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Originally Posted by Yzen
I've never been in a play, but I have had to speak in front of an audience a number of times and can tell you what has helped me. I tell myself that I will just have fun with it and not worry about the outcome. When I take away the seriousness of it, it makes it easier for me and even mistakes don't trigger as much. It is the worry of the "importance" of the outcome that throws me off. Focus on making it interesting to the audience even if you don't get a line right.
I hope it all turns out good for you.
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Thank you for your thoughts. It is interesting that our director said something along those lines the same day you made your comment. I am trying to remind myself how much fun my involvment in performance is. Sometimes I can convince myself of it (like last night). Then the memory issue comes up again, and I have to really force myself to not just drop into the anger and frustration.