The Importance of Being Earnest Rehearsal Notes
4/25/2011
Techies- You NEED to wear your blacks.
Costume Crew- Allison (not Dobsha) is coming in for another hair workshop right after school tomorrow- all costume crew required to be there
Act One
Hair and Makeup- excellent job on the aging make-up and hair for Lane, LB, Prism, DC!
Amanda- you need to come with your hair curled!
always check to make sure the exit light is turned off- house left door
"I play with wonderful expression"- slow it down.
Algy, 1.3
Algy 1.7
Algy, take sandwiches from the plate- one plate underneath. Clarence, check with Adam on how it's done.
Algy, 2.7 Slow down and enunciate
You should already have the sandwich in your hand when Jack comes in, Clarence.
Corey, project a bit more
Algy 3.2
Sound- watch out for miscellaneous sounds. You beeped.
Jack, you missed your sandwich cue
Good job with the small, measured bites!
Algy 3.12
Clarence, your articulation still needs some work
Piano sounds should be coming from offstage down right- make it happen
Good job leaving your sleeve down, Corey!
Jack, we need to see a stronger ideal about why you are upset about him reading the inside of your cigarette case
"It's Jack"- this is your big secret- how do you feel about blurting it out
Why are there no cards in the case?? Jack, there need to be a difference between the man you play before and after you say your name is Jack- you have only just started to tell the truth.
Algy 5.5
Jack, 5.12- we lost 'Cecily', too. Enunciate
Jack- physicalization- you are too modern day casual. Also, don't fix your costume in the middle of a line.
Jack 6.4
Algy 6.5
Algy 6.11
Algy, 6.13. Go over your monologues!
Jack 7.1. What is the subtext behind what you are saying?
Algy, 7.2,
JACK, cover when you forget a line- don't let the silence show
Good job pronouncing Wagner!
Lane, good tongue roll at Lady Bracknell
Good job letting Gwen sit before you, Corey!
Corey, raise your head a bit when you flirt with Gwen- we cannot see your face in the audience
Algy 8.22
LB, 9.2 . Also, good job on subtext!
Algy, 9.3
LB 9.6.
Nat, Corey, excellent flirting during LB's monologue!
- we need to start using REAL TEA
Good expression when Bracknell keeps pulling you back to listen, Clarence
" thought so" got a little high
Piano music is not coming from backstage!!! Also, get rid of the bloop noise that precedes the song
Jack, you're still using some hard r's --watch for those!
Jack 10.16
Nice "Jack" Natalie- we all laughed.
we need more role playing from you, Corey,- you are trying to sell Gwen on the name Jack. You want her to like it.
Jack 11.6
Gwen, 11.9
"Will you marry me" got a little high pitched, Corey! It was hard to hear since you couldn't use the full ability of your voice.
Jack, look confused by the touch of the umbrella- you aren't sure what she wants you to do at first
Lady Bracknell, good timing on the entrance, however, we need a stronger reaction of surprise upon seeing them
LB, 12. 5
Nice play on the blowing kisses.
All actors, technicians, don't leave your stuff in the theater any more.
LB 12.15
Props- the pen LB is using looks fine from a distance
LB, 13.2
Jack- all your doing is staring a the ledger- attention should be up to us! Look out, and let the audience decide who to look at
Jack 13.7 "get it back at…."
Jack- imagine you are in the military, under inspection, and LB is your sergeant. No matter where she goes, you stare straight ahead.
Costume crew- hair is looking a lot better! Kudos!
Jack 14.2
We're losing the idea of counterbalance in this scene- LB starts mean, Jack starts nervous, they both steadily get more comfortable until the truth Jack's beginnings comes out.
Costume Crew- LB needs a little bit more aging- crows feet, etc.
LB 14.13
LB 15.1
LB 15.3
Sound, you need to wait until he starts saying his line before you cut the music- and wait for the climax!
Clarence, when you enter you cannot be seen- enter more fully
"Mother"- work on the british pronunciation
Jack 15.10,
Algy, 15.11
Jack 15.12
Jack, the pause and "you don't suppose" reaction was good!
