Park Picnic/Prop Meeting

Hey Everyone!

We're heading into rehearsal number two in about an hour, but I wanted to take an opportunity to update you on our recent endeavors.

Last night we met in the park for a picnic dinner and some updates on where we are in our Fringe process. Chelsea, our stage manager, is doing a beautiful job in keeping us connected with all necessary sources. We talked luggage, fliers, and venue/housing locations in Edinburgh.

The torch was passed to Sarah, our other chief organizer, who had us brain storm for prop lists and costume pieces. The show, while very simplistic, does require certain items to accent and clarify the action on stage.

Stella and Dana are very excited to make some of the hats for the characters. They made some of the hats in the original production, but want to remake them so that we will carry a fresher look into Edinburgh.

Laura is showing a great interest in the music scene and seems to have a ball thinking of different products/items we can turn into musical instruments. We've decided as an ensemble that we want all actors present on the stage for the majority, if not all of, the show. This means that if an actor isn't in the action of the scene, they will always be supporting the scene with different musical underscoring. I'm excited to see where that goes. Different musical item ideas thrown around were: milk jugs, coconut shells, finger piano, kazoos, tambourines...etc.

We also decided what we want for our "commercial." We think this video will be a great way for us to promote our show to Edinburgh papers and media. We want them interested in seeing us before we arrive in Edinburgh. We think if we get them excited early, we will have a better shot of filling up our venue's houses from the beginning of the run. ...I will also add that I'm particularly thrilled with the opportunity to play with the editing of said video.

OH! We're also looking to have photos done of the ensemble in the rehearsal process. Holly astutely pointed out that these would be really useful for promoting the show later on in NYC...so we're hoping we will have access to those...

That's about it...will write more later when we have another rehearsal to report on.

This is Jana for The TLs... x