Preview - Notes

1st Thing...Nice Job!!! Major growth tonight!!!
2nd Thing...I need to call everyone at 500p one more time.  I promise, this is the last time.

And now...

Notes - Preview


Start Time - 735p/856p

1 - What was with the delays in the VOs at the start, Fran?
3 - Ring the bell farther backstage…out of sight of the audience, Cassidy
4 - Keep that dialogue tight, Nico and Cassidy!
6 - Good levels on the song, Nico and Cassidy!
6 - Great diction, Cassidy!
9 - Some really clean stuff here…nice work, Nico and Cassidy
11 - WRAP OR PAINT THE CHOCOLATES…THIRD NOTE ON THIS, PROPS
12 - Some nice chemistry moments under the song, Rivkah and Nico!
13 - Good comic energy…I’m starting to feel it, Rivkah and Nico!
15 - Gotta justify the bell chime…some form of physical affection, Rivkah
15 - Project…Literally double your volume, Airelle
15 - Walk gently across the platform during scene changes, Scene Changers
15 - Lots of banging after the change from Sibella’s, Scene Changers
16 - Follow Nico’s lead on that light cue out of the spotlight, Emma
16 - Don’t go up the stairs toward the D’Ysquith estate…it’s a lighting thing, Nico
16 - Free your hands up…don’t keep them gripped behind your back, Nico
18 - Subtly acknowledge that you see Shingle in the group…what’s she doing there, Sharon?
18 - Hear the spirits...how would you feel hearing voices, Nico?
20 - Don’t bustle him quite so far right…keep Monty in the light, Johnathan
21 - Remember to address the whole audience…talk to everyone, Johnathan.
21 - Great energy, especially given how you feel tonight, Johnathan!
24 - Fantastic quick change, Costume and Johnathan!!!
25 - Diction…we need this information, Nico!
25 - Some great light cue timings, Emma!
25 - Way to try and work him…clear objectives, Nico
27 - Great blend on the fall cue, Fran and Johnathan
28 - Great quick change into Asquith Jr, Costume and Johnathan!
29 - Can we have things off of hangars going into Chizzlemere…a bit too much clanging, Costumes
31 - Justify the swaying at the start of the song, Johnathan and Cassidy
31 - Actively kill time over there, Nico
31 - Come in confidently…you were right AND the notes were there, Nico
32 - Gotta bring this one stronger…project, Nico
35 - Cue the light for Monty down right a bit later…for Asquith Sr as well, Emma
36 - Try to insure you get the collars on the quick changes, Costume
37 - Fantastic work on Asquith Sr., Johnathan
38 - What happened?…we worked on this vest thing, Nico/Eli/Duncan
**General note for all: Remember, we have audience on three sides…they all need part of the story, so include them**
40 - Nice entry and dressing, Wedding team
41 - Good scene change, team!!!
41 - Tip your hat back a bit, Duncan
43 - Nice dynamic between you both, Nico and Johnathan!
45 - Some new interplay…good listening Nico and Johnathan!!
46 - Need to get on much earlier to get that pub table off, Scene Changers
46 - Need to lift the pub top once it’s offstage…and don’t bang the seats, Crew!
47 - Great energy, Johnathan!
50 - Great job hiding the bottle, Nico!
51 - Super charming…nice job, Hyacinth!
51 - Wait until Johnathan is onstage in the beekeeper outfit before triggering the bees, Fran
52 - Need to trigger the prison cue as soon as Monty gets up there, Emma
53 - Can we get his back closed up as Lady Hyacinth, Costume
53 - Where are your sashes…and why are you so close together in the circle (we talked about spreading the space), entourage
54 - Again, spread out for sight lines sake…no shoulder to shoulder, Entourage
56 - Don’t launch in until your entourage is onstage, Johnathan
56 - Wear your hats back a bit so we can see your face, entourage
62 - Better positioning so you stay in the light, Johnathan
62 - Make sure you wait until the scene changers are offstage before you start speaking, Rivkah
62 - Backstage noise, Cast and Crew…
63 - Enter the song with confidence whether you feel it or not, Rivkah
64 - No tossing the weights, Johnathan
65 - Make sure to endow the weights throughout, Nico
66 - Project…that was about 30 percent of needed, Dory and Hyacinth…
67 - Work 'Last One You'd Expect' with everyone, Preshow
68 - Why is the dumbbell still on stage Scene Changers?
69 - Where is your energy…that was disengaged and bored, Hyacinth/Johnathan/Rivkah :-(
70 - Jumped the gun just a bit on Part 9’s light cue…then late into Part 10, Emma
72 - Leave enough room for Dory and Joeyy to get by, Duncan and Airelle
72 - Engage your faces…half of you look bored or in pain, Ensemble
72 - Don’t start the intermission change right away, crew

Act II/Start Time: 913p - End Time: 1003p

79 - You can both come out as you see the couch going into position, Rivkah and Nico
80 - Relax and use your arms…look for opportunities to get near her, Nico
81 - on ‘Lionel will expect…’, don’t go so near the front door.  Stay up center, Rivkah
81 - Project…keep your vocal energy up and clear, Rivkah
82 - Need to ring the bell to announce your presence…it’s backstage now, Hyacinth
83 - Your energy under ‘…Marry You’ is exemplary…sustain it throughout the play, Nico!
83 - Major energy pickup here…sustain this level throughout, Rivkah!
84 - You have to react to the door slam as well as Phoebe, Nico
88 - Here is the show’s comic energy!!! Nice job, trio!!!
89 - Are you expecting him to pull you back in, or is this a shock, Rivkah?
90 - Work the scene change into Highhurst castle at top of call tomorrow.
95 - Nice work, D’Ysquiths!!!
97 - Sustain your energy…this needs to be really charged, Nico
98 - Nice work…charming, Joeyy
99 - Gotta get that line…it’s a major cue, Hyacinth
100 - Don’t sit until just before you stop singing, Nico
101 - Don’t lose your aged physicality…you’ve been working really hard, Johnathan
103 - There is a 4th dish to come out…the bowl should be last of the 4, servants
104 - Harmonies came back tonight…better, Servants!
105 - No speeding up your body, Johnathan
106 - Gotta hit the ‘Gun’ entry, Servants
107 - SO MUCH NOISE BACKSTAGE…WHERE IS YOUR FOCUS?!
109 - Energy waning, Nico and Theo
109 - Where are the light cues on this page, Emma?
110 - Dont’ bring up the light cue until ‘Not Guilty’ Emma
110 - Tighten up the cues on the testimonies, Actors
112 - Legendary work…Can’t believe what you’re doing tonight, Johnathan!!!
113 - Get a drink if you think you’re going to cough backstage, all!
116 - Good listening…very engaged, Ezra and Theo!
121 - Harmonies were better tonight, but still room to grow, quintet
121 - Don’t rush into the scene change, Scene Changers
122 - Get out of the cell quicker, Nico
123 - Missed the light change on ‘The Memoirs?!’, Emma
124 - Keep his relief palpable, Nico
125 - Rushed the last one too, Emma
***Massive leap forward tonight, team!!! Don't get discouraged when you make a mistake, put goofiness aside offstage, focus all of that energy into what you KNOW how to do, and we will have a show!!!  Believe in yourself team; against the odds, the show is almost there.

See you tomorrow...get rested.

j.