-Find your authority! Due to the lack of sufficient time in the Blackbox you must keep your actors focused. Please control your cast both on and off the "stage". Sometimes you have to be the nagging teacher that you never liked.
-Watch your language! The actors will follow your lead!
-Respect other director's rehearsals. Do not be loud in the Blackbox or bring your actors in early.
-I know the first day puts lot on your plate, but for future rehearsals, please be more organized. Please have a game plan and have something for the actors to do (especially the extras)
-Speak to everyone in the cast when you are making announcements.
3:15 Warm Up
3:30- 4:05 Group 1
4:10-4:45 Group 2
4:50-5:25 Group 3
-Watch the actors blocking! Some of them may not know anything about theater (that is meant with not offensive)
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I think today went well.
ReplyDeleteI did not have blackbox time..but I met with James, Sasha, and Charlie to go over some characterization stuff and asked if they had any questions. I made a schedule based around all of your time in the blackbox so I could meet with those three. So hopefully, there will be no conflicts !
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ReplyDeleteToday went very well. The directors that used the Blackbox did a very good job of watching their time and utilizing it to the fullest. GREAT JOB!
I'll be working on a print out copy of the schedule this evening. Don't worry! I was nervous today and I'm nervous for tomorrow and the next day. But...I am at this point going through my script and trying to block it in my head without actors. Because I'll get flustered when it's go-time. I'm having a tough time figuring out the best way to use hallway time, though. Having Ali with a tight schedule, Luke with golf (working most on his own), and dispersed extras, its hard to find the best way to make use of that time. Hopefully I can figure things to do when I have one on one time with Ali and/or Luke. As for read throughs and hallway blocking--that's beyond me!
ReplyDeleteToday was really dope. We both blocked the entire show and then ran through the entire thing! And Jameson, much to your relief, I believe I have successfully snubbed the rumor regarding you know how about a certain "sucking" of a specific sort. Though need not worry young Jameson, tis dead like the very knocker on my door!
ReplyDeletehaha today was very important for me as a director, i met with my actors when they could, and it was very good... haha no, but i've basically blocked all my play without the actors so tomorrow in the black box, i should be able to do a lot of work. i missed everyone today, but good new I like Albright's theater and they do four shows a year... EXCITED
ReplyDeleteI would like to thank Kacie and Mike for blocking the first couple scenes with me...They are very simple and they are going to stay that way due to minimal set changes so we should definatley finish the blocking by friday...I open to any suggestions as well..Colleen and Mike and Sean get ready to do some intense blocking tomorrow thanks
ReplyDeleteI hope all rehearsals went well!!!!i may be making some guest appearences
ReplyDeleteI gave my actors their scripts, and it felt good. It's difficult getting blocking done in the hallway when all of your actors are in other peoples plays, but I guess it's something i'm gonna cope with. I'm feeling pressure, and I hope I won't crack, but so far it's a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteA note to those of you that have expressed concern about getting adequate time with your cast members who are in other plays, have patience this week and make the most of your time. If you feel like you have not made much progress by the end of the week, you can always get together during break to work as well. Even if you don't need to meet, its a good idea to keep in touch with your actors over break to stay on top of things.
ReplyDeleteI thought yesterday's blackbox time for my group went really well. Because most of my play is just 1 on 1 dialogue between Charlie and Dillon, we only really had to work on 2 scenes. If we can ever get them to stop laughing during Tom's "BOOM!" line, we might be able to pull the play off. A lot of the blocking is self-explanatory but we still have some work to do bc of the scene changes and shuttling characters in and out. A really good start, though.
ReplyDeleteI DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I don't see another time to really get things done if I'm not in the blackbox you know? And I'm afraid that when I get in the blackbox I'll freeze up. I only gave out scripts yesterday and tried to explain to people that my play doesn't really have dialogue but it's NOT like Marly's. It's discouraging. I don't know what to do for blocking because I have no direction. How can I possibly direct with no direction? I looked up online "how to direct a play" and felt inspired for all of two seconds. LAME. And some people don't know that they're in my show because the cast list is cut off....yayyy.
ReplyDeletelike sean said, yesterday went really well. we got to go through everything and the actors seemed to really like the show in general. every time i hear them say the lines i get more and more excited about our casting. its gonna be great!
ReplyDeleteToday went well!!! Tess and I blocked the entire show surprisingly. Now all we need to do its work on people speaking out, not upstaging, not putting there back to the audience, etc. But all of that shinanigins is to be expected on the first day when everyone has scripts in there hands. Our play is SO short when it is acted out. We may need to add a few things because while running through it the show we realized that some things don't connect and that some things don't make sense. But it will all make sense in the end...eek.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Don has FULLY grasped his character. :)