Today we
finished staging the play and did a full run through of the play. Very exciting stuff. This is the way these past rehearsals
have worked: we would all convene in the theater, we would work through some
moments in order, and then we would run the moments in sequence without
stopping. Andy would end the
rehearsal by giving the actors some notes. Andy and I would meet after rehearsal ended to go over any
script editing or rewriting we needed to do before the next rehearsal. What I mean by “work through” is Andy
would give us actors our general movements on stage and then he would ask us
some questions about our character: what do we want in the scene, how are we
getting what we want, what are the logical steps of the argument we are
advancing. While these characters
are based on real people, they are and are not those people. By that I mean that when you put a real
person on stage you flatten them out by not including a lot of the complexities
of a real human being, but you also exaggerate certain aspects of who they are
so they can conflict with other characters. As the person who did all the interviews and knows these
people (to varying degrees) in real life, it has been interesting and
entertaining to see when the onstage character the actor is creating differs
from the person in real life and when there are similarities. We have a much needed day off tomorrow
and then jump into our last week of rehearsals before we add all the technical
elements to the show. Andy and I will make final edits to the script and on
Sunday, we will distribute a final full copy of the script to all actors and
designers. Next week we will go
deeper into the physicality of our characters and get more specific about the
choices we make as actors in each moment.
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