Notes - Stumblethrough (ACT I)

Lots of stuff here, all...make the necessary adjustments, as you can.  This li'l show of ours is a work in progress, but if yesterday taught me anything, it's that it is really starting to come together!  Keep that drive and commitment moving forward...this is just the next step!

-j.

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1 - Awesome group projection at top, all!
2 - Good energy…push it further, all!
3 - Need a bell to ring, props
3 - Quiet feet backstage, all
3 - Good energy and projection, Cass/Nico
4 - Push to sustain that good early energy, Nico
4 - Find even more sass and guile...she has a plan, Cass
5 - Find opportunities to take in the whole audience space, all
6 - Good vocal energy on the song, Cass
6 - Never stand face on with anyone…offset shoulders, all
7 - Keep the projection up on key information, Nico
7 - Need to get a picture of mom in a frame on the side table, props
7 - Need separate endtables for different homes, props
7 - Need specific chairs for each scene, not rehearsal chairs, props
8 - Watch the hands-together gesture, Cass
10 - Monty needs to say the lines for the letter, Maddie
11 - Energize and specify all your movements...no going through the motions, all
12 - Sustain her bubbly energy, Riv
14 - Make a clear beat break when you ask about the funeral, Riv
14 - You can play with a bit more variety in your arm position and posture, Nico
15 - Let Sibella’s exit settle for a beat before you head to get the letter, Nico
15 - Move the scene change from after the letter reading to when Nico goes to get the letter from Dory, all
16 - Make the commitment to move any time you move your feet...no shuffling, all
17 - Song sounds great, even with a little vocal fry…keep supporting it with your breath, Nico
17 - Can we have water for Nico and Johnathan at every exit, so as soon as they get offstage they can get a drink, Management?
19 - Project, all!
19 - Don’t lean through the paintings at any time…this is a change, portraits
20 - Nico doesn’t have a book…both lines are to offstage, JP
21 - Let’s take a look at your Adalbert physicality…he should move smoothly at all, as he’s old, Johnathan
21 - Watch wandering around.  Go somewhere and sing to someone, then go somewhere else and sing to them…always specifically, JP
24 - Good work with the song, JP!
25 - All of his physicality needs to match that going up the stairs, JP
25 - Let’s check those pronunciations, JP
25 - Good job staying in character on line calls, JP
26 - Show him the tower, don't just lean, JP
26 - Really grip his hand, Nico…
27 - Really invest these lyrics…you’re considering killing people, Nico
28 - Need a ledger and pen for the clerks scene, props
30 - Keep your projection up, all
31 - Flirt with each other on the ‘crumpet/muff’ lines...also, fill the time on the song intro, Cass and JP
32 - You can’t hang out in a position backstage we can see from the audience when the side drapes, all
32  - Look at the lake to get the idea to cut a whole, Nico
33 - Project those patter lyrics…I know your throat was getting dry, Nico
35 - Be thinking through the text of the voiceovers…take us on that journey, Nico
36 - Urgency in fixing all things…overlooks and fixes are what this is all about, but no dithering, all
36 - Need a mom picture here, as well, props.
37 - Sustain your energy, Nico
37 - The extra music is so you can put on your new clothing…we’ll add it on Sunday, Nico
38 - Sing to him…looking out at the top of poor Monty doesn’t work, Riv
38 - Really try to make him feel better…she is, in her own way, Riv
39 - Project…can’t hear the dialogue, all
39 - Find a time to rehearse the intimate moments…they have to be fully invested regardless, Riv and Nico
41 - Henry needs a different physicality to Asquith, JP
42 - Where are the drinks, props?
42 - Add the punch to a fight call at the top of calls…also, we need to establish dances to cover, Management
43 - Let’s secure the black drape to the back of the bar, props
43 - Let’s have coins for Henry to pay for drinks, props
44 - Good volume level…this needs to be a baseline, Nico and JP
44 - Remember the shoulder rule, all
45 - Take out the corner plug DSL for a wheelchair seat, scenic
45 - Scene change needs to move much more efficiently…think ahead, all
45 - Start the next scene as soon as the lights shift, actors
46 - When was the bench supposed to come out, Management?
47 - Need a lavender sprayer, props
48 - Need to spike/respike all platform furniture, Management
49 - Be careful not to bump into things backstage, all
50 - No wandering feet…move with purpose or not at all, Hyacinth
50 - You’ll need to adjust your blocking to meet the lighting that’s in place come tech…be ready for that, all
50 - Did you give your ‘similar sentiments’ line here…if so, I couldn’t hear it, Nico
51 - Finish corner masking, scenic
51 - You can take longer coming onstage…stall at the top of it for time, JP
53 - Everyone needs to react to the voice over saying ‘dull of wit, after all…’, Hyacinth’s entourage
53 - Lady Hyacinth’s singing voice is a little unspecified, JP
55 - Great energy in the entourage!  This needs to be our energy throughout the show, all
60 - Head back out D due to the traffic jam at E…this is a change, Liam and Quinnlan
62 - Do we have the side table coming on for Monty’s apartment here, Management?
63 - Why no blocking on the couch, Nico and Riv?
64 - Anticipate problems…you should have seen you didn’t have the right prop for the scene change, deck leads
64 - Everything is a pose for him…be specific, JP
65 - Check your pronunciations, JP
66 - Hang a down special for stuff, lights
66 - Hang house lights, lights
67 - Quiet backstage throughout, all
67 - Need to determine what chairs are for what scene, props
68 - Need to get attention on the scene change out of 11e, all
71 - Good investment in the lyrics as lines here, Nico
71 - Jumped the entry a bit, Ezra
71 - Is there a way to strike the office set as Ezra is coming on for the Doctor’s lines, Management?