Games: Ha-Ha- HIYAAA!
Moving the Space
-Stop & Drop
-Moving around while letting a body part influence you
-Very Slow, Slow, Normal, Fast, Very Fast
1,2,3 Animal
After playing for about 10-15 minutes, we moved onto our first run through of the week. For rehearsal space I chose the stairwell between the arts win and the theater backstage hallway; I figured that the small and intimate space would make a good space for my cast to work on listening and responding to each other, as well as making a good play place for them to experiment with physical choices and movement during the play. I specifically took note of Jonny, who, I realized, had a habit of , what almost seemed to be, putting on funny accents for every line.I hadn't noticed this too much last week, but, I figure, as he grew more comfortable with the script, he decided to have more fun with it. I endorse having fun with the play, but it was just too 5th grade humor. He might as well have "Hi, my name is Jonny and I'm here acting funny" written on his forehead. So, I told Jonny, flat out, that he had to quite it, "I cast Jonny Mangini, not his impersonations." I was worried that I had been a little to forceful with my feedback for Jonny. Fortunately, though, it got great results. Almost immediately I saw great feedback from Jonny, which led to a much more truth and hilarious dialogue in my cast for the 2nd runthrough.
After playing for about 10-15 minutes, we moved onto our first run through of the week. For rehearsal space I chose the stairwell between the arts win and the theater backstage hallway; I figured that the small and intimate space would make a good space for my cast to work on listening and responding to each other, as well as making a good play place for them to experiment with physical choices and movement during the play. I specifically took note of Jonny, who, I realized, had a habit of , what almost seemed to be, putting on funny accents for every line.I hadn't noticed this too much last week, but, I figure, as he grew more comfortable with the script, he decided to have more fun with it. I endorse having fun with the play, but it was just too 5th grade humor. He might as well have "Hi, my name is Jonny and I'm here acting funny" written on his forehead. So, I told Jonny, flat out, that he had to quite it, "I cast Jonny Mangini, not his impersonations." I was worried that I had been a little to forceful with my feedback for Jonny. Fortunately, though, it got great results. Almost immediately I saw great feedback from Jonny, which led to a much more truth and hilarious dialogue in my cast for the 2nd runthrough.
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