Call Began: 6:00
Breaks: 7:06-7:10
Ended: 8:15
General:
After giving Jon 5 minutes to look over some of his monologues, Kat did work on all of Wallace’s long monologues: Scenes 1, 5, 9, and 13. After reading each scene once, Kat talked through each of the monologues with Jon, asking questions like: Where are there dips/breaks in monologue? What tempo fits with what he’s saying? Who is his audience? How is he carrying himself- how will this change in his later monologues? Then, we ran through the monologue two more times (using the notes that were just given).
Kat’s announcements: everyone will need to write and email a character bio by Tuesday night. This week we will be doing fight and intimacy choreography. Next Sunday, September 9 will be our first stumble-through of the show (with Anjali coming to watch). Props and set pieces should be coming in sometime this week. Costume discussions will be happening this week.
Movement:
We did a movement exercise today. The full cast walked around the space- stretching themselves out, and then finding their actor’s neutral. Experimenting with leading with different centers. Experimenting with walking based on age.
Intro to fight choreo: experimenting with the motion of the head (side to side). Chest nap practice. Handshake distance. We practiced slaps, punches, and pushing