Silence falls over the audience as the lights begin to dim. They are sitting there, anxiously waiting for the artists to come out. Finally, their wait is over and the play begins. Steve Martin wrote an interesting piece, Picasso au Lapin Agile. The play features the chance meeting of two historical men, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, both geniuses in their respective fields of science and art. Both geniuses believe that they will have a greater impact on man in the present and future than the other. The play features many comedic events while focusing on the impact individuals can have on history. All the characters were funny but insightful. Likewise, the actors themselves from Picasso to Lapin Agile were fun and intriguing. But what do we give the right to be an actor? Actors must be able to tell a story to an audience. In Theater, Robert Cohen argues that acting is a composite of an actor's ability to blend two concepts in which an actor must create a performance externally, first by imagining how his character should walk, talk and stand. behave, then imitating these imagined behaviors during the interpretation of the character. The second notion is that acting is created internally, focusing not on imitating behavior but actually experiencing it, and thus "living the role" while performing it (294). Each actor must follow certain criteria in order to be considered outstanding. First, they must be able to use their voice to its fullest potential. Their voice allows them to draw the audience in and make them hang on their every word. In addition, the actors must be charismatic. If the actors are charming, they can make the audience want to know more about them. The actors must also be animated. They can... middle of paper ... Freddy asked Einstein about mathematical questions. Even the rest of the cast was animated in one way or another. Derek Wojcik as Schmendiman, in particular, was very energetic. He jumped and made big gestures that made the audience recognize his presence even though he was not one of the main characters. Even though none of the actors spoke the same way, they all spoke appropriately for their characters. Since Gaston was an old man, it would make sense for Orr to be loud in order to get his opinions across to the other characters. Likewise, since Freddy was a bartender, Ayoub had the freedom to appear more reserved than the other characters. As Einstein, Bickley increased in intensity when talking about something he was passionate about and decreased in intensity when talking about something he was not passionate about. Overall, the whole package complemented each other.