i think that a lot of people are absolutely full of shit. they pretend to care more about things than they really do, and they take everything too seriously, and get their panties in a wad about stupid little things. the portland theatre brigade are a perfect example of these people. i love the theatre, i'm an actor, but these people made me question te whole proffession.

the theatre brigade is a children's acting group. it is stupid for many reasons. the first of which being that the whole philosophy is that children should act like adults. i think that expecting kids to be mature is a very very good thing, but to expect them to BE ADULTS is more immature than children to expect adults to be kids.

not only this, but I HAVE BEEN IN PLAYS WITH ADULT CASTS and adult actors do not listen to their directors like slaves, they do not loooove everyone else in the cast, and they do NOT try to make it to the top no matter how many friends they leave dead and bloodied along the way.

another reason why it is stupid is because they use a special sort of theatre where there are not sets or props or costumes. i have no problem with this kind of theatre, although i do prefer the more traditional style, but because they are not traditional they think they are better than everyone else. i remember after every show the actors would have to sit on the edge of the stage while our director would explain to the audience this stupid, special acting method. i was always so embarrassed to be associated with them while i sat up there in the stupid all black costumes listening to them being superior.

the worst part is the fact that these kids are all physcos. obviously actors are and always will be competitive, but there is a community in most back stages that i have never seen anywhere else. but the directors have hammered it into these poor kids that if they are not the lead role then they are shit. instead of saying "there are not small parts only small actors" they say "even if you're an extra you can make your part the lead" and the kids take this to mean that they should just undermine their fellow actors. ugh it is absolutely revolting.