Tonight was Opening Night and it was weird. At least it felt weird to me. But after the insanity that was our final dress performance, I suppose that it turned out pretty well.
Last night, just before the end of Act 1, one of my cast mates slipped and hurt his back pretty bad. Then there were a crapload of costume malfunctions. I totally forgot to remove a table. Woops…tee hee. There were missed light cues due to the fall. A scene was cut and we had to change the order of one of the scenes.
So now that we’ve come to showtime things are getting back on track. I felt like there was a scattered energy throughout Act 1. It seemed like there were a lot of extra pauses that we’ve never had before. Then came intermission which seemed to last FOREVER. Finally when the audience came back in and Act 2 got under way. This time the focus was there and it totally just zoomed by.
Great job to my fellow cast mates, you are amazing!!
And a special note to Ms. Melinna: Gurl my friends loved you!
We did an actual run through of Act 1 today, and I was very nervous, because I am not off book as well as I would like to be. So during the scenes I was off stage, I would study the pages in a panicked fury. I think I did alright, but I think I am infused my “villain” with a little too much of the character of Igor. Well, crap!
Elisa says it’s good thing, because it shows that only the most “defective” of people would befriend our main villain. I am just hoping that it doesn’t come off like a big caricature. I want the guy to be slithery and dirty, but still have a touch of humanity.
I was a wee bit excited because some of the people say that my Spanish is getting a lot better.
The run through itself was great to finally do. It’s nice to get an idea of consistency. The musicians of the play were creating a score on the spot. I definitely found that the music added to the overall feel of the play. There was one problem with having the musicians in the rehearsal hall. That little problem has to do with echo. As the music is being figured out, they play at a volume that is much louder than the scene that’s being performed. It occasionally made it difficult to focus on the scene at hand.
The great thing that came out of the run through is that there are some gaps that I had from having to work during some of the rehearsal times.
We have tomorrow night off, so you can surely bet that I will be studying my script.
Woe is me…Ah, Shakespeare! Never in theatre have truer words been written.
The cast ran through act 1 this evening. We had use of the sets and some of the props. For the most part things moved along. We did stop to fix a few issues like getting the cast to help with some of the set pieces during the changes. The spacing NEEDS to be addressed, but when I tried to do it on Sunday, there were so many people missing that I don’t know if it was worth the time. The good thing is that Bill said that if there is anything that needs to be fixed, I can stop and address the issue. I had no idea that I was allowed to do that. I guess I was just under the impression that only the director had that authority. When I worked for AMT, I never saw the choreographer stop the scene. Now that I have that juicy bit of knowledge, I think I’ll be good to go.
The set changes were slow, and they take up SO much room that the wings have no room for the cast when they have to make the 3 second (seriously, it’s 3 seconds) quick costume change. I am excited that Bill liked my idea of repurposing some costumes from West Side Story to give to Charity, Helene, and Nicki, I just hope the costumer isn’t too upset that I brought this up and tried to fix a missing piece of the puzzle.
I feel that at this point, my head is going to burst and a mixture of Skittles, thumb tacks, and erasers will come pouring down like confetti. I know it’s not my job to get them to rehearse on their own time. I’ve worked for theatre companies before, and the cast usually find their own time to get the steps down. Then again, I do feel that I have to do everything that I can to make the show the best that it can be. So I’ve decided to open the rehearsal hall early everyday this week, and possibly next week if we can’t be in the theatre.
I tell you what, friends, this is going to be the longest tech week EVER.
I am so bummed because there was a piece of audio that I really wanted to bring to you, but I experienced user issues. Yeah, like I turned on the digital recorder, but not the actual mic. Ha, here I am talking about details, and yet, I can’t even pay attention to my own details. So that will be my note to myself. Turn on your microphone, Jery.
Woe is me…Ah, Shakespeare! Never in theatre have truer words been written.
The cast ran through act 1 this evening. We had use of the sets and some of the props. For the most part things moved along. We did stop to fix a few issues like getting the cast to help with some of the set pieces during the changes. The spacing NEEDS to be addressed, but when I tried to do it on Sunday, there were so many people missing that I don’t know if it was worth the time. The good thing is that Bill said that if there is anything that needs to be fixed, I can stop and address the issue. I had no idea that I was allowed to do that. I guess I was just under the impression that only the director had that authority. When I worked for AMT, I never saw the choreographer stop the scene. Now that I have that juicy bit of knowledge, I think I’ll be good to go.
The set changes were slow, and they take up SO much room that the wings have no room for the cast when they have to make the 3 second (seriously, it’s 3 seconds) quick costume change. I am excited that Bill liked my idea of repurposing some costumes from West Side Story to give to Charity, Helene, and Nicki, I just hope the costumer isn’t too upset that I brought this up and tried to fix a missing piece of the puzzle.
I feel that at this point, my head is going to burst and a mixture of Skittles, thumb tacks, and erasers will come pouring down like confetti. I know it’s not my job to get them to rehearse on their own time. I’ve worked for theatre companies before, and the cast usually find their own time to get the steps down. Then again, I do feel that I have to do everything that I can to make the show the best that it can be. So I’ve decided to open the rehearsal hall early everyday this week, and possibly next week if we can’t be in the theatre.
I tell you what, friends, this is going to be the longest tech week EVER.
I am so bummed because there was a piece of audio that I really wanted to bring to you, but I experienced user issues. Yeah, like I turned on the digital recorder, but not the actual mic. Ha, here I am talking about details, and yet, I can’t even pay attention to my own details. So that will be my note to myself. Turn on your microphone, Jery.
The Actorvist 