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The Boards - Thursday, 6/2 - REHEARSAL!
Today, the chairs were set up for everyone, all in a circle around a couple of tables pushed together. Geoffrey was looking pleased, if a little manic, and clutched his coffee with the kind of fervor usually reserved for knights heading into battle.
"Today, we start rehearsals, of course. Some of you have been here before, and some of you haven't. Some of you know what you're in for, but most of you don't. So let me lay it on the line right now:
"Point 1: while I might have quite a lot of experience with madness, I am mentally equipped to handle being the director. Point 2: I am the director, this is my theatre, and if I say 'go get a muffin', go get a muffin."
Which could mean any number of things, of course, from 'good! go reward yourself' to 'get the hell out of my sight, you philistine, before I start strangling you in lieu of water fowl'.
"We're doing The Scottish Play," and he glanced around to see if there were any reactions, "which, while very difficult to stage effectively, is still a worthwhile and stirring piece of art. Treat it like anything else and I will personally eject you from the theatre. With my boot.
"You might have heard some things about this play. I'm going to tell you they're ridiculous. It's a play. The power it holds has nothing to do with 'curses' or bad luck and everything to do with the lesson it has to teach us and the things which we, as actors, will help the audience see on this stage and in themselves."
He looked around one more time.
"All right, sit. We're doing readthrough today."
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"Today, we start rehearsals, of course. Some of you have been here before, and some of you haven't. Some of you know what you're in for, but most of you don't. So let me lay it on the line right now:
"Point 1: while I might have quite a lot of experience with madness, I am mentally equipped to handle being the director. Point 2: I am the director, this is my theatre, and if I say 'go get a muffin', go get a muffin."
Which could mean any number of things, of course, from 'good! go reward yourself' to 'get the hell out of my sight, you philistine, before I start strangling you in lieu of water fowl'.
"We're doing The Scottish Play," and he glanced around to see if there were any reactions, "which, while very difficult to stage effectively, is still a worthwhile and stirring piece of art. Treat it like anything else and I will personally eject you from the theatre. With my boot.
"You might have heard some things about this play. I'm going to tell you they're ridiculous. It's a play. The power it holds has nothing to do with 'curses' or bad luck and everything to do with the lesson it has to teach us and the things which we, as actors, will help the audience see on this stage and in themselves."
He looked around one more time.
"All right, sit. We're doing readthrough today."
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