Theatro

Theater is…

“Theater is an art of expressing one’s feelings through acting; It is where artists perform drama, romance, action and musical.”

Far Eastern University (FEU) gave me the best first year college (but now, Its OLFU; J). Best experienced like auditioning in FEU Theater Guild.

NERVOUS!!! That’s what I’ve felt starting from registering my name for audition until the day 3 of the audition. Let’s start from the day 1 to day 3 until the announcement of the students who passed the audition.

DAY 1

Filling-up forms was the first thing to do then go to the line. Luckily, I’m second to the last. Slowly, the long line turns short. Then the moment of truth finally arrived. OMG! It’s my turn; I enter the door and stood at the center of the room. After taking shots of photos, they asked me, “Anong talent mo?” then I replied “singing po”. “Singing? Teatro ang sasalihan mo hindi choir! Sige umarte ka dyan!”, my heartbeat beat fast. I lie on the floor and had a drama. Then after that, we proceed to the main part of the audition. “Gamit ang bote ng C2 na nasa harap mo sa apat na emosyon, HAPPY, SAD, ANGER and FEAR”:

· Happy – I picked up the bottle, put it on my pocket, and used it as a cell phone and talk like Visaya. That the first thing that comes to my mind but I don’t mean it, I talk Visaya only for the sake of acting. :)

· Anger – I threw the bottle and shouted it like I’m fighting with someone. Saying bad words to express the feelings of anger. :(

· Sad – I used the bottle as a dead baby so that I can act like a father or a brother of that baby who died from illness, they said that my face looks like I’m in a very sorrowful event.

· Fear – after the baby’s death, I continue it, that baby suddenly becomes a monster like Chaka doll; I got it from the movie Chucky. I’ve used it as a baby turn monster biting me in my neck, I threw it and had a facial expression of a person who saw a real monster. They are all very happy… actually they were all laughing.

We all passed the level 1 audition because I think we’re all good.

Day 2

On the level 2, they asked us to dress differently. I dress up like I’m a poet or Makata. I stood up under a tree in the FEU freedom park while posing and waiting for the judges to stop to us and hear our own monolog. But in the end, even though I give much effort in my costume and monolog, I became one of 15 + weakest of all but luckily, at the second time, I passed it.

Day 3

This day is the final judgment of those who auditioned in this guild. The final act is acting without words, acting using actions. We acted like a imprisoned man for several years without food, water, light and without roommates. For just a minute, we need to act this and show them what we wanted to show. And then before your time ends, you need to say the word “Ayoko nang maging Pilipino”. If your time runs out and you did not able to say those words, you’ll have a deduction. And then after that, they announced that the result will be posted on the Arts Building of FEU.

After counting number of days, the whole class received a group message from my classmate Maricar Besana, that Let’s congratulate Aldrin for passing the audition in the guild, he’s the top 3 over several students. I’m so overwhelm because of the support of my friends, and because the members told me that I’m their favorite of all. And also happy because after the 11 PM dismissal in the guild, I finally got the spot but suddenly I need to transfer to other school for some reasons. Haixt! I felt lost, loss of friends, classmate and loss of dreams. But there always a sunshine after heavy rains. So accept it.

Well, that’s the end. Hope you like It… :)

You can watch a slide show in youtube. just click this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HNzul4rRl4