Rehearsal Report--6/24

We started on sequencing the show and worked with the middle section.  It went fairly well.  My biggest struggle right now is working around conflict schedules.  We were hampered with three of the principals having previous conflicts.  It wasn't insurmountable, but it does deflate the moment somewhat. The fun part was of course cast-fun afterwards.

Fortunately, I was able to pre-block some of what we were going to cover with some of them earlier in the week, and I was able to  use the principals that were there to cover some stuff that is coming up where there are previously scheduled conflicts.  There was some really great work with Anne and Slender, in particular.  We were able to block some stuff out of the pre-planned sequence.



We were able to start to see some of the connections between scenes, and how one flows into another fairly seamlessly.  That Shakespeare--he's a genius.  The build to the first assignation scene works really well.  There's a nice rhythm and flow from the Duel forward.  It clicks well.  And the more that I work with the material, the more it is obvious that the intermission needs to follow the first assignation scene.

Issues raised:
--The two parts of the Duel are awkward together.  Only in flowing from one to another.  perhaps some music/underscoring can help.  Must think that through.

Prep for next time:
--Block the Evans/Pages/Fords scene where they plot the final assignation
--Block the Wilhelmina scene