I was a weird mixture of nervous and excited for my rehearsal today. I had everything I wanted to do and say written down in my journal, but for some reason I still felt like we'd get into rehearsal and I wouldn't know what to say or do. Despite those nagging feelings, I went into rehearsal confident that, if all else failed, I could at least pretend that I knew I what I was doing.
However, once I got into rehearsal, all those feelings went away. We started by sitting down and talking a little bit about theme, character, and other technical stuff. After that, we read through the script sitting down, and we started and stopped when we needed to so that we could discuss any lines that they weren't sure how to approach or references they didn't understand. Then, we got up and I had them play a round of "I want you to have this..." and "I know you will...". Both of those games were great because it helped them to really begin to connect with each other, and pay attention to whether or not they were getting their points across. They both said it was pretty easy for them to get into it, and I really appreciated their enthusiasm. After that we played a quick round of "Yes, and...", but then I quickly stopped them and asked them to pretend to be siblings in a family therapy session and play "No, but...", which was tremendously helpful in the long run, because the characters they were portraying in that game were almost perfectly fitting for the roles of Ethan and Ainsley.
Once they were warmed up and a little more familiar with each other and the script, I had them go through the script once again, only this time I had them stand and try to connect movement with their words. They were both very willing to go for it, made strong (and good) choices, and I can tell already that this process will be a blast... for me, at least. I hope they had as much fun today as I did, and I can't wait until next Tuesday night.
No comments:
Post a Comment