“The Dead”

   Since John Jiang is a friend of mine; I’ve heard a lot of things about the play even before the actual performances has started. At first, I learned that it is going to be a “tragedy”, and all the great actors at CA are going to join the show. I was really excited about the show, because I knew it was going to be really fun. As what I thought, I was really impressed after I watched the show, and I’ve learned a lot of useful things from it. All the actors that participated in the show were amazing. I was also very into the scene the whole time while I was watching the show.
   There are so many good things about the show. For example, all of the actors presented their lines in a clear and strong voice. Everybody was very familliar with their lines; I could tell they must have practice them thousand of times. I also couldn’t really tell if they have made some mistakes or not. All of the them were very into the characters and they were well-prespared when they were performing. During the “party" part of the show, I felt like everybody was very relaxed, so it really made me feel like it is a real party, and I was a part of it. I really liked the atmosphere of that scene. I also thought they were drinking real alcohol during the show, which makes the play more realistic and interesting. There were also few funny lines which made the audience laughed hardly.
   There were also a lot of serious parts happened during the show. The one that impressed me the most was the scene of Sam and John talking at the very end of the play. They were fighting because Sam sang a song about the boy that she loved, but the boy probably died for her, which made her very sad. This made John very angry because the woman he loved, his wife, has loved somebody else besides him. I also loved the monologue that John presented at the end of the show, I was really touched, and I also loved the monologue itself. I was even still into the scene after I left the black box.
   After I watched the play, I felt all of the people that participated the show were so talented. For example, they have sung many different songs, and every single one of the them was amazing. They all had beautiful voice. I also really liked the piano part, it made the atmosphere of the scene even better. my favorite character would be the character that John Jiang presented. He did an amazing jon on expressing the traits of the character, and he was very relaxed during the show. His voice was also clear and loud.
   The only thing I think they could improved a little bit was to make the flashback parts of the play easier for the audience to tell. It was a little confusing when everything just stopped and John started to talk. The way that I think they could do it was to dim the light in background and have only one light on John, because this would make the audience easier to tell what is happening. Everything else was really good.
   I really liked the show a lot. According to the performance of all of the characters, I started to know what I should do when I am performing. I should try to be very relaxed, and I should be fully into my character. I shouldn’t be shy, and I shold enjoy every single second on the stage. This show made me want to work harder which I believe I will be doing. I loved the show so much and I had a great time watching it.