Mort Škerenčák

Žilina, Slovakia - Other World

Mort Škerenčák

Žilina, Slovakia - Other World

Ever since my childhood I desired becoming an actress. It was always my dream, because I am one of those lucky people, who are born as theater kids. My mother as the backstage manager of the local theater showed me the magic of the backstage and the secrets hidden behind the curtains stole my heart. It was only the beginning , later I realised that being an actor is not always so easy, but still I am willing to take the risk, I devoted my heart to it and I won't give up easily. I became a part of the theater and theater became a part of me.

The ability to observe taught me how to learn by watching the play without actively participating. I collected actor tricks and afterwards applied them in my own roles. Watching all those performances across the years I also learned to think criticaly and know what I like. Considering the fact that my mother doesn´t work in the artistic part of the theater company, I also learned a lot about the backstage workers including the matter of lightening, sound and make-up.

My devotion to theater is also shown in a secondary-level work which I wrote two years ago. It talks about the rehearsal period in the horizont of the standard six weeks. This work also served to create an amateur theater school company which I am one of the former members of. As the practical part of my work I made the work experience as an assistant in a theater summer camp where I watched over the process of creating the show. The head lectors followed the order of parts of the rehearsal period as it´s written in my work. This experience was enriching, satisfying and very enjoyable.

The most recent experience related to Drama is the offer to write the screenplay for the 15th anniversary of my school and this screenplay was applied as well as I was cast for one of the main roles which means a big responsibility for me as not only the author, but also the actor. Other things I love doing in my free time is playing piano, I also absolved two years of ballet training, I speak six languages and I read a lot.

The emotion of performing in the language which is not my native is very different, but at this point it´s the breathtaking part of acting.

It´s about living lives of someone else, lives of the heros who we all know and admire and still be myself.

Other evening, other character, other life.

  • Work
    • Student of French
  • Education
    • Bilingual high school - French