We had our second rehearsal last night. We started with playing the game J'ACCUSE to practice building up tension in a life or death situation. We then proceeded to move through the first scene of the one act. I was very impressed by the ability of my cast to make strong decisions on their own. I told them to go through the scene always having three people sitting and two people standing. My cast is growing used to being on stage, but not being in the spotlight. Everyone is on stage for the beginning of the show, but there are lots of little conversations that break out. I worked with how the characters react to one another, and how they interact with each other based on their characters. I had them walk in circles with their conversation partners, and I also had them cross the stage a lot just to see how different things looked. We need to always stay focussed on what the main focus of the scene is. We also need to work on having a strong understanding of where you can look. There are three audiences around the stage. They were getting much better at this as the rehearsal went on, always standing either forward or at diagonals to the corners of the audience. I look forward to our next rehearsal!
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