Powerpoint Study Lines for “Catch Me if You Can” – Daniel Corban
If you’re trying to memorize lines for a stage production called Catch Me if You Can by Weinstock and Gilbert (not the movie), boy, have you come to the right place. For everyone else, there’s nothing to see here. Mosey along now.
I’ve posted three powerpoint slides of all of the lines of Daniel Corban in the play, alternated with the “lead-in line” that prompts your line. If you view these in slideshow mode, they’re all animated. You can rehearse your line, click next and see if you got it right. For longer pieces, they’re broken into chunks so you can’t cheat. I found it to be a very easy way to memorize the lines… after I typed them all in. Here they are (right click to download): Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3. I hope this helps with your memorization.
If you’re playing Inspector Levine, Elizabeth Corban, Father Kelleher or one of the other characters, it’s still probably worth a look. Your lines are partially in here.
Hey, wait a minute. YOU aren’t playing Daniel Corban. You’ve never even heard of the play. What are you doing reading this? Oh. You just can’t believe I typed in all these lines. Fair enough.
Some other things, while we’re on the topic:
- I’m surprised how focused and obsessive I can get when I’m in a community theatre play. It’s a ton of effort, but I get more energy from doing it than it takes from me. It offers the most consistent feeling of being in “the zone” as anything I’ve ever done.
- The creation of these slides took a while, but even typing them helped me memorize. This character has the most lines in the play. Despite that, I had mine down pat well before many of my cast members. When it comes down to it though, I don’t know whether to credit the tool or a mild form of OCD.
- I’m curious to see if providing something extremely obscure but valuable will find a user. This is The Long Tail in action.
These powerpoints are free for you to use, modify, share… whatever you want. I only ask one thing. If you do actually use them, please let me know, for my own curiosity.
If you’ve created similar slides for a play you were in and would like to make them available, I’d be happy to post them.
