[Perform-Talk] Question Related to Acting

[Julie A. Orozco]

Hi Annie,

Good question. I've done similar things before. One solution is to ask the organizers to email you the script an hour before the workshop or sooner depending on what kind of tech you're using. That way, you'll have time to pull it up on your Braille display, but you won't have time to read the scripts over before the meeting. 

I think that's the solution I would ask for. If the meeting is in person, you could probably also ask them to load the scripts onto a flash drive if that's more convenient. Then, you could just plug it into your Braille display, and there you go. 

Hope this helps,

Julie


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Subject: [Perform-Talk] Question Related to Acting

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share an experience I had at the Audio Publishers’ Assocation conference: It was not a “bad” experience by any stretch, but I’m curious if any of you have done something similar.

One of the workshops I attended was “Narrator Roulette” which involved reading a surprise script and reading it in the voice of different characters: E.g. A wicked witch, 96-year-old New Yorker, Pirate princess, ETC.  I was all in!  (If you know me well, then you know😊.  Normally, I would reach out to the facilitators ahead of time to ask for accommodations, particularly if it’s someone I’ve never worked before, but this time I didn’t and here’s why:

The fun of the game was the element of surprise, so in the spirit of stepping outside one’s comfort zone, my thought was to put it on them!  If I were to have been called on, I would make up my own story or use a script I have (unbeknownst to the leaders) based on a given prompt.  After all, to ask for the scripts in advance would defeat the whole purpose, right?

 

  Fortunately or unfortunately, I did not get called on.  I do, however, intend to reach out to the facilitators and offer feedback on how they can make it work.

Some thoughts I had: If this is done in person next year, ask for *possible* scripts they might use with the understanding that I would download them, but not read through ahead of time.

Use a script from a book I’ve read, but not narrated.

Suggest they make it more of a “Round Robin” storytelling experience, or answer a question like:

“You know what really makes me mad?” ETC.

How would you/have you handled a similar experience?

(Also, if anyone can tell me how I might quickly grab a link that someone posts in a zoom chat, that would be helpful.  Simply pressing enter doesn’t seem to do the trick).

I appreciate your thoughts in advance😊.

Annie

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