Monday 10/4:
NEW Sound Designer hired. Welcome Matt Benjamin on sabbatical from his duties at Wright State University. I am very excited to work with this seasoned, talented professional.
PRESS MACHINE MEETING: The design team, Brian Russman, and I met to discuss a redesign to endow the machine aspect with more human like qualities. We are going to make torsos metallic, heads more mannequin-like with press hats and dangling arms and legs with camera and pen/pads.
REHEARSAL: Individual work day. We broke rehearsals down to allow for a rotation between Alexander/Dialect Coaching, Solo Music Coaching, One on one Staging/Acting Coaching. Strong work was done to move us forward. We also crawled through Act II. Worked in detail about when/how the women take control of their world (props) and identities.
Tuesday 10/5:
Phone Meeting with Sound Designer to talk through my Rough Cues. He emailed an augmented Cue sheet incorporating ideas we discussed and created together.
Rehearsal: This was a day where we had 45 minutes at the top to do spot work and then we were doing a run for designers. It was my job to maximize our efficiency of time for the beginning of rehearsal.
6:30-7:15: WORK accomplished: Integrated Press Machine as a "Character" in the opening of the show. Kept trucking through the GP section-Lady Lindy-giving new intention of "Making Amelia" as a product. Give new intention of traveling with a suitcase to place to place and using it as a platform, etc.
7:25 RUN THROUGH - This was a huge step forward and illuminated the exact moments that need reworking. The ladies were allowing themselves to give over to the journeys and see where it takes them. Some specific directorial challenges... Each scene is high stakes.......how do we work with pace to vary energy/intention of Act I?
WORK AND ADD DETAILS TO ADVENTURE, SPECTACLE, MYSTERY to personalize each woman's story and give the Vanishing Point Trailer!!!!
Wednesday 10/6:
JUDY CONTE DAY OF MOVEMENT ADVISING! After restaging different scenes and moments, my Movement Advisor came in and helped make those 'dramatic storytelling through movement' moments clear and specific. I showed what I had for the moment and Judy and I worked together to add and specify elements for the actor. The sheer physical control that Judy exhibits and her ability to pass that toolbox onto each individual actor was an education for me. Thank you - another leap forward. After, we added new moments to build Act I Finale to the feverish pitch that it needs to have right before the disappearance. Each woman left feeling fed with new inspiration, including me.
Production Meeting went smoothly, and we continued by going into the space and talking about monitor and camera placement.
The deck is being installed; I took a look into the Rauh after rehearsal. Set is expansive - in a good way. The space always looks different to me in compared to in the model and then, again, different to the rehearsal room! Wild. There is a space concern on the Deck left side, but Stage Management feels that we can still manuever all changes in the space allotted.
In the late evening, I received Sound Samples from Matt for all of our cues. Couldn't wait to get at them on Thursday morning in prep for our meeting.
FULL DAY THAT MADE IT A REALITY IN MY BRAIN THAT WE ARE DOING THIS WITH AN END DATE........WITH AN AUDIENCE.
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