IT IS

I remember some story told to me by an actor-friend: There's this girl who wanted badly to act on stage so much that the mere fact of just walking on the stage in a running play would mean a great feat for her. So there's this play and she was cast as part of the taumbayan as usual but she had a line and it goes like this...

 " Is it? ".

It's not a line, it's a question. A question that can move the play forward or add spice to the taumbayan scenario or a catalyst for a secret to unfold or maybe just a friekin question.

Siyempre, the girl was so excited, eventhough they were just 2 articles, kasi they can mean something for the play. So off she went, rehearsing it every single day. She would practice upon waking up, in front of the mirror, while taking a bath and Infront of her dogs; mouthing "Is it?" in many different tones and texture an actor can come up while remaining true to her character as a taumbayan. Just rehearsing her single line in a play.

And now comes the play, which of course she invited all the people important in her life, all her acting teachers and her former theatre groupies. Everybody was there. And there goes the most awaited scene where she goes up and questions the main character.... and you know what she said?

" It is? "

I don't know if this was true. I think i know the moral of this story but i can't mouth it... it might come out different. bwahaha!

Which  reminds me of a  french girl i met during my theatre days. She just graduated theatre arts from France and was in Manila to observe the local theatre scene via our company. She was given a role in a production and she said it was a weird experience because she had been studying acting and theatre disciplines in France but the the first major role that she got here was a chicken. A chicken owned by Romulus the Great. Boo hoo! I told her she's lucky because my first acting career paved way for me as i essayed the role of a rock. And she looked me as hard as a rock.