Jack, 16.9. Look over your lines- We could see you struggling to remember the lines
Jack, physicalization- look how you are sitting on the couch- don't lean to far sideways- you almost look scared of Algy
Jack 16.17
Jack 16.19
Algy 16.22
Algy, 17.2
Jack, you upstage yourself during "no I hate…"- we cannot hear you well because all your voice is going to the back of the stage
Algy 17.14
Jack- why are you death gripping Gwen? You don't have to completely encircle her and grasp your wrists!
Jack, we don't understand why you are saying what you are saying to Algy- we need to see that you are so upset with Algy you don't want to do anything he wants to do
Algy, the men would probably be in a breast pocket of your jacket rather than the waistcoat.
Jack, what took you sod long upon your reentrance? And why did you come in through a different (nonexistent) door?
Jack 19.2
Lights, you took too long to fade out. Bring the level of the music up for intermission!
Boys, Make sure the light is completely out before breaking tableau
Act Two
prism 22.2
Cecily 22.7
Chasuble, enunciate
Costume, more aging on chasuble
Chasuble after bees we lost words
Chasuble glases?
Meriman 23.16
Cecily, don't click your pen
Cecily 24.4
Cecily and algernon, good reaction when you first meet
Cecily 24.16
Cecily 25.14
Chasuble, we are losing your words enunciate
Jack you were late for your entrance
Jack 27.4
Chasuble LOUDER, PRONUNIATE
Chasuble stop shaking your hands unless they are a part of your character, if it is part of your character go bigger
Chasuble 27.16
Chasuble 28.4
Cecily 28.11
Jack 29.6
Jack through down Algernons hand
Jack 29.18
Algernon 30.15
Jack 30.18
Cecily, late entrance
Cecily 31.7
Cecily 31.13
Cecily 31.15
Meriman 32.3
Algernon 32.7
Cecily 32.14
Costume Crew, Algernon's hair should be curly
Cecily 33.12
Algernon 33.19
Algernon 34.6
Meriman , don't stutter
Cecily 34.13
Cecily, words got a little chews up
Cecily 35.20
Costume crew, should Cecily's shoes be showing
Cecily 38.2
Props, we need sugar cubes
Props, where is the three tiered plate stand?
Meriman, more dramatic exit
Jack 38.14
Cecily 39.2
Cecily and Algernon, 39.6-39.7
Jack 40.2
Gwendolen and Cecily, while walking out together good stop and squeak
Algernon 40.16
Jack 41.1
Jack 41.3 cut off by algernon
algernon 41.10 cut off by jack
Jack 41.15
Meriman, if during a show you don't bring in the food at the right time, you can bring it in later
Grab the cup by the handle not by the cup
Algernon 42.2
Jack 42.9
Costume crew, all male characters should have black socks
Algernon if you don't have the muffin for the silhouette use a teacup
Jack 42.11
Act 3
algernon and jack whistling should be synchronized
Cecily 44.5
Comic three better on timing
Sound be careful about computer sounds
Algernon 45.9
Lady bracknell, take off the price tag on your purse
Lady bracknell 46.5
Jack when talking to lady bracknell about Cecily don't look at her look at the audience
algy why are you doing that weird thing with your foot
Jack 47.2
Lady bracknell 47.3
Lady bracknell 47.5
Gwendolen, good reaction to ceccily and algernon being engaged
Jack don't be afraid to react as well
Jack when you are telling lady b how bad algernon is act like this is your final triumph
Jack 48.9
Lady brack 48.10
jack 48.13
Cecily don't yawn
Lady bracknell 49. 5
cecily 49.8
Pick up cues
Costume crew, lady bracknells jacket is falling off
jacl 49.12
Lady bracknell 49.13
Lady brackn3ll 50.6
Chasuble 50.9
lady bracknell 50.10
Lady bracknell, when you hear prism BIG ration
Lady bracknell 50.12
Prism good reaction
Jack 51.8
Jack more acurate noises
Props, make sure the bag is easily opened
Prism make sure you open the bag
jack when you are talking about the way women are treated talked to everyone not just prism
Jack 53.4
Jack more energy
Jack pick up cues
Jack accent "bruthuh" not bRother
Jack 53.10
lady bracknell 53.11
lady bracknell 53.13
lady bracknell good cover
props 5 more books
jack 54.5
jack 54.8
jack don't pat gwendolen on the back hug her
work on curtain call, more confidence, know what you are doing
Run crew, give cecily her journal for curtain call
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