Expert: John T. Aney - 10/4/2006

Question
hi mr John my name is marielle abi jaoude im from lebanon i just moved to the states 2 weeks ago i was in a french school i know that my english sound weird and this is my 2sd year of english  but im shy to ask my teacher about that because im afraid that my friends in class will laugh. he asked me to prepare a play and to act by myself in front of my friends i love acting and i know the techniques but i cant act i dont know why i feel like im stupid in front of them and im so afraid and the most important thing is that i cant find a scene to memories and to prepare it i beg u to help me cuz im not able to find a scene or to do it by myslef looking forwadr hearing form u best regards ....MARIELLE AJ  

Answer
First of all, Marielle, welcome to the United States.  I hope you will find mostly kind, friendly people here.

I'd like to help you more, but I need to know more about your assignment. Does your teacher want you to memorize a monologue (a speech without others on stage)?  What class is this for? What grade are you in?

Please, don't feel stupid.  Did you do any acting in Lebanon? Could you find a speech or scene in Arabic?  Acting is about being a real person onstage.  It doesn't matter what language it's in.  Unless this is for an English class, of course.

Let me help you.  Send me more information about yourself, the class you are in, what you are being asked to do, and so on.  Write to me at johnaney@gmail.com and I will do my best to help you.

Regards,

jta