I still
wasn’t feeling well in rehearsal tonight, but I thought we had a productive
rehearsal. We are starting to get
the timing right in between moments so that someone is always setting up and we
are thinking ahead so we can work on as many moments as we can. We all help each other out and because
of that the transitions are getting smoother.
We started
with Morning Announcements and then moved on to our prepared moments. Sam’s testing moment had me with a big cardstock
white oval for a head. We’re
getting six white ones and six grey ones made and might do a standardized
testing dance number. Anything is
possible. My moment had text about
a high school metal class where I built a metal grate for an organization whose
grate was broken. I also had
someone on a ladder dropping ovals on someone else in a desk taking a
test. One of the cast members felt
the moment was paternalistic.
While I disagreed, Andy made a good point that the stuff we are talking
about in this play is so politically charged. Audience members will be coming to the theater will very
strong opinions and we need to be aware of that, but being aware doesn’t mean
shying away from controversial issues.
Meesh had a lovely moment where she was a burlesque-ish clown that
filled in an oval on one chalkboard and painted on another to some fun Italian
music. One of my favorite parts
was the first time she painted; it was a total surprise. Without thinking about it, I was
clapping enthusiastically – a theater magic moment. We worked a bit with discovering the physicality of the LA
Times reporters: how to make them a team.
We finished rehearsal by working on some text moments that Andy had
brought in.
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