Rehearsal 3
Today I had the cast really dig in to what its like being on stage. Started rehearsal by warming up and playing a couple improv games. Katelyn and Frank seem to be really enthusiastic about being in the spotlight during these games and it is apparent that they are already building a strong relationship that will prove to be essential if this play is to go on.
At first, both Frank and Katelyn seemed to be struggling with doing improv on stage. Frank could not take himself seriously and so Katelyn was not able to stay in it either. After seeing this I made Frank try again and told him to take himself seriously, even if he is making a weird and funny choice. after a good ten or so minutes of trying to get the two to improv together they came out with something really fun and enjoyable to watch.
After this we ran through the script again to continue familiarizing them with their scripts.
Rehearsal 4
Today we warmed up with the other cast members. This was probably one of the most active and fun warm ups we have had. Unfortunately, however, Frank did not come until after the other casts had left. For Frank's sake we played the same improv game as last time to get them both to be more comfortable on stage.
After warming both of them up we then started working on lines. Instead of running through the script again, we had a discussion about each character to help Frank and Katelyn figure out for themselves who their characters are. This discussion spurred on many questions and realizations and was overall the most helpful exercise we have done yet.
No comments:
Post a Comment