The Importance of Being Earnest Preview Show Notes
BUTLERS I NEED YOU TO TALK TO MR. SM ABOUT THE CURTAINS
4.27.2011
Pre-show
Run crew, and actors don't walk behind the psyche, the movement is very odious
Sound, we don' have to play every song for pre-show. We need to start at 7:30 sharp.
If we do need to push start time back make sure the House manager and the stage manager talk.
Make an announcement to not take pictures
Act One
Ross try to stay steady
Ross make it more odious that you want to hide the cucumber sandwiches
Clarence please pro-nunciate. we are losing the ends of your words
Pause if people laugh for long periods of time
Run crew and actors don't walk to close to the psyche it causes movement
Coery and Clarence, more game play between you two, Algernon knows that gwendolen is coming, use that to your advantage
Corey you need to be at the food sooner, no pause
Corey, more tension about algernon reading the cigarette case
Clarence practice opening the cigarette case
Clarence 4.14
Clarence we are losing the ends of you sentences.
Clarence "small" sounded like smart
Clarence 5.5, don't cut off Corey
Corey you skipped a page from middle 5 to middle 6
Clarence, you need to save Corey if he skips
Corey, don't stutter
Clarence 6.13
Corey 7.1
Clarence good cover
Corey 7.2
Clarence, be careful about saying Wagnerian instead of Vagnerian
Hair, Gibsons need to be cleaner, they are lopsided
Make-up, more aging on lady bracknell, make the lines either darker or thicker
Algy's piano can be quieter. if it is at 10 make it an 8
Corey you need to be careful about losing your physicalization
Corey when gwendolen offers her hand to you take it right away
Natalie good physicalization
Colleen, nice sense of coming up with the lines as you speak them.
Corey, don't sway
Corey. 13.7 not a moments notice, its i can get it back at six months notice
Colleen, nice projection and articulation
Corey 14.2
Colleen, I like how you look at your journal to remember whether it is james or thomas
Corey, take more time to realize that the song is wedding march
Corey, act more mad about Lady bracknell turning you down
Corey, let us see the realization that gwendolen might become like her mother
Corey, you are acting way to casual and happy to have the love of your life just taken away from you
Clarence, we can see you take interest in Cecily as Jack is talking about it. Good jab.
Corey keep the sense that you don't want to do anything because your so mad. That will motivate the idea that you are eased by seeing Gwendolen again
Corey, Push the idea that you HAVE to be Earnest because Gwendolen wants you to be Earnest
Clarence, when you freeze for the silhouette make your pose more of a cheers then a hail to the king
Corey the end of the scene is about you being ignorant of the fact that Algernon has a plan to bunbury.
Nick we will bring the lights up without them pulling up[ the grand curtains, when people are leaving for intermission we will pull the drapes
Act 2
Miles great engery
Miles do something with your arms, they look unnatural just laying there. when you do, do something with your arms us your whole arm not jeu from the elbow down
whoever closes the curtains on stage left walk around the stage don't walk across it
Bati make sure we hear Wicked
Clarence ENUNCIATE
Bati we are losing the beginning of your lines
Clarence don't cut off Cecily's lines
Prism, good timing on entrance
Corey, late entraces
Corey you look like your laughing when you are crying
Miles, good reaction to, o yay I can do my speech
Miles good physicalization
Miles, when you are second guessing your lines you lose your voice, even if you are unsure keep you volume
Corey, don't repeat words
Clarence an dCorey, be aware of Cecily
Matt, Articulate and SLOW DOWN
Matt, before you say yes sir wait for Cecily's head nod, also have a little giggle about, "how cute"
Clarence, pick up cues
Bati be bolder when you day that you don't like the name Algernon
Bati and Natalie, good acward pause
Natalie truett is going to bring a smaller journal so we may not use the red one
Natalie as soon as you start asking if you can look at her through you glasses get out your glasses
Bati and Natalie, good reactions to each other
Ross, footman should be wearing glasses, Let Matt use them too
Cecily feel free to quickly shove the sugar in the cup
Natalie it is a big deal that Cecily messes with your tea
oss hav a bigger reation
Corey have your arm around Gwendolens waist
Natalie, have your back to Algernon when he enters
Natalie, if the bag is giving you trouble don't fidget with it
Corey don't be so relaxed. we need to see the difference between relaxed and happy jack and Uptight and angry jack
Corey go for the Muffins right away
We need to get the sense that this is a dual
CUES
Corey and Clarence the conversation should get faster not slower
Jack 42.9 skipped
Clarence good try on covering
When you two come in
Act 3
Natalie, you can wear the glasses around your neck cause that might be easier
Matt and Ross synchronize your exits for the curtains
Bati be more downstage
Natalie and Bati, when you two are talking to them open more towards them and when you are whispering to each other curl up closer to eachother
Gwendolen softer r in german
Corey don't stand right infront of Algernon
Corey, when you say we are be more apologetic
Comic three need to be cleaner
Clarence CUES
Everybody CUES
Natalie, enjoy the fact that he has everything that Layd bracknell wants
Corey, don't touch Lady bracknell
Colleen when you hear cecily is loaded look t the audience so we can see the excitement on your face
everyone except jack doesn't know how rich cecily is so everyone look shocked
Colleen look at cecily through th eglases
Colleen 47.9
Corey, play up "it pains me" it doesn't pain you at all but you have this power
Corey, talk to Jim or Margot on how to say Perrie Joues Brut.
JAck CUES, When you say you interrupt her, INTERRUPT HER
Colleen good smugness at when Cecily is saying she can't wait
Miles Great Enrergy, but pick up your cues
Colleen nice reaction to Prism
Colleen have your back turned when prism comes in
Sophia, it sounded like you said Lady Brack instead of Bracknell
Everyone careful with Handbag softer a
Corey wait a little bit longer to start the sounds
Props OPEN THE HANDBAG BEFORE IT GOES ON STAGE, corey check this before you go on
everyone nice look at bracknell
Corey More energy. most exited we have ever seen you
Irrevocable
Colleen, when jack calls you aunt augusta look shocked that he called you aunt
Corey flip through the pages more
Miles it looks like you are giving Prism a nck massage be careful
Tempo keep building utill the end
Colleen 54.6
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