DAY ELEVEN
A dance party turned warm up turned rehearsal (it's sorta becoming the norm around here.) With character interviews behind us, today's rehearsal took a new turn. First, the ensemble had been assigned to write two sentences each, answering:
- What is this play about from your (actor's) point of view?
- What is this play about from your character's point of view?
This is clearly a pretty daunting task considering they only have one sentence to condense everyone's ideas into their own words but our actors were up for the challenge. Today, the ensemble was divided into three groups of six who compiled their individual sentences into one. These three views of our show were then analyzed, by the entire ensemble, and the most reoccurring words and specific themes were noted. This is a major dramaturgical step for the production and will push us forward into our rehearsals.
After a short break and vocal warm up, it was time to get back into mask work. Our set has started to take shape and a tentative ground plan has been established. Director Kali Quinn is having the rehearsal exercises start to take place in terms of this ground plan to see what works and what doesn't. It also a chance for discoveries to be made by the actors.
The evening ended with a long discussion of the themes and concepts that we have been exploring. We are still in the exploratory phase of our piece, but are starting really make strong directional choices in terms of the story we are creating.
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