Sunday, September 4, 2016

Arsenic and Old Lace Rehearsal Report #20

Arsenic and Old Lace

Rehearsal Report #20- 9/4/2016

 

Director: Arden Trevino

Stage Manager: Emily Taylor

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Called: ALL

Late: Emily, Clint, Kristin, Steve

Late Excused:

Missing Excused:

Missing:

General

13:02- Begin rehearsal

·      Introduce everyone to the dressing rooms

·      Please work with your hats

·      Give a couple of notes

·      Run a few things

13:36- Break for light setting and to get prepped for the run-through

13:46- Resume Rehearsal

·      Run-through

·      Begin Run: 13:50

·      Run Time for Act I: 49:10- stopped and started the stopwatch

14:46-Break

14:56-Resume Rehearsal

·      Hold for lights

·      Continue run

·      Run Time for Acts II and III: 1:16:52

·      Notes

1.     Missed the first few notes

2.     Abby- when you said that wouldn't have been very nice, we are losing the end

3.     Mortimer- you can't bury, others- muddled

4.     Mortimer- faster on your cross about the first one

5.     Mortimer- scoot the chair for when he died in that chair

6.     Elaine- entrance was early for coming to Mort

7.     Mort- when speaking with Elaine- make it faster for no we're not

8.     Mort- make your "Elaine!" louder and more urgent

9.     Elaine- when pushing you out, stop for "don't try to be masterful"

10.  Mort- faster and more urgent for "hello Al"

11.  Mort- out front on sorry wrong number

12.  Martha- stay at sideboard until "we make it ourselves"

13.  Martha- pour on "cemetery is full of them"

14.  Mort- bring in don't drink that before he stands

15.  Mort- don't wander on yes, yes

16.  Martha- The way that you say sure- too Texas

17.  Jon- It's your nephew- emphasize nephew

18.  Jon- Brooklyn- don't end it with a "d"

19.  Jon- Why this house will become our headquarters- evil fingers (think Mr. Burns)

20.  Jon- Meeting Dr. Einstein, separate your movements and motivate them

21.  Jon- Teddy go to bed- enunciate

22.  Jon- then it's settled- make it fast

23.  Abby- Teddy, another yellow fever victim- don't point at the window seat

24.  Teddy- enunciate the yellow fever line

25.  Abby- as soon as the lights go out, hurry out

26.  Elaine- Emphasize you're on oh, you're Jonathan

27.  Abby- when you see Spenalzo- have a reaction first

28.  Mort- point, at spenalzo on he didn't get the idea

29.  Jon- point those things out on I'm staying, you're leaving, and I mean now

30.  O'Hara- be big when you first enter

31.  Mort- wait to throw the shoe under your chair until she is turned away

32.  We will work for the shoe with Jon throwing it out once we get them

33.  Abby- make sure to not drop the end of your lines

34.  Jon- your Melbourne cross seemed awkward

35.  Ein- watch mort and Teddy when they have their little scene

36.  O'Hara- your cross to the instruments was awkward- try getting the chair before  you start telling the plot again- we will run that bit

37.  O'Hara- don't take the liquor when you leave

38.  Ein- grab the liquor on the way out the door

39.  Elaine- you were blocked for "oh no, not today"- don't go so far SR

·      Please don't say 'shit'.

·      Emily will send out line notes

·      Discuss schedule

·      Released

17:08-End Rehearsal

 

Next Rehearsal/Schedule

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MONDAY OFF

 

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Called at 6:30 (7 for the hard call): We will speed-through and then run-through each act individually, with costumes for the runs.

 

Set- The gap above the cellar door is large enough to see and be seen through the audience

 

Props-

 

Sounds/Lights/Special FX- Check visibility to backstage with the cellar light on

 

Costumes-

Facility

Director-

Actors- The cast sign in sheet will be posted for the next rehearsal and all subsequent rehearsals and performances. It will be posted on the wall to the right hand side of the main dressing room. There will be a black pen with it. The black pen will be replaced with a red pen at call time. Five minutes after call time, the sheet will be taken up and you will need to check in directly with Emily or Jayson.

Emily will send out line notes.

 

Crew-

Accident/Incident

Dumb Stuff it's fun to find out

 

 

Quote(s)

 

 

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