I had my first rehearsal this week on Tuesday. Morgan, Kelly, Nick, Jonny and I all got together to read through the script. We did not start putting the show on its feet yet because I believe that the language of the piece is what is most important. I want my actors to be very familiar with all the words that they are saying.
I started out the meeting with just giving a brief synopsis about what happened in Stuebenville, Ohio. For any readers that do not know the story here is a link to the first article released about the crime.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/sports/high-school-football-rape-case-unfolds-online-and-divides-steubenville-ohio.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
After reading the piece everyone had a lot of questions about the piece and how we as a group are going to stage and preform it as there is no actual interactions between the actors in the show. I like that they asked me this and I hope that they are thinking about ideas as well. One of the main things I said to them was that this is going to be a group effort and I am open to any thoughts on the script, staging and anything they can think of.
My next rehearsal is tomorrow and I am really excited to start doing some warmups and getting the group to work together!
Adios
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