Notes
Sky -
Good facial expressions during “I Have a Dream”
Make “I love you” (91) bigger, very energized
Sophie -
Make “I Have a Dream” more about Sky; ‘I have a dream with you’
Open up your stance and slow down your lines, especially on “I know you never wanted all this” (91)
Make a bigger deal of “get at the world” (91)
Manage space during fight with Donna (56); open up; cheat out
Donna -
Good take on “I haven’t got a clue what’s going on!” (91)
Huff to start off “SOS” was too soft - needs to be precise
Cheat out
Manage space during fight with Sophie (56); open up; again, cheat out
Pay attention to posture - maintain tension
Sam -
Huff to start off “SOS” was too soft - needs to be precise
Maintain tension with Donna, physicalize it
Harry -
Don’t fidget so much, especially during “all kinds of families” (90); focus movements
Groomsmen (Eddie, Pepper, Nikos) -
Move to Platform 3 for “I Have a Dream”
Dynamos -
Hug corner of Platform 3 during “I Have a Dream” to make space for groomsmen
Ensemble -
Maintain a high level of energy while onstage; be excited about/engaged with everything; you always have a firm point of view
Everyone -
Visualize personal dream during “I Have a Dream”
Make Voulez Vous exciting - strong finish to Act 1
Make full, precise choices; specificity of words and actions is extremely important - provides a clean, clear message
Give purpose to every song, make strength of emotions clear
Cheat out! Open up!
(Music) Review “Name of the Game”
(Music) Pay attention to cut-offs in “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”
(Music) Agree on cut-offs in “Chiquitita”; listen to each other; work together
(Music) Keep up vocal support during dance-heavy numbers
(Music) Practice and review all music
Line Notes
I spent yesterday’s run taking notes on line accuracy and want to make sure that everyone is clear on the process we will use to review these notes.
On Sunday there will be a script on the piano in room 108. The script will be filled with a (very large) number of different colored sticky notes. Each color corresponds to a group of people who tend to be in the same scenes (There will be a key so you can figure out which color you are). Each note is placed on a line that was mistaken during yesterday’s run. I have marked any time a line was skipped, stumbled over, said incorrectly, or an actor called ‘line’. During whatever downtime you may have at rehearsal, speaking characters need to go to the script, flip to your color, find your mistake, make some sort of note to yourself to practice that line, and initial at the bottom of every page on the script where a mistake of yours was noted. These initials let me know that you have actually gone through and done your part to improve your knowledge of your lines. I will check to make sure this is done.
*Everyone with lines should check for line notes. There is at least one on every page with dialogue after scene one*
In the future, this script will be left on the piano during the school day so you can check for line notes before rehearsal, at lunch, or during tutor time.
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-Raven
