Because You Are Alive

So the audience had a particular role in the development of the scenes and in watching the performance. For starters, the actors on stage are performing for the sole purpose of entertaining the audience, so it is only fitting that the audience maintain their energy in the direction of the actors. It's a very reciprocal relationship!

So while the attentive audience helps the masks keep up their high energy, they also are responsible for letting the masks know when they've made a mistake. And they do this to remind the actors behind the mask that they are alive. Of course we make mistakes: We Are Alive! If we never messed up we would just be robots going through the actions, and what fun is that!? And we would not be destructive about it, instead, we would literally applaud the actor for making mistakes and reminding us that he/she is alive!

Applause would be instigated if any of the following things happened: if the mask was not looking at the audience when he/she committed an action. When the mask did not look where they were walking. When the mask did not respond to my questions on the third second. Not one/two/or four, but on the third second.

As we have seen, the audience is integral in the formation of a good character or scene!

Here are some pic of the audience!