To allay any fears, I haven't spent the last few days obsessing. I've actually been completely focused on rehearsals.
And hoo boy, last night's was a doozy. We hadn't run the end of Act I since we finished blocking it the first time around. The first time around it was a little too loud, chaotic and confusing, but highly rambunctious. It was what I thought the end of the act should be... High Energy. But what I did last night was pull the actors back, further and further. Until the last scene became less about the acutes being excited about an imaginary baseball game, and more about a soft, quiet protest against Nurse Ratched. And that makes Nurse Ratched flipping out all the more dramatic and effective.
I can't wait to see how this helps Sarah, the actor playing Nurse Ratched, to land her big monologue in Act II next time we run it. Last night was a big rehearsal all around.
Now... lets have some more rehearsals like that and I know we'll be ready for our opening night: March 14th.
Comments?
And hoo boy, last night's was a doozy. We hadn't run the end of Act I since we finished blocking it the first time around. The first time around it was a little too loud, chaotic and confusing, but highly rambunctious. It was what I thought the end of the act should be... High Energy. But what I did last night was pull the actors back, further and further. Until the last scene became less about the acutes being excited about an imaginary baseball game, and more about a soft, quiet protest against Nurse Ratched. And that makes Nurse Ratched flipping out all the more dramatic and effective.
I can't wait to see how this helps Sarah, the actor playing Nurse Ratched, to land her big monologue in Act II next time we run it. Last night was a big rehearsal all around.
Now... lets have some more rehearsals like that and I know we'll be ready for our opening night: March 14th.
Comments?
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