Spring Break
The Daily OrangeQ&A with 'Equus' stars Stephen James and Drew Moerlein
By Kelina Imamura
Posted: 2/26/08, 11:56 PM EST Section: Feature
DM: One thing I think that is excellent, just amazing about our community, is every one of us understands that in the next show we could be the ones showing off our bodies. I think we all sympathize and support and are mature. Our production crew, our cast, our director and our department in general have been very supportive. I feel like it's such a safe place to reveal yourself.
DO: How do you get into character?
SJ: Luckily, here at SU, we have great drama faculty who have really armed us with the tools to do a comprehensive vocal, physical and emotional warm up that gets you prepared for the wide range of colors of the human palate that you will see in the show.
DM: Personally, I get here about an hour before, and I will come into the space, and I run through almost all my monologues and speak to the empty seats and pretend there are people in them. There is a lot of memory, which is just sort of living through things that have happened to you and melding that with your character's life and that helps bring the truth out. During my warm up, I go through scenarios that could happen in my life that could be extremely painful or things that have happened in my life that were great hardships and then meld those with (psychiatrist Martin) Dysart's struggles in his life.
DO: How do you get into character?
SJ: Luckily, here at SU, we have great drama faculty who have really armed us with the tools to do a comprehensive vocal, physical and emotional warm up that gets you prepared for the wide range of colors of the human palate that you will see in the show.
DM: Personally, I get here about an hour before, and I will come into the space, and I run through almost all my monologues and speak to the empty seats and pretend there are people in them. There is a lot of memory, which is just sort of living through things that have happened to you and melding that with your character's life and that helps bring the truth out. During my warm up, I go through scenarios that could happen in my life that could be extremely painful or things that have happened in my life that were great hardships and then meld those with (psychiatrist Martin) Dysart's struggles in his life.
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