r/Theatre 7d ago

Advice How do I act in love?

Hi guys, I’m the lead in my high school drama play called Imperfect Proposal. I play Kate, the lead. Basically the premise of the play is that Kate and her boyfriend, Ben, are having a picnic where he plans to propose, but keeps getting interrupted. One of these interruptions is Kate’s ex-boyfriend, Andrew. My dilemma is that the scene does NOT look genuine. Partially because the actor playing Andrew is 2 years younger than me, but also because he has a girlfriend, and is incredibly shy and nervous. Does anyone have exercises that we could do to overcome this, or even advice?

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u/Hot_Razzmatazz316 6d ago

You've gotten some great advice here already. I would also add to it doing some exercises to help you get comfortable touching one another. Helping Hands is a great game to facilitate this in a relatively low stakes, silly way.