Notes - 1st Dress

Act I:
**Crew: Everyone needs to be in blacks tonight!**
1 - Make that entry precise and clean, actors
1 - Bass step forward was the cleanest I can remember, actors
3 - Anticipated the light cue a bit for the cell door, Emma
3 - Remember to wait for applause, Emma and Fran
3- Where’s the door bell, Props?
3 - I know it took some time to get into the show…but gotta pop the energy, Cass and Nico
3 - Big Show Energy, all!
7 - Good specific movement, Cassidy!
8 - Nice exploration of the box’s contents, Nico
9 - Nice job inhabiting the voice over here, Nico!
10 - Step downstage of your set and into the light for your letter
11 - Cover the chocolate box, Props
11 - Do up your outfit…you’re seeing your girl, Nico
13 - Better energy under this scene, Nico and Rivkah
13 - More energy doesn’t mean rush, Rivkah
14 - Step in to console him after the funeral line…cue ‘kiss chimes’ with a close embrace, Rivkah
15 - Trigger Johnathan’s light cue as he hits position, Emma
17 - If you need to tweak blocking to stay in the light, you have permission, actors
18 - Stall the ‘Monty’s until Monty starts to look around, Portraits
20 - Age him up physically, Johnathan
24 - Look around at the church to stall for time as you’re waiting for Ezekial…explore, Nico
25 - Palazzo Della Ragione in Vicenza, Chartres, Johnathan
26 - The ‘off balance’ cue was way late, Emma
26 - Let’s really see the plan come together under the song, Nico
27 - The light and sound cues were a bit of mess, Fran and Emma
28 - Where were you, Duncan?
33 - Watch coming too far downstage on your skating, Johnathan
34 - Stay as flat as possible when in the fall pit, Cassidy and Johnathan
36 - Good job on the D’Ysquith Sr scene, Nico and Johnathan
37 - Watch leaving your light stage left, Rivkah
38 - Enunciate to the best of your ability under the song, Rivkah
38 - Your objective here is to make him feel better…ground all your action in that, Rivkah
39 - Rushed into the kiss, and into the wedding…hear your music, Nico and Rivkah
40 - The blue cue was too early…time it to ‘unfortunately’, Emma
41 - Stay out of the pub scene…It’s not working, Cassidy S
41 - We need to cut the number of people remaining in the pub…Let’s work this at top of rehearsal on 11/5**
41 - Work on the timing of the fight, Guys
43+ - Well energized on this song, guys!
44 - Tighten those harmonies, guys…
45 - Watch rushing the scene change…wait for the lights to shift, actors
46 - Gesture offstage for the Honey Shack…the beekeeping gear isn’t the Shack, Johnathan
47 - Much more energized…nice work, Nico! 
48 - Lean out the curtain to spray the lavender…let’s work that at the top of rehearsal 11/5, Nico
48 - Hear his story and find fascination in the romanticism…watch rushing your acting beats, Hyacinth
49 - Good job getting the spray in the basket…if you want to make that a hide-and-seek gag, you may, Nico
49 - That said, you should hide it under the flowers if possible, Nico
51 - Right now it’s a technically sound song…invest it with her hopes and dreams, Hyacinth
51 - Make sure to cheat downstage while Henry’s dying, Hyacinth and Nico
52 - The look on your face was to die for, Nico!
52 - Great energy, Johnathan!
52 - Watch giving the conductor notes, Johnathan…
54 - AND WE’VE REMEMBERED THIS IS A COMEDY!!!  I want this energy throughout!!!
55 - Can we tighten up the entourage as it exits?
57 - Get into the lighting, entourage!
60 - No skipping off, Newsboys
61 - Don’t walk out of your light, Johnathan
62 - Run bringing the sofa on, team
63 - Don’t wander so far left after the tryst, Rivkah
65 - Give the weights actual weight, guys
65 - We need to go over the pronunciations, Johnathan
66 - Transition out a bit faster, Johnathan and changeover actors
67 - Can’t rub the curtains, pit pagers…
68 - Can’t point the gun toward the audience, Johnathan
68 - Rushed the voiceover cue a bit, Fran…the gunshot as well…
69 - Take a bit longer beat going into ‘The audience leapt to it’s feet…’ Fran
71 - Take a beat longer coming in as the doctor, Ezra




Act II:

**We got to Act II!!**
74 - Kneel closer to Phoebe, Nico
75 - Stage Left…need to stand in your light, Mourners
76 - Pull it back just a bit on ‘I Ask You’, Ezra
(a note I'm happy to give!)
79 - What’s with the noise backstage under ‘Sibella’?
78 - Let’s run that scene change at the top of rehearsal 11/5
80 - Much better on your final kiss…looks great Nico and Rivkah
80 - Don’t squash your applause, Nico
81 - Noise is getting worse backstage tonight…
82 - Sofa was on the wrong spikes tonight, changers
89 - We need to work the scene change going into 90
91 - Don’t move until the changeover folks are out, Johnathan and Sophie
92 - Don’t move or look around until you sing…and keep your movements formal, Ezra and Duncan
93 - Put yourself back together costume-wise between scenes, Nico
95 - Gesture to Lord Adalbert to go first…sets you up to have your Sibella conversation, Nico

**All: Big steps forward tonight...I mean it!!!  Keep your energy moving forward and make Tuesday's performance (and yes, think of it as a performance) better than tonight's.  You can do this...and you'll never regret the work you've put in when you get that first laugh on Thursday!

Much love, all...keep improving, and be well, all!

j.