Nicholas Guarracino
I did my first off-book, and it didn't suck!
Lets start off from the top. I'm trying to get my actors in a mood to be playful without breaking. That is a problem I've been having with them. I might give a comment ,or there might have been a mistake, and they feel the need to make a comment or remark. It's like "The Sparrow", except I have become Joel.That man mus have the patience of an angel.
We moved in the space before tongue twisters, and did a run through. The first run through, on book, was OK. They din't move in the space enough, and as such didn't present themselves to enough of the audience. So I did some diagonal work with them, some movement work, some character work, etc. The idea was to improve their ability to present their characters.
And then I gave them a surprise off-book run. And to be honest, I didn't expect as much from them as they gave. They told me they only had half their lines. They only asked for lines a handful of times. And they got the majority of their ques right! It's almost like this whole "rehearsal" thing actually works,and when I ask them to "memorize their lines", they actually put in the effort to memorize lines!
Am I worried? Yes! Hell Yes! It's essentially March, which means I have two weeks left. But I'm hopeful. If I can get my props in to them by next week, and get us back on the stage, then we will have one Hell of a play. Knock on wood for my optimism, but I don't think the play will suck.
Much.
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