“Not anyone on stage, no. But sometimes, if the people who offstage get too loud, he’ll kinda look over his shoulder and say, in a kinda big voice, “People offstage need to be quiet.” It’s like he’s reminding them that they’re supposed to take things seriously, while at the same time having some fun with it.”
Mr. Faust has expectations for his students, and as long as people follow those expectations, he’s a goofball with no objections to some fun. He makes jokes with the students and laughs …show more content…
Other people were pacing as well, but Dan stood out. He kept taking his soft brown leather looking jacket and flipping it inside out so the fluffy interior was on the outside. We watched him pace; he had a wooden, faded silver sword and it swayed in his hand as he took his jacket on and off repetitively. At one point he smelled his jacket for no apparent reason. His fidgeting was arrested when it became his turn to act. Bailey and Mr. Faust asked him to pause, and teased him “Each time you run your lines you keep saying them faster and faster.” Bailey even said she wrote about it in her notes and Dan, with a big grin and laugh yelled, “Really?? You wrote it in your notes?” In the play, Dan plays Bottom who later gets turned into a donkey that Madeline falls in love with because she was tricked. Somebody brought out an origami donkey head for him to wear, and told everyone, “This is a prototype, be careful, don’t purposely destroy it but if it gets ruined it’s not a big deal.” Dan proceeded to put the donkey head on, and passionately and effectively recited his lines. Bailey described Dan to us in an