Stage fright (please help asap!)?

Question:i get very nervous in front of a crowd of people, like at my school even in front of my class (15 people) i still get nervous. i can't help it but i feel like what i am doing is weird or i will sound weird. in one of my lessons we got to be in groups and do a short role play on christmas and i was with one of my best friends and a friend. We decided to be funny hippies and be out of tune on purpose and when it was time to do it we ran out of the lesson time so my group are the only group who haven't done it yet and i am having second thoughts about it all. please help!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i get very nervous in front of a crowd of people, like at my school even in front of my class (15 people) i still get nervous. i can't help it but i feel like what i am doing is weird or i will sound weird. in one of my lessons we got to be in groups and do a short role play on christmas and i was with one of my best friends and a friend. We decided to be funny hippies and be out of tune on purpose and when it was time to do it we ran out of the lesson time so my group are the only group who haven't done it yet and i am having second thoughts about it all. please help!

i know how you feel.when i first had to play violin in front of 50 people,I just wanted to run away.Don't be afraid!You have to be sure in your acting abilities.If you are good in front of your friends,just picture that they are the only ones there.

Okay well stage fright is sooo common! so don't feel like you're the only one.
If you're trying to do a funny scene, then everyone will be laughing at the scene. So laugh too!!
Laughing is like a cure for scenes with comedy in front of a class.

Also before you go up. Take deeep breaths. In through the nose, hold it, out through the mouth. you will feel soo much better!

Just go up there and have a fun time with your friends. It's only for fun so just laugh!

Good Luck!

Sometimes stage fright can be a good thing. You can use that fear to your benefit! I've been doing theatre since I was a toddler, so I've never really experienced stage fright the way you're describing. However, when I do get nervous, I use those nerves to keep me on track when I'm performing. If you're too confident on stage, you'll quite easily mess up. But you don't want to be a nervous wreck, either!
So how do you find that happy medium?
Honestly, it's going to take time. The more you're on stage, the less scared you'll be each time. You've just got to face your fear and get up there! You're doing something with school, right? Well really, everyone else has to do the same thing you're doing. You aren't alone. Your friends will be a very accepting audience, I'm sure.
Just don't give up!
Don't second-guess yourself.
You'll be great, and even if you mess up life will go on. We all get nervous and we all screw up, so you're not alone.
Good luck!

Look Everyone gets nervous at some point, first time i ever done a production i got so nervous that i thought about going, but look i am sure you are great and everyone will think so. If u do get up there and they last just think to yourself, at least i can get up there and do that. Im sure you will do great, and in time once you have done performances then your stage fright will turn to an adrenaline rush when you get people clapping for you. Hope this Helps

Do you have a teacher you could talk to in confidence about this? A drama teacher would be ideal.

A decent drama teacher should be able to help you with strategies around breathing, preparation and helping you to step out of your self consciousness to free yourself up to be your usual funny self.

go ahead! its okay to be nervous! I do the same thing...i perform in my school's plays and am so nervous! i get nervous only during rehearsels when nobody is even watching us (how lame). But, when ur doing comedy...which is mostly what we do.....ur audience is gonna give you real feedback like laughs....this will empower you! this will tell you ur doing great! when you hear the first laugh come from somebody who is watching, all ur butterflies will disappear. It always helps for me.
Good Luck!

i know exacly what you mean. dont worry about it.
Just remember that you are not the only one on that stage now, and the only one ever.
When you need to do something, just do it! Push all anguish aside and get yourself to perform and get it over and doen with.
Im in a small group, with one good friend and 2 boy-friends (one whom i like) and we need to do a drama thing infront of them and i am nervous HE will judge, not the mean girls!

Whatever you do -do it seriously, if you laught at yourself it gives them an advantage to laugh at you too. LAUGH WHEN YOU FINISH, cause it also breaks concentration widway through a perfomrance.

Dont run away, cause then you need to do it later by yourselfs, while before the others have done it aswel, (Heres my secret, when we need to perfom i always chose to go 3rd why? because 1st everyone looks at and picks out what theyve done, sencond you learn from their mistakes and know how the 'performance goes', and by third people are used to it) Sound weird but its true!!

BASICALLY- always do your best, if you feel nervous, take deep breathes and to release nerves squeeze your thumb ect.. Just do it and have fun, at the end of the day, no-one will remeber if you messed up!

GOOD LUCK!!
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