The Boards, Wednesday Evening - Rehearsals

[furnaceface]

Well, this was it, then. Rehearsals were finally starting for a production that had been put off for the better part of a year, now. If Jono was a more superstitious person, he'd be shaking people down and demanding to know who had gone around talking about That Scottish Play in the theatre, or something.

Fortunately, he wasn't. He'd just gone and decided that life was a jerk. That was generally the best explanation for most things, after all.

"Good evening, group, and welcome to our first rehearsal for The Consequence of Being Frank. I hope you've all given your scripts a looking over. If not, we're doing a cold reading today anyhow, to get you better acquainted with your roles." A beat, and he found himself looking thoughtfully at the young ladies (and possibly Porthos) gathered there. He'd gone and stepped in problems with cross-casting in the past, he figured now would be the time to bring it up to be sure everyone was on the same page. "And also, I realize that most of you have been cross-cast in order to fill the roles we needed for this production. I understand for some that this might be problematic. If for whatever reason the role you've been assigned makes you uncomfortable, please, talk to me and I'll see what we can do to accommodate."

That said, he lifted his coffee and nodded to the group.

"A cold reading, then. Make yourselves comfortable, don't attempt a British accent while you read this unless you want to make me cry, and we'll work our way through our lines, today. We'll worry about blocking next week."

[Open! Cast list is here, if you missed it on the weekend!]

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Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

Help yourselves to lemon water, tea, or J,GoB pastries, and get to know your castmates!

And you can, you know, scratch your heads a little over how everyone in the cast is a girl except for Lady Bracknell.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Karina showed up, mostly because she was pretty certain she'd gotten a role with her audition, and immediately zoned in on the cast list.

And then just stared.

She'd gotten the lead?

Yes!

Karina gave the list a smile and then went and grabbed a script because while she knew the play... she needed to look at her lines. Like, a lot.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet bounced and clapped her hands a little when she read the cast list. Cecily was her favorite; she was glad auditioning while she looked like Jeremy hadn't ruined her chances.

The fact it was an all-female cast was a little weird, but she could rock it. Karla and Karina were both pretty easy on the eyes.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Kiss kiss," Karla said, coming over to flutter her lashes at her Cecily. "Hello, darling."

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"This director must truly love me," April said loudly with her phone to her ear for a fake phone call as she strolled into the theater and poured herself some lemon water. "He cast me without me even auditioning. Really, dahling. I know, unsurprising, given my massive talent. But yes. Okay. Ta-ta. Must be off."

With that, she clicked her phone shut and proceeded to strut around like she was the star of this thing. Oh, April.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[ihaveavideoblog.livejournal.com]

"So ... are you my love interest?" Lizzie asked. This girl seemed a couple of years older than the students running around, so she was assuming this was April.

At least, she hoped she wasn't going to swoon over a student. That ... would be weird. Even if the swooning was minimal.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Karla had read through her lines and cackled. She was going to cling to Algie forever and ever and ever now.

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[beautifulsenshi.livejournal.com]

Minako was utterly blinded to any irony in casting her as The Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax - in that it wasn't going to be that much of an acting stretch for her - and was instead fluttering over the pastries to try and hide her glee.

Also, her mother was a man, which was making her giggle a bit.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhahar's concern over being cast as a boy was mitigated by the fact that almost everyone else had been, too. And, considering she hadn't even made it to the official audition dates and how nervous she'd been while auditioning, she was glad to have gotten a role at all.

Now she was just going to lurk by the food table and hope no one spotted her as an imposter or something.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[whenshewasnice]

"Why do you look like you're trying not to be spotted as an imposter or something?"

There weren't better first impressions to be made than to comment on people's lurky narrative in a patently mild tone. Right?

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie actually liked that everyone in the cast was a girl except for Lady Bracknell. It was kind of amusing.

She got herself a muffin and some lemon water, and leafed through her script.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[ihaveavideoblog.livejournal.com]

Lizzie had tea and was picking out a few pastries as she looked over the crowd. This was going to be fun. It had been years since she'd been in a play.

[one-for-vanity.livejournal.com]

Porthos straightened his tie pompously, sailed through the room toward the refreshments table, and placed several bottles of expensive wine IN FRONT of the lemon water and tea.

And then strode away looking pleased with himself.

Rehearse!

[furnaceface]

It's just a cold reading, which pretty much means you all sit around and read through the script together. Easy stuff- Nobody is expecting you to be a master of your roles, yet. You just got them, after all, and there's about a month to showtime.

... Jono would really like you off-script as soon as possible, though.

Re: Rehearse!

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Cecily didn't show up until the second act, so Juliet didn't bother doing more than a cursory glance at the first several scenes. "Is Elizabeth here?" she asked. "I want to meet my Miss Prism."

Re: Rehearse!

[glacial_queen]

"We are going to have sandwiches for this scene during each rehearsal, right?" Karla asked, from where she was lounged. She'd pulled out an old couch from backstage for this and everything. Because she was Algy and she could if she wanted to, so there. "Because cucumber sandwiches are amazing. I wonder if Priestly would be willing to supply us with sandwiches again. He used to, back when he was a student."

[one-for-vanity.livejournal.com]

"Is there anyone, pray tell," Porthos asked loudly, "who would like to make a scene with me?"

Backstage!

[furnaceface]

If our esteemed crew would like to get to work going over the script as well and figuring out sets and the like. It's early yet, but the theatre is always open to crew members wanting to paint flats or go over a script for a props list or what-have-you.

Re: Backstage!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

There were banging noises. And someone singing.

Just ignore the flashing of the lights, every once in a while. That'll be worked out soon enough.

Kenzi was imminently catchable as she scurried around.

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

If you have any problems with the casting, any questions about your roles, any coffee to bring him, any shit to shoot...

Well, he's here. It would be difficult to direct a production if he wasn't.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"I looooooove my new title," Kenzi told him, showing up with a java chip frappucino for him and a double chocolaty-chip frappucino for herself. "Let's talk staging excess."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Karina hated apologizing.

She was pretty sure she should in this case.

"Hey," she said, one hand still holding her script. "Um, sorry I bailed on class last week."

After she'd promised and all. That... really kind of sucked.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ihaveavideoblog.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I met my pupil and I met my love interest," Lizzie announced, dropping into a seat near Jono's. "What do you need help with on this end?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[one-for-vanity.livejournal.com]

At what seemed an appropriate time, Porthos walked across the room all smiles and cordiality towards his fellow castmtes, but dropped the mask to reveal an angry snarl as he approached Jono. "MISTER STARSMORE!" he hissed. "Might I have a moment of your time?! There is a matter that needs to be discussed!!!"

OOC!

[furnaceface]

As usual, there'll be slowplay during the day while I'm at work- Especially since my shots due this week doubled literally overnight when people on our project were shuffled around to another one that's going through severe crunch right now.

That said, I'll respond to all pings as quickly as I can, because sometimes I need words to help my brain stop melting after scrubbing through symbols on a Flash timeline for hours nonstop.