The Importance of Being Earnest Show Notes
5.5.2011
Cecily- We now have a new cake that isn't like a brick. However, you'll have to cut it yourself during the show.
ACT ONE
Lane- only look in the direction Algernon is, not both directions
Algy 1.5- sounded like gut rather than cut
Algy, enunciate in general- don't mush your words together
Algy- don't talk with your mouth full!
Jack - you sound rather monotone while you are asking who is coming to tea
Algy- "essence of romance is all over" ?
Algy 3.8- you cut Jack off. Look over the lines again to see where his lines end and yours begin.
Everyone- lines, lines, LINES.
Jack- careful of how you are sitting around "rather mean of you Earnest", your knees should be together
Algy 4.6 said line wrong
Jack 4.13- we're not sure, but you may have been cut off by Algy
Algy 5.1 ENUNCIATE. We couldn't understand a single word.
Algy 5.5- you left out "who lives in Tunbridge wells"
Jack 5.8 you left out bunburyist
Jack 5.12- you left out "my dear fellow"
Jack 6.8- the line is "what on earth do you mean?"
Jack -don't eat off of the bare surface of the table- if you grab a piece of bread and butter, hold it in your hand until you are done
General note- cues are really slow tonight
Algy 6.13 missed the end of the line
Algy 7.2 you just messed up the line- good try on covering for it
Jack 7.5 you added absurd
Better reactions tonight over the cucumber sandwiches
LB, Don't throw away the line of "gold for grief"!!!
Jack - the small hand gestures like walking are ok- don't just offer your hand out for her to take.
LB, 9.6 left out a few sentences here and there
Jack -use good posture~ Sit up straight, not hunchbacked
Jack- it's a little awkward when you touch Gwen's shoulder during the "since I met you" line.
Jack- watch your physicalization when sitting- you sit with knees apart, hunched over, every once in a while.
Gwen- act more surprised when he actually proposes
LB "fruit", not "flower" 12.17
Jack- 13.5- you said "believe" early
Jack 13.9- you switched the order of your sentences
Jack - how do you feel about having been found? how has it affected you? how do suppose she is going to take the news?
Jack 14.10- missed the last sentence- may have been a cut off by LB
LB-15.1 "one parent of either sex"- you also mixed up a fw of the phrases
Jack-play up the realization that you've just bad-mouthed his family and you're very contrite now
Algy 16.2 "civilized" not modern.
Jack 16.3- you added "in paris" to the last sentence
Jack - be careful not to abuse the pocket watch. It's a loan to the department, and makes the most dreadful noise when you bang your hand against it.
Jack -we need to see more of the fact tha your dreams have just been crushed by Lady Bracknell.
Algy 18.15- did you forget your line? You need to be saying you lines while he pours the sherry!!!
ACT TWO
Lights- lights need to be all the way of when the act opens
Bati- project! your voice is getting lost in the theater- and Prism, being louder, begins to seem much more important
Ceci, 22.14 we didn't hear 'park'
Cues- pick up the cues, everyone!
Algy- the line is "if you don't mind, you could make that your mission" (or something rather close to that… sorry, didn't have the script at the moment I wrote this)
Prism- good touch with "fruits?"
Dc- we liked "any occasion"
Costume- Chasuble's tie?
DC- you said own instead of outlying
Algy, an audience member remarked "I couldn't understand a word Algernon said." to Mr. Pereenboom.
Algy 29.7- you missed the phrase "I expected a more enthusiastic welcome."
Merriman- slow down, articulate, 29.21. MERRIMAN WEAR BLACK SOCKS NOT WHITE.
Jack- careful of physicalization- your body says "stay as long as you want", but your lines say "Get the &%^ out of my Garden."
Ceci, 31.1 Mixed up the sentences
Merriman- you should enter a little sooner so that you are in place when you say the dogcart is at the door.
Algy, you are definitely enjoying the character more, having more fun, and that's reading! Hoorah!
Algy- "wildly, passionately, devotedly, hopelessly"- we lost the last two words
Merriman- Enter, then say your lines
Ceci- you forgot "of course it was" over the broke off engagement
Algy 33.15- "my dear child" not "my own darling"
Girls, synchronize the sigh- but other than that, the timing on the silence was wonderful!
Merriman- the plate state should be placed at the BACK of the table, not the front. The tea set must be closer to the girls so that it can be easily accessed by Bati. Also, Natalie needs the table space to put her plate down.
Gwendolen- you wouldn't put your arm around his shoulder- you would, however, put it around his waist
Gentleman- careful not to look too smug and happy during this- you haven't the foggiest whether these gores will ever forgive you for your deception.
Jack 40.2- got a bit muddled at the end
Jack- don't wipe your nose on your shirt sleeve. Also, you looked comfortable- you are highly agitated. Work on the physicalization for Saturday.
Algy 41.2 "thoroughly EXPERIENCED" not "educated"
Algy- don't fix the plate stand during the act unless you can talk at the same time. Kudos for noticing it was titling.
Merriman- the plate stand needs to be positioned in such a way that it won't fall over.
Jack- you've got o go for the muffins, or Algy's line doesn't make sense.
Both of you, REVIEW YOUR LINES
DO NOT MOVE ONCE THE LIGHTS BEGIN TO GO OUT
ACT THREE
Natlaie, watt until you are past the border to begin saying your line. We lost the first few words of the first line
Algy and Jack- synchronize the whistle, if possible
Ceci, 40.14 you said "there one question I would like to put to you" the line is "Would you kindly answer me the following question
Jack- careful of upstaging Algy! Do not step forward past him.
Bati- pause for laughs
Comic three- work on it for Saturday
Lady Bracknell- don't smile.
Algy 47.8- we could understand nothing between Cecily and possibilities
Clarence- BE more EXCITED! at her allowing you to marry
DC- "pew owner" should be "pew opener"
Good job on having the bag open!!!
LB- that glare at Jack when he says "I hate to seem inquisitive" was perfect!
Jack 53.7- it's irrevocable, not unalterable
LB we really want to se you cringe when he says Aunt Augusta- Jack, you've got to call her Aunt very purposefully.
Jack- your physiclization should show us that you are very anxious about finding out your names rather than being casual
LB- you could probably look them in interest while they look for the name, then look away in disdain when he says it.
Jack 54.10- my own one vs. Darling
Laetitia needs to come sooner, DC. Full tilt to the end!
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