Thursday, February 19, 2015

February 19


February 19, 2015

Everyone
·         Step on lines
·         Women – no fingernails or toenails painted on Thursday.
·         You heard Brooke – everyone needs to be different ESPECIALLY in crowd scenes.
·         After the scene, Old friends, good times, the CROWD is the transition from that scene to the Job of a lifetime scene.
·         Can’t do without me – crowd and noise
·         At the capitol scene, Anne oohs Glory glory Hallelujah after “rich man.”
·         Who holds the sign for Mac Murphee so that Willie can grab it.
·         Everyone else does the staggered turns.
·         After The Old Maid scene, Anne Oohs Aint Misbehavin
·         After The Secret with Lily, oooh Glory Glory Hallelujah
·         People noises in crowd scene – hair of the dog – you are responsible for your own props in picnic scenes.  Popcorn, soda pop, beer, taffy, cotton candy, etc.
·         People in back impeachment signs in the back of the Hugh scene. We need to work on that.  Seems like some would be in front as well making it hard for Hugh to cross.
·         More people in DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS cross after Anne and Jack scene.
·         People passing through – maybe with an impeachment paper between Adam scene and before Adam accepts the job. 
·         I have it – ooh Glory Glory
·         I got me a gospel – EVERYONE INCLUDING WILLIE SINGS EVERY MAN A KING.
·         I KNOW I’VE WRITTEN THIS BEFORE BUT MRS. K WROTE IT ALSO – THE CROWD NOISE IS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN SADIE SAYING HE CAN’T DO WITHOUT ME AND WILLIE SAYING THEY TRIED TO RUIN ME AND THEY ARE RUINED……
·         Anne start oohing Glory glory with the rich man  the crowd needs to be angry because people are trying to impeach Willie.
·         AFTER JACK IS IN LILY’S APARTMENT, AND HE ASKS WHERE IS IT, OOH GLORY GLORY …INSTEAD OF EVERYMAN A KING.
·         CUT SCENE 26
·         Everyone sing Humpty Dumpty behind flag and fade when Crony 2 says Boss,…..
Reading the paper –
·         Tiny – read the paper with the bid going to JH Moore in redneck
·         Jack – read the paper at funeral with kids dying as headline
·         Woman 2 (Figure out a name), & Editor read papers about Stark and Macmuphee head to head when Stark says I have a speech here…..
·         Hugh read paper Stark backs Mac Murphee for governor after that scene where he supports MacMurphee
·         Lily, Lucy, & Mother read one paper about Willie elected governor during the crowd transition.
·         Judge reads about impeachment
 
Stage lights
·         Red light in back while Willie is stumping the state
Music
·         Fade cue 6
·         Was Meeko played three times in a row or do we need to change songs if they sound the same?
·         Did you play cue 8, he lives?
·         ADD SWING LOW TWICE – ONCE AFTER GOOD BY JACK AND THEN AFTER YOU KILLED HIM, THE JUDGE
Times
4 ½ Jeffers Construction
9 – Ain’t Misbehavin – after Sadie spends night with Willie
14 –Quit making plans a long time ago
18 –He can do without me
23-Waters of the bay
28 –I know that he hates your guts
33- I’ve done right
38 singing Humpty Dumpty behind flag
CUTS
Jack :say – Let’s just try this on for size, Mr. Dolph Pillsbury, county commissioner stated that the bid of JH Moore for the construction of the school was accepted even though….
Mother – Say I know it was wrong but I loved Monty Irwin.
Judge – say Nothing is ever lost and all those dead in the past never lived before our definition gives them life.
Hugh, Tiny, & Woman 2
Work on lines at funeral – needs more emotion.   DICTION, boys
Willie and Tiny
Someone look at a watch so you know you are late for a meeting  when you exit so suddenly.
Sadie
Wait until the crowd quiets down before saying your line when Willie exits.
Willie and Anne
When Willie leaves, kiss Anne on the cheek.  Anne, we must hear a bigger reaction when you see Jack in the office.  Don’t forget to call him Jackie.
Jack, Tiny, Sugar Boy, Sadie, Willie
React more VOCALLY when Adam accepts the job and when he speaks of a threat.
Adam
Be DSL and look at Willie and Anne by the ladders USL.
Adam & Tiny
You have to do two things – 1. Talk about the gun   2. Tiny gives Adam the gun.
Willie, Sadie and Jack
The transition before Hair of the Dog must be faster & Sadie you have to button your blouse back – be embarrassed if you see Jack and Tiny.
Anne
After Sadie sings Ain’t Misbehavin – you sing entering USR to DSC.
Mother
Say at the end instead of you killed him, the judge..   say you killed him… your father.
To Do
Gray jacket for judge
Fake ice for Mother’s glass
Tape bench and Lily’s chair
flags

15 comments:

  1. One thing that we definitely need to work on is the age of some of the women in the play. We should see a definite difference, for example, when we saw Anne in the present and when Jack has his memory of Anne. Also, people like the Mother and Lily need to have a huge variation between the multiple characters that they play. Have an obvious change in personality, body motions, age, and voice.

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  4. We're still walking like we're going to math class. Everyone needs a different walk for this to really work! Even if you do fabulous as your character, if you don't walk correctly and math your character, then it kills it.

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  5. alright, I think Nathan is right about aging. that should help tremendously

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  6. The time is getting better. We are close to our time goal and if we continue to polish the transitions, we will get there very soon. Just keep stepping on lines and make sure we are always in character.

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  7. I think we are getting better every practice!! We need to work in characterization, our transitions and really figureing out who your character is.

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  8. The thing we really need to get down at this point is when the crowd comes in these are important to transitions and making sure there aren't any pauses between scenes

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  9. We need to work on getting the crowd scenes more energy. Right now it's just like one or two people making noise and six people just standing their like mimes.

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  10. In crowd scenes, act like you would in an assembly with mr Johnson. Then when willie starts talking, quiet then be happy like a team went to state or something and be happy or angry or whatever.

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  11. I need to work on characterization in the crowd scenes and make the setting of the play believable! As a group I think we need to work on stepping on lines! And I need to work on annunciation!

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  12. The picnic scene needs to be more energetic and have more people noises. This scene is also very long and will get boring if it does not have a lot of energy.

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  13. With every play comes a new set of characters. And those characters are going to be different than who you are in real life. focus on your strengths and improve those but don't forget your weaknesses and focus on strengthening those as well.

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  14. I still really dont like paige getting on the steps with the crutch and ashlynn you need to be more upset we can tell if you practice and you REALLY need to! Make us feel your pain!

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  15. The show needs more energy. Without energy the judges, and the audience will fall asleep. The blocking is something that needs to be worked on to really make out show better. When you are on stage and can't see the center where the judges sit, move you are being blocked.

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