Monday, August 29, 2016

Rehearsal Report #15

Arsenic and Old Lace

Rehearsal Report #15- 8/29/2016

 

Director: Arden Trevino

Stage Manager: Emily Taylor

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Called: ALL (except Steve and Megan)

Late:

Late Excused:

Missing Excused:

Missing:

General

19:00- Begin Rehearsal

·      Run through Act I

·      Talk through some of the changes to the set

·      19:13- Begin run

·      Run time: 56:46

20:10- Break

20:21- Resume Rehearsal

·      Notes

1.     Abby- Don't stop your natural gesture on "and your sermons"

2.     Teddy- take one step toward Abby on "less talk about Japan"

3.     Abby- when you talk about grandfather Brewster, cross upstage of the table to be able to gesture at his picture

4.     Abby- "we're so happy that its Elaine" lets see it on your face

5.     Harper- Take your first "the theatre" out to the audience

6.     Harper- Cheat out on "splendid work"

7.     Brophy- When you tell Harper about pneumonia, what is your intention? How do you want him to react?

8.     Brophy- When you talk about people being afraid of Teddy- play with that, find your intention

9.     Klein- make the line about making mistakes clear that you are talking about people being killed

10.  Martha- make a big deal of company

11.  Martha- let us see how you feel about not being able to attend the amputation

12.  Klein- when you are leaving, emphasize your "very" in "thank you very much"

13.  Martha- cheat out when you are talking about Teddy not being anybody

14.  Harper- trying to comfort Martha when you talk about how Mr. Witherspoon understands everything

15.  Martha- when Abby tells you about the body, pick up the cue for your "Well…"

16.  Abby- you can't see it's Elaine until you open the door

17.  Abby- pick up the tea cup on your way to the table when Elaine sits

18.  Abby and Martha- When you leave for the tea things, make that exchange quicker and more obvious

19.  Mortimer- hug her on "darling, you need to learn the rules"

20.  Elaine- "That's a hell of a thing to say"- let us see how you feel about that

21.  Elaine- when Mortimer asks where we can get married- have a reaction

22.  Mortimer and Elaine- when Teddy enters, do you notice him?

23.  Teddy- enter a little sooner and try a vocalization as your are crossing down

24.  Mortimer- take "with his teeth" out to the audience

25.  Mortimer- cross upstage during that same line to set you to be able to motion to the picture of grandfather

26.  Mortimer- let us see satisfaction with being engaged

27.  Mortimer- move with purpose toward the window to see Elaine

28.  Mortimer- higher voice after seeing body

29.  Mortimer- big breath before "now darlings"

30.  Martha- he died- take it out

31.  Abby- Really pronounce Hoskins for Mort when he says Hotchkiss

32.  Mortimer- add a jump to your hello when you are not by the phone

33.  Mortimer- Bigger on the first one

34.  Abby- have a reaction to having cadavers around the house

35.  Abby- when leaving Mortimer alone with his thoughts, touch him somehow on "so happy"

36.  Elaine- let us see that father not staying up means sex tonight

37.  Mortimer- faster and louder on "Married"

38.  Mortimer- after Gibbs leaves you need to ramble through the whole "you can't do these things" speech, then your next line can be a different tactic

39.  Missed some notes

40.  Einstein- pace once the ladies exit to the kitchen

41.  Einstein- you shouldn't have killed Mr. Spenalzo- admonish Jonathan for doing it

42.  Jonathan- don't stand until your line

43.  Martha- on "yes"- be happy

44.  Jonathan- Brooklyn people are famous for paying- emphasize "paying"

45.  Jonathan and Einstein- react to Teddy

·      Going to run Act I again

·      When you have finished your part, you are free to leave

·      Begin run at 20:53

·      Run time: 55:51

21:50- End rehearsal

 

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Next Rehearsal/Schedule

Link to the calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=georgetownpalace.com_o4ntk1rqaltrvofsbk3surc440%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago

Run Act II and Act III and clean

Called at 7pm: Martha, Abby, Mortimer, Elaine, Teddy, Jonathan, Einstein, O'Hara

Called at 8pm: Rooney, Klein, Brophy, Witherspoon

Set- Please cut the window seat down to 20 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Also, please make sure that the window seat can stay open on its own.

Props- The telephone table is wobbling. We need to secure the rug down somehow. It is currently a tripping hazard

Sounds/Lights/Special FX

Costumes

Facility

Director

Actors- Arden will type up and send out notes

Crew- Settings for dinner need to backstage

Accident/Incident

Dumb Stuff it's fun to find out

 

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