Rehearsal Number Three

Hard to believe it's now Thursday and we are over halfway through the week. I think we're all getting used to the idea that we will be staying here and are really settling in. We spend many a giddy night laughing at different ways to plug our show and advertise our ensemble...we play with lines in the script, sing diddies, and make up really bad slogans so that we laugh until we ache.

Yesterday was spent reviewing the two scenes - II.i and II.ii - that we did the day before, Tuesday. We played with II.ii briefly and did a run of II.i into II.ii working the transition. This made us realize that we will probably need a rehearsal solely for transitions because there are many of them and we don't want a slow transition to waste the precious time we're allotted in the Fringe space.

We also went into working scenes III.i and III.ii. These were really great scenes to play with. Each of these scenes contains three key characters. So Holly, Stella, and Sarah play the characters in III.i and Dana, Laura, and I (Jana) play the characters in III.ii. We ended up tableworking the scenes as a group, reading through our respective parts, discussing what's happening in the scene, discussing what's happening between the characters - what the characters want...etc. Then we put one scene in one room and one scene in the hallway and played within our scenes. This was the perfect scenario because it allowed everyone to work and progress for the next hour through their scene, finding things and discovering things without the pressure of outside eyes. At the end of the hour, we came back together and showed each other what we had found. It was so encouraging to have friendly outside eyes looking in. We loved each other's scenes - not just because we love each other - but because we love what each other came up with...and we know we'll find more. We told each other what we saw and what we thought worked within the scenes and encouraged each other to keep exploring.

This leads me to recognize the value in working with a group of trusted friends. It's important to have someone who can tell you the truth in love and to have someone to wants to see you succeed and will give you the motivation you need to do so.

All this said, we're making a lot of progress through the show. We've connected four scenes in a row and will add a fifth scene to that string today - working on the HARPY, which many of you thought was strange after watching our Kickstarter promo video. :P

After rehearsal today we're shooting our next promo video...which I must now chart out so that editing will be remotely possible...I will say goodbye for now.

As always, thank you for reading. Your eyes, thoughts, feedback, and love are always appreciated. x