FLSB take 4

On tuesday night, we had our fourth rehearsal.  We began rehearsal with James's cast and played zip, HA HAYA, and bada bada.  I focussed on making sure my cast stays energetioc.  They were tired, so I wanted them to warm up with games that would energize them.  We then ran through the first scene, the one we rehearsed the last time we met. They remembered most of it, but there was still some parts that were confusing.  I stressed that they need to bring a pencil tto every rehearsal in order to write down all of their stage directions.  They need to memorize movemnent just as much as lines.  One thing I need to wrok on as a director is the staging.  I need to consider the three quarter round stage in more of the staging.  I have been focussing on the diagonals, but I still have to fix some parts.  For example, throughout the show I have a long seat in the back of the stage facing the center audience.  I am going to change this seat to one facing one corner, the middle seat facing forward, and the next seat facing the other diagonal.  The actors need to work on their showing of high stakes.  They were too calm, focussing on their words to make sense more than add to the feel of the show.  This show requires a certain type of over the top acting in order to have the show work.  They had this more when we first began rehearsals, but now they are letting themselves become more "everyday" actors (not over the top).  The staging is coming together nicely, but we still have a lot of specifics to work out.