Today we began with a large group warm up. We warmed up with
Jillian’s, Joe’s and James’ casts. The first game we played was enemy
protector, which is always a favorite among large groups because it allows them
to run around with their peers in a scene of simulated chaos. Everyone did
well. We then played the number game, where everyone is sitting in a line and
assigned a number. Once someone else says someone’s number, the person whose
number was said has to then say another number that correlates to someone else
in rhythm. We made it a competition between casts. Unfortunately, mine didn’t
win…but it also didn’t come in last (#joe).
We
then parted ways and began to work. We started with running through the entire
piece on the sign that reads “Richardson-Mees Performing Arts Center” outside
of the Conant Gallery and tried to address all trouble spots. We then went into
the theatre and did a run-through of the piece for Joel. During the
run-through, they both made many grave errors regarding memorization for the
script. I hope that they will be completely memorized by our next rehearsal. I
hope that they act with a greater sense of urgency next time as well, since
that lacked.
Gib
made many strong choices…some of which were too strong. Maddie, on the other
hand, didn’t make enough choices…which is somewhat respective of their
characters, but too much so.
We
spent the rest of rehearsal walking around campus working on memorization while
holding the bar. We also worked on having Maddie convince people that she was
legitimately smoking a cigarette. The best moment happened when we walked
across the quad while Maddie was pretending to smoke. Everyone who was outside
became silent and just stared at the faux cigarette in Maddie’s hands. One
person was dribbling a basketball, and the basketball fell to ground in shock
as he watched Maddie pretend to smoke. Overall, it was a productive rehearsal,
but we still have a long way to go!
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