The most enjoyable part of the live reading for me was whenever the actors were playing different characters. It was very amusing to see the same person be someone else. At first, I really had thought that there were multiple actors until I realized later on in the play, when I noticed that the two characters had distinct voices. The least enjoyable part of the live reading was when sometimes I couldn’t understand what the actors were saying because they were saying their lines in a tone to match their characters and I couldn’t conprehend it well.
The ways in which seeing the characters portrayed on stage enhance my perception of them compared to when I read them was that while reading the writing, I had to visualize and make up the scenes that were happening in the play, but when I saw it in person, I didn’t’ have to visualize the characters and the scenes. Since I didn’t have to visualize any scenes while watching the play, it made me more engaged while watching it. Also, since the actors were also speaking in tones that matched the characters they were playing, the play became more realistic. To put it in contrast, reading the play felt like watching the play in a black and white tv screen while watching it felt like watching it on a colored tv.