The audience will forgive your droped lines when they see your wheel chair and hearing trumpet!! Do they let old farts on stage there?

I am sure you will be wonderful!!! sorry about the old fart line but you did ask for it

Sure I remember them . . . eventually . . . and don't call me Shirley.    Old joke, I know, but so am I.

Originally posted by Shatcher  The audience will forgive your droped lines when they see your wheel chair and hearing trumpet!! Do they let old farts on stage there?

Well, obviously!  This is a college production, so I feel like I'm doing a one-man touring show of Oldest Living Graduate in the middle of  a production of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.

Thanks both of you.  I'll report back.

Having done CT for about 20 years I, too, find that I am not as young as I once was.  Yeah, the memorization gets harder, especially if you don't do it often.  (Skills do decay if not exercised.)

I have to ask if your self-review comment of "I suck" is purely self-generated or if you have gotten that from others?  I often feel my performances are less than that of my fellow actors, but audiences and fellow performers seem to think differently.  My point is that you may just be too hard on yourself.

Finally, don't forget that it is called a "play."  If you'll just get onstage and have fun, it will communicate to your audience.  Whether comedic or tragic, if you are enjoying acting the role, the audience will enjoy your performance more.

Break a leg.

I agrre with castMe. I am my own worst critic.  I'm a director and playwright.  Just in the last year, I have people seeking me out to be in my plays.  I have so many fans and people who believe in me, I've gotten to the point where I have to start believing in myself.  The actor who is playing the lead in my next play acutually told me 'it would be an honour to be in this play'.  Somebody pinch me cause this kind of support has never come my way before.