The Boards, Wednesday Evening [Rehearsal]

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy was... perhaps a little bouncy today, yes, upon arriving at the Boards -- which he really needed to get around to moving into, now that the renovations were finished. But that could wait.

Because it was time for REHEARSALS!

There were pitchers of ice water set up on a table at the side of the stage, and a notebook and pencil for each member of the cast; Troy was up on stage this time, rather than in the audience, ready to work with his cast.

His cast. How awesome was that?

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Warm-Up!

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"Okay, everyone," Troy said, after they'd all arrived. "Let's get into a circle -- we're going to start off with introductions. I know, I know, most of you guys probably know each other already, but you're going to be working pretty closely together over the next few weeks.

"So what we're going to do is give your name and something you like that starts with the first letter of your name. But it's not that simple! 'Cause you're going to have to find some way to act out what you like. Like, I'm Troy, and I like..." He hesitated a moment -- he really should decided on this ahead of time, although that did feel like cheating -- before stepping in and swinging an imaginary racket. "Tennis! Okay, now you go," he finished, pointing to the person to his left.

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[furnaceface]

Which was Jono. Who had coffee in one hand, but... hey, that wasn't going to stop him from participating, damn it.

"I'm your musical director, Jonothon, but you can call me Jono," he stated, and then made a face and proceeded to air-guitar with his coffee. Shut up. "And I like... jamming, obviously. Next."

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[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

Oooh, icebreakers. Fun!

"Hi, I'm Miley," Miley chirped. "And I like... music!"

You know. The bubblegum pop kind. Or was that not the kind of music you guys were thinking of?

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[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"What's your action?" Troy asked. "C'mon, you've gotta have an action for it!"

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[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

"Um..."

She waggled her shoulders in a little dance motion.

"There."

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[life_inshadow]

"Uh ... hi," Tara said, her mind utterly blank of every word she had ever known that started with T. "I'm Tara, and I like ... uh. Texts."

She mimed flipping through a book, relieved that she was done.

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[trigons_child]

"I am Raven," Raven said, trying to puzzle out a word she could pantomime that started with an R. She was fond of the birds from which she took her name, but she would look silly flapping.

"I like roses," she said, awkwardly trying to sketch out a stem and flower in the air, then dipping her head to "sniff" it.

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[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I'm Elphaba," she introduced, and thought for a moment about words that actually started with the letter 'e'. She could say elephants, but then she'd be asked to act like one and that would look ridiculous. "And I like..." A cop-out popped into her mind "Existing. Which I'm doing right now."

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[walkswithcoyote]

This was going to be, oh, about a trillion times worse than she'd imagined. Acting out something she liked that had to start with M. Damn.

"My name is Mercy and I like... Making brownies." She mimed taking a bite.

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[glacial_queen]

"My name's Karla and I enjoy kicking," Karla said. She stood up and pretended that whatever was going wrong was conveniently rolled up into one and was standing directly in front of her.

And then she gave it SUCH A KICK.

Males in the audience, feel free to wince.

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[selfhelphero]

"Uh, hey, I'm Billy, and I like..." He trailed off for a moment as the first thing his brain supplied was "boys" along with an accompanying but completely inappropriate gesture. God, Twitter brain. "Books." He mimed flipping through pages, trying not to copy Tara's move completely.

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[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy smiled at him. Thank heavens he was here.