very well acted. She even changed her voice during the performance, along with shouting and jumping around like a child.

The actors changed their characters between each performance smoothly. I have not been witness to performances where the actor's transition between various characters so smoothly in such a short span of time.

The stage design was very apt; each actor had enough space to act and dance therein. From an audience perspective also, the stage was perfect: it was easy to look at the whole stage. All the props worked well. The lighting was especially remarkable, as were the sound effects. For instance, in Eve’s performance the bright lights and the sounds of nature that accompanied the actor’s monologue really enhanced the performance.

The language used was simple and clear. It was easy to follow for me even though English is not my first language. The jokes used in the performance had the audience laughing throughout.

The dance sections of the play served quite a few purposes: they were used to depict a certain part of the story or to show certain emotions, or even just for fun. Each actor had different dance sequences to perform on the stage. My favorite dancing sequence was from scene #21, where a girl played the drum while other girls danced on the beat.
The production was in the representational mode because there was a fourth wall between the actors and the audience. The audience was never asked to get involved in the performances, as the actors did not break down the fourth wall. This product can be said to be viewed through an entertainment window because there were a lot of jokes and funny scenes.

In conclusion, the play was really well-executed, the acting, singing and even the dancing was so good that I would definitely recommend this performance to a friend.