Saturday, October 18, 2003

Okay, so, I'm so insanely bored right now. Like, you have no idea. Audrey is out of town for the weekend, and Amber is in "Guernica", and I'm just too lazy to go and find everyone else. Poop. I was going to go and see "Guernica" tonight, but I heard from some girl at the UC (who I rcognized, but couldn't remember her name. I hate that. It makes me feel bad) said that the show was sold out. That hacks me off; Ollie watched it last night and said it was awesome.

Rehearsals are going well. It's kinda weird, though. The process, I mean. We go through each scene, and just block. Nelison tells us exactly how to move, where to move, and when to move - even down to hand gestures. I asked my friend Tori if that's just his style as a director, and she said that all the directors are that way. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It's really effecient, and moves things along quickly (it's like: Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma'am, and you're done.); which is good, 'cause we only have 5 weeks until first curtain. And it's especially good for this show, when all the sets are so intricate, and you defintely have to pay attention to where you're standing; and the fact that we have a cast with 30 people in it doesn't help, either. But at the same time, I feel a bit robbed of my ability to create (even though my part isn't that huge). I mean, there's still lots more ways that you can make a character your own, but it's just that I'm so used to coming upon the blocking as I develop the character; not having some one tell me where to go and then figuring out the reason for it later. I wonder if that's how it is real theatre. Probably. Ah, well. I'm still having a superfly time, though.

"And 'P shaped pie' has this naughty calypso rhythm to it: P shaped pie, P shaped pie, P shaped pie!"

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