Whew - Friday morning! This week is going by so quickly! I don't know what to do with it...rehearse maybe?
I have to make this brief. There is so much to say and so little time to say it.
We rehearsed III.iii yesterday - the Harpy scene - and got through about half of the Harpy. We made some very necessary changes to it. We worked on it while in NYC and changed it there. Yesterday we got on our feet and tried to find what we did in NYC...struggled and scrapped everything we changed, rebuilding the entire piece. We examined the text more and divided it among ourselves differently so that the thoughts meld with each other and the piece builds with power and clarity. We then proceeded to put it on its feet and started to find movement with it to correspond to the action of the text. This isn't to say we were completely lacking before.... however, because we have time to explore we are taking advantage of the opportunity to unearth layers in the text that were not revealed before.
We ended rehearsal at four and immediately switched artistic gears, getting "camera ready" and putting on make up for the first time in four days. We filmed our "promo" video in Thornden Park...and gathered a lot of attention. Not only were our costumes something to snigger at, but everyone wanted to be in the film. We got comments like "Is this a joke?" and " Is this going to be on MTV?" and - my favorite - "Is this for Lady GaGa?" ...We told them all "Yes."
Today we are looking to finish basic work on the Harpy and do a run of the scenes we've worked through to this point. It feels like we've accomplished half of the play, but the scenes we have left to work are ones that will require even more physical effort than what we've already exerted, so we still have "miles to go before we sleep." Seeing as we're having such a good time, I don't think this will be at all burdensome.
It thunderstormed last night - I slept through it - but the girls texted each other saying, "Listen to that Tempest." We think this is a good omen for our project...the elements support us!
With Love,
The TLs
PS - We had the pleasure of meeting new SU Drama Chair, Ralph Zito, yesterday. We had a wonderful time divulging our project to him and we look forward to sharing our work with him in Edinburgh. The Department is very lucky to have him.
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