So much time off

Hello!

"Good morning - I mean - good afternoon - I guess it's afternoon - I - "

"What?" asked the horribly bored girl behind the desk at the gym.

"I - uh - I just thought it was morning when it was afternoon - "

"Sign in there."

Right...so we slept in till about 11:22 this morning. And we got up and we did our own thing. In my case that would be the gym for forty minutes too long and, of course, the library. What would I do with a day off besides wallow in front of a computer and try to advertise us just a little bit more? ...Well, probably sit in the park with an iced coffee and do nothing... So I will sit here with an iced coffee and type till I have carpal tunnel and then I will go sit in the park with an iced coffee and do nothing. But I repeat myself...

So! Yesterday was a WONDERFUL rehearsal. I'm so pleased to report this. We all woke up feeling remarkably rested - having been in some strange sort of all-encompassing degree of fatigue the day before - and we went into rehearsal at 11am. We made remaining props and costumes. This included but was not limited to: Sewing Caliban fur onto Caliban headbands. Cutting points into a gold, sparkly casino-going old lady's visor to make Alonso's crown. Fringe checking the fabric that makes the Goddess's headdress. And sanding down the sheet metal that is our storm thunder. Have I given everything away? You wish.

We then proceeded to go around the circle of four cast members present and we let each cast member pick something they wanted to work on. For some that was to run through a scene and cement the lines. (We know the lines but are, at times, exchanging the word "Follow" for "Come on" and the word "Island" for "Isle..." So we needed to get that straight). Others chose to work through a scene and have remaining cast members watch it. Most helpful in having an outside eye let the actor know what was clear and what what evident.

We then called it a half day. Some went to the gym. Others stayed to cement movement that is transitioning through the play and where to enter and exit around the muslin fabric - have I mentioned how big that thing is? It's HUGE.

I, myself, stayed to choreograph movement through a very early piece of dialogue I have which takes a great amount of motion and breath and leaves me sweating profusely onto the first row of audience members (warning) - I'm just kidding...but, really. :P

So here we are with a day off. We all treated ourselves to sushi dinner last night. Today, well. Gym. Gym. Gym. Blogging. Singing. Eating. Going to park? Pool? Dinner. Who knows.

I hear rumor of going to "the larger mall in America" tomorrow. It will be nice to get off of campus.

Thanks for reading.

With love always,

Jana x