The Boards - Tuesday, 6/09 - REHEARSAL

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"All right, all of you" dear God there's a lot of them "today, we start rehearsals. We do rehearsals in two-act chunks. If you're not in the acts we're doing, you don't have to be here."

Though his glare said quite clearly that if you weren't he would be disappointed and not only that.

"I haven't set the play yet," he admitted to the assembled, "but that's my job. And no matter what I do with the production, your job is to know who you are and who you're playing. If the only time you touch the playscript is in here, you're doing it wrong. Feel free to use the scripts as you work, but it shouldn't get in the way of your acting.

"If anyone needs help with their part, or just wants to talk to me, you know where to find me. I live here. Literally." He pointed to what was very obviously a storage closet. "Right there. Don't say you didn't know."

He breathed in, then out before finally pulling a smile on.

"All right, then. Let's get to it, everyone."

[ocd up!]

Comments

You here?

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Robot roll call!

Re: You here?

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan Girardi

Mingle

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

As per usual, there's muffins and cookies and fruit and all sorts of moddable goodies for you to eat, drink, etc.

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[endsthegame]

Ender had taken an apple to take the occasional bite of as he glanced through the script again. It was going to take some work to memorise.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah wasn't in either of today's acts, but hey! Who cared, she was here for the food and the fun as well as the acting.

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle got to be in the opening scene! She had no complaints about this whatsoever.

"But how am I so sure it will be ere the set of sun?" she muttered half to herself as she nibbled on a muffin. "Just because it rhymes, or do these commanders not know how to fight at night?"

This had been bothering her for a week.

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[bitten_notshy]

Jack ate his muffin precisely -- it wouldn't do to take the stage with crumbs on his shirt -- and watched the other actors as he waited for his cue.

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[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward took a muffin today. A blueberry muffin.

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[glacial_queen]

You can't keep Karla away from free food. She's there, eating some vegetables, puzzling over today's class. And why everyone kept agreeing the Lady M was the villain.

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[lovemykilt]

Priestly sat back with his copy of the play and a notebook, a muffin sticking out of his mouth.

He'd totally be here every week for rehearsals. Free food was not to be passed up.

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[magdaofslovenia.livejournal.com]

Sophie was there, re-reading her lines, and yes, watching her own students with decided interest.

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[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

Harper skipped the muffins and sat down to re-read her script. She may have looked up from time to time and scanned the room for Eric.

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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was in a peppy mood today, busy munching on a muffin and open to talking with almost anyone.

He was not bouncing. That was just a trick of the light.

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin was ready with script and a pencil to jot down notes. He was also munching on a chocolate chip muffin only slightly smaller than his head.

Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Sparknotes (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/) | NoFearShakespeare (http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/) | Text (http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/macbeth/) | Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth) | Cast Meta (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/3998789.html#cutid1)
Please make sure to specify if you're doing a scene with another player (usually best to arrange that) or if you'd like to deal with Geoffrey. Just pick a place as you like (such as certain phrase or line of dialogue or event) that you'd like to deal with and start there. If you just want to let us know how you did for the day without interacting, feel free to use a performance style post (http://suit-of-sables.livejournal.com/3156.html), at which point you should check the 'notes' thread to see what he has to say about it. Any questions, poke the OOC thread.

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[bitten_notshy]

Jack didn't have much to do the first time he was on stage -- it was all exposition, and he rattled off his few lines as if not really thinking about it. But his reappearance near the end of act II caught his interest more.

"Geoffrey?" he asked. "What do you think it means that, when I'm told my father is dead, I ask who did it before I say anything else? I don't cry or throw myself about in grief, and neither does my brother. We leave."

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[lovemykilt]

Priestly had been working on his theory of just who his character was and, thanks to Dinah, now had two possible answers. 1) He was a huge nerd with a crush on his best friend or 2) he was a total social climber who wanted to use his best friend as a ladder.

Which made his reading of his lines a bit . . . uneven, even in just the first scene with the witches. Tripping over the line endings of the verse didn't help much, either.

So, naturally, he focused on one of the least important details of the text he could find.

"Are the witches actually gonna have beards?"

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[veryverypopular.livejournal.com]

Glinda peered around for her fellow witches.

This was while fighting the urge to find Sophie and ask why she and Geoffrey had been discussing her at Caritas last week.

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[glacial_queen]

Karla started reading her lines from Act 1 Scene V. She held her script in one hand, pretending it was a letter. She paced as she read, but slowly. She wanted the focus to be on her words, not her actions, which meant that fast or jerky movemts were right out. Still, she wanted the first impression of her to be in action, not just sitting there, passively reading a missive from her husband. Her voice was low, musing, as if while she read, the wheels in her head were already turning. "Hail, king that shalt be!" she announced in ringing, triumphant tones, standing directly center stage, but not looking at the audience.

"This have I thought good to deliver / thee, my dearest partner of greatness," During these lines, she sat down on the air, as one would a sofa, almost lounging, one knee bent with her scrip resting on it, the other dangling. "that thou / mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being / ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it / to thy heart, and farewell.'"

She paused for a moment before reading the next lines. Up until this point, she'd deliberately avoided looking towards the audience. Now, however, she looked out directly, a small smile on her lips. "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be / What thou art promised," she said conversationally, "yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o' the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way." And it slowly stid towards a chiding, though affectionate tone. "thou wouldst be great; / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend it." Her next line flew out of her head though, as her control over her Craft failed, and she fell crashing onto the stage.

"What in Hell's fire?!"

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward was entirely confident and he demanded the attention of those who watched by mere poise and voice alone. At least this was his goal. He stood tall, regal; his character was a king, was he not? Ah-hah! Dougan was rightous and good! And did he happen to sing a couple of his lines, well, it could not be helped! The man was a happy man and happy people were singing people. Every one knew this!

Also it might be noted that Edward had to read his lines from script. It might also be noted that he skipped over a few words that he could not pronounce, nor knew the meaning of.

He was also stuck on the dying part, so simply stood there, unwilling to... die.

Re: Rehearsal - Acts 1 and 2

[likeabeachball.livejournal.com]

"I'm still thinking this would be great in interpretive dance," Vince said, getting on stage for his scene.

Stage Manager

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

*puts name in lights* Tony!

Re: Stage Manager

[wantstodirect]

He's here!

Geoffrey

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Was there, as he'd said.

Notes

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

If you did a scene with another student, or if you did a performance-style post, Geoffrey will put his critique here. Otherwise, you should get it in the rehearsal thread. Notes might not show up for a day or so, especially if your rehearsal with someone else is SPed.

Karla

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Considering his comments (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/4002458.html?thread=166614426#t166614426) last week, the results were rather interesting.

"Karla," he said with a nod to her, "maybe you should just pull a chair over the next time. Trust me, we've got plenty of them. It's impressive, but regardless of the result, I want your full attention on the text."

[no need for the italics and the bold; they were just used to go 'this bit is the example' and 'this bit is the addition' for that post; sorry that wasn't clear ^_^]

OOC

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Hi!

As we're doing The Scottish Play, feel free to have random trips and falls during threads in the playhouse, or bits of badluck befall your characters. I have something planned for next week in the theatre, so heads up for a bit of craziness next time.

Re: OOC

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I haven't had time to re-read Macbeth and I do not see my character listed on any of the character lists. Help?