In the summer, I took a multi-literacies class. We were assigned a project where we had to teach a concept through a creative way, such as a poem, a storybook, a painting or a song. I decided to teach the concept of acting objects through a song. Here are the lyrics that I came up with:

“Audition” 

By: Jessica Van Elk 

Sitting in the green room

Reading this script for my big audition

Trying to find my character’s position

As I analyze this text

I just gotta know what she wants

To get this role next

Think back to that acting class

What you learned and how you got

That objective that made you fought

Through that entire scene

That gave strong emotion

to speak to where she had been

Then, first things first to find

What’s her fight and how she’s blind

What’s getting in her way

what she needs to make them sway

Make it an action word

So she can make herself heard

I need to read the subtext

Make the most of what she says

To impress, to dominate,

To win her, to convince

So that she could make her stance

In order to get that chance

 An objective gives the actor life

Drives the want and causes strife

As she frets upon the stage

Making every action go

Giving meaning to the page

Well at least I’m on my way

I’ve got some verbs

And a reason to stay

And now I’ve got to choose

To commit and learn all my cues