Hey IACTers!
          I’m just finishing my first full week of classes here at Dalhousie and my second week of living here! It’s been crazy but good! Theatre school is way harder than I ever could have imagined. In my Introduction to Theatre class, which is a writing course, I am currently reading a play called “The Witch of Edmonton” written by Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley in 1658. It’s like Shakespeare (kind of) only way harder and weirder. We are expected to read this play on our own with no help, then write an essay on it and then AFTER we write the essay they go over what it is about. It is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to read. My professor for that class is named Jure Gantor (pronounced Urry) and he is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met, and he actually taught Kate when she went to Dal! In this class there are about 4oo people!
              In my acting class there are only about 70 people. It’s a super cool class but it’s also very hard, but in a different way. Today we had to walk up to someone we had never met before (a boy or a girl) and have a conversation with no words as if we were just meeting for the first time ( which we were) and then as if we hated each other, if we were long lost friends, if we were boyfriend and girlfriend, and as if we used to be boyfriend and girlfriend but broke up. It was super awkward and hard not to laugh, but the teachers take it VERY seriously so if you do laugh they get pretty angry! After each acting class we have to write a journal about what we did that day and what we thought of it and how it affected us. We are also required to see all 4 of the Dalhousie Theatre Departments performances that are put on the by the third and fourth years. The play’s they are doing this year are “The Witch of Edmonton” (blaaah) “The Laramie Project” by Moises
Kaufman, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” by Bertolt Brecht and “Trelawney of the ‘Wells’”by Pinero.
    On top of those two courses I am also taking Spanish (Hola, Mi amigos!) European Modern History, and Natural Disasters. So when I come home on Thanksgiving I’ll be able to tell you guys all about mudslides that happened in Spain in the 16th century. ;)
    Even though school is a lot of difficult work it is a lot of fun. I have met a lot of really nice, cool people from all over the world such as: Florida, California, Bermuda and MONCTON!
    Even though I’m very busy and having fun, I miss everybody A LOT! I hope classes and rehearsals are going well! I will hopefully be updating this weekly so keep checking and reading!!
I love and miss you all!
-Robin