3.15.12 - Rehearsal 11

For the first three hours of rehearsal, we worked out the logistics of the showing.  We had about 12 moments layered and sequenced with some transition moments in between.  We had to figure out who did what when and where.  The six of us had to do everything on stage: act, move set pieces, change costumes, bring in the curtain, bring in the scrim, etc.  Madison was on lights and, with the help of Kathy, expertly wrote some cues to make things look good up on stage.  The last hour we performed the little piece for Kathy, Jenney, Brooke, and Andy.

While I didn’t see it, the showing felt great.  I don’t know how the piece we performed will fit into the larger play, but it was successful for what it was.  I was surprised by how quickly we were able to put it all together, but then realized that we were able to do it quickly because of the snowball effect of Moment Work.  We have been developing a similar language and working on what would end up in the showing little by little for a few weeks now.  As we have worked, we have all picked up small things along the way and we work well together and we are all working in the same world.  The process allowed us to relatively quickly throw something together and have it be something worthwhile.

We now take a week break from rehearsals because of Spring Break.  But Andy and I will be working a lot on the script, the narrative, the vision of the piece; and the actors will be memorizing text that we already know will be end up in the final piece in some fashion.  We will be writing new moments and strengthening old ones; we will be making character arcs; we will be thinking about what we have and what holes we have; we will be thinking more about how characters talk to each other and the message we want to say with the play.