4/16 John and Emily

Today we started rehearsal with a few improv exercises. The first the actors could only say John, Emily and What. I gave them situations and made them go through different heightened situations and gave them goals to complete. This allowed Katelyn and Brendan to play around with how they said the woods I gave them they also pulled influence from the script into their performance and really worked well together.

Next I had Katelyn try to tell me a story and Brendan had to correct Katelyn's mistakes in the story. This was fast paced and had them topping in on each other. It created great chemistry and they really got into it. This was exciting to watch and I think set them up for our run through.
Then we ran through the scene from the beginning to where we had left off. I was pleasantly surprised when they did not go back to the habits and mistakes the original made the first run through. Today Katelyn and Brendan really got into their characters and I saw a lot more chemistry between the two. We worked a few more scene-lefts and began blocking the movement part of the script. This challenged both me and the actors when dealing with the three sided audience and having their actions seem natural.

Overall it was a good effort today in rehearsal and now I know how I want my future rehearsals to go. I think my actors have gotten comfortable enough that I am going to push them to make bigger choices and connect with each other next time. I really want to finish the show next time and perhaps have a rehearsal with each of them individually.