Acting Workshop

The other day, I went to the acting workshop with James III. It was my first acting workshop, so I was worried, especially because I was given 10 minutes notice and wasn't prepared with a sonnet. Luckily, Ashley had printed out two different sonnets and gave me one of them. First, James III had us all introduce ourselves by saying our name, our favorite anything (food, color, musical, etc.) and what we know about Shakespeare. I've only ever read Romeo and Juliet, parts of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Merchant of Venice, and I've seen Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in theaters, but nobody else was very far ahead of me, only reading the requirements for school. Then, he had us each come up with a sound and gesture that is over the top and we went in a circle and shared them. Then, he had us go through our sonnets and pick interesting words, think of what the word makes you think about, and find a gesture for the word. Then, people volunteered and performed their sonnets with the gestures. I was one of the people who didn't get to go because we ran out of time, but I was kind of looking forward to it. I don't know if we'll pick it up next time, though.