Comments on: Dayton’s Untrained Audiences http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/daytons-untrained-audiences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daytons-untrained-audiences Miami Valley's Arts, Culture & News Weekly Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Leah Hawthorn http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/daytons-untrained-audiences/comment-page-1/#comment-25445 Leah Hawthorn Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:14:59 +0000 http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/?p=12124#comment-25445 Brian, thank you!! I once sat behind a woman, during a high-school play, and my granddaughter was the lead. Need I say more? I didn't want to miss one second of her lines or her solos. The woman in front of me pulled out her ipad -- yes, you heard me -- her ipad and started filming. Needless to say, I was blocked. Unthinkable, even at a high school event. It's still theatre. Brian, thank you!!

I once sat behind a woman, during a high-school play, and my granddaughter was the lead. Need I say more? I didn’t want to miss one second of her lines or her solos. The woman in front of me pulled out her ipad — yes, you heard me — her ipad and started filming. Needless to say, I was blocked. Unthinkable, even at a high school event. It’s still theatre.

]]> By: Michael http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/daytons-untrained-audiences/comment-page-1/#comment-25116 Michael Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:05:04 +0000 http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/?p=12124#comment-25116 Brian, Thank you for this article! It's only by believing that certain audience members are "untrained" can we actors feel that they are not out to get us! Once, during a performance, which was set in the 18th Century, a patron's phone began to ring as I entered the scene... it had one of those really irritating ring-tones. Not moments before, the same patron's phone had rung and she answered it! Completely flustered and "up" on my line, I merely stood there and stared at the patron for a moment... My co-star (and you know who she is) never missed a beat, seeing I was lost, said: "You'll have to excuse me, darling, I've this awful ringing in my ear..." Brian, Thank you for this article! It’s only by believing that certain audience members are “untrained” can we actors feel that they are not out to get us!
Once, during a performance, which was set in the 18th Century, a patron’s phone began to ring as I entered the scene… it had one of those really irritating ring-tones. Not moments before, the same patron’s phone had rung and she answered it!
Completely flustered and “up” on my line, I merely stood there and stared at the patron for a moment… My co-star (and you know who she is) never missed a beat, seeing I was lost, said: “You’ll have to excuse me, darling, I’ve this awful ringing in my ear…”

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