tuesday's post

today we ran though the show again.with all the light changes and sound.we also got notes from yesterday since we didn't have time before.emily told us to keep up our volume and that i need to make in clear why i'm coming on stage.

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today we ran through our scene and emily thought we did very well.lou also told everyone that the show is looking really good.

monday's post

today we were in the theatre again and we did a full run through.we had partial lights and sound.its really exciting to see the show actually happening after all this time.i'm scared/going crazy about the show,finals,end of school everything.

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today margie and i worked on raising our stakes and really getting mad at each other.plus i learned how work with margie if she starts to up-stage me during the scene and how to push her beack down stage.

wednesday’s post

today we watched javi and dan’s scenes. for dans’s scene they worked through all of their blocking and abbi’s flashbacks. i really like how they worked it.and they got a note that i think helps in my scene too, that as an actor you except your tactics to work,you never expect to fail at something.

with javi’s scene thay also worked their blocking. theirs is really interesting to watch because you have to pay attention but with the blocking they make it very clear that the characters and time are changing.i also really like the changing of john’s costume as he gets older,they add a tie and button his shirt to go along with his phases in life, which looks really cool.

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today i paid attention to both scenes and i’m really enjoying seeing the blocking and looking at their processes.they are different from how i imagined them and i really like that.both scenes are surprising me.

tuesday’s post

today we worked on our essays.emily and i read over mine and made corrections together,we also went over any questions i had about corrections on my last draft.then we had a lesson on “to be” and to avoid it to make our writing stronger.we had a code red drill so that kind of cut out of some of our class time.

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i’m really happy with how my paper is turning out.i’m going to work on the corrections that emily gave me and that you gave me for my final and hopefully it will be even better. plus i participated in today’s lesson on “to be”.

monday’s post

so today we did my scene and katelin’s scene. for katelin’s scene i’m really starting to notice the distinct differences that are between the characters. kelsey and katelyn are doing a really good job showing the differences. even in their physicality its seen.katelyn is very strait up in her seat and proper,while kelsey is more slouched and plotting. kelsey is also doing a really good job with getting aggressive and making katelyn feels stupid. on the other hand i think katelyn is doing a really good job being surprised by kelsey every time and learning in the scene.

as for our scene we worked alot on blocking and we also have to be alot louder. i have to follow my impulses more and i really have to work on when to be mean and make margie feel stupid and when to console her. as well as know when to take a beat on lines.

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i’m really enjoying watching the scenes come along. i wrote down all my blocking as well as notes on my lines and when i should be mean or comforting. i’m going to really listen to my impulses (and hopefully they make sense)

friday’s particiation

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today most of the class went to the ice cream social.so not much happened today.but i sent my 2nd draft to emily for more corrections and i went over my lines and tried to work on my character body.

thursday’s post

today we watched wandering again and we worked on my scene again.

with wandering,they worked a lot on blocking.which is really important for this scene the most i think,because it helps show the transitions of time better and today they worked on one part when john is getting examined for the draft i’m guessing,and cypi says this whole list of actions for him to do,ending in a cough.and the blocking they have john do is really funny along with cypi’d lines.

for my scene,i think i felt some improvement after two days. i still have to be WAY more agresive and really think about my charatcer body because i’m still feeling awkward.plus when being agressive,i have to start sort of hurting margie because that’s how i kind of convince her to not get her baby.

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i’m really trying hard to work on the notes i get from lou.and at first i wasn’t sure how to use the notes lou gave me but now i’m trying to really use them and im understanding them a lot more.

wednesday’s post

today i took notes on napkin and got to work on my scene.

so for napkin,lou was really pushing for the first line to be truthful and for katelyn to believe it.which i always think about because i have the first line and i want it to be truthful,and not just some random line.

in napkin, the entire play they have realizations back and forth about how to save the w.civ. and what i really love is how kelsey and katelyn always seem to realize these things like its the first time they’ve done it.also the characters use what they know to make this plan.so it comes really naturally to them to mkae this business plan.i also really like that the whole plan is really a game to them,but they take it so seriously,have their fun,and then drop it and come back into their reality.

as for my scene,its a lot different working with lou and the entire class watching than just with our group.but i’m enjoying it.

for my character, we figured out she is a thinker,so that means she works from the head (which i’m still unsure about how to use.) a lot of the time i’m making margie feel stupid,to convince her she can’t have this kid.and i feel like there is a lot of dark-ish feelings about the baby.i think i always felt better than her,simply because i was more responsible,and now her having a child and having all this difficulty with giving it up just proves that.

lou told me that i don’t know what to do with my hands and i really agree.i have to work on my character body i think,because now its really just me being my awkward self.

i also have to be more aggressive,because its more than just a friend and friend relationship, its a mother/daughter relationship which i’m really starting to see now, so its like a disobedient child i’m dealing with.plus i have a lot of hatred for this baby,so in return,hatred for shelia.

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today i not only took notes,but worked on my own scene and made a lot of discoveries about my character.the scene is coming along really well and i really enjoy working on it.in rehearsal now i’m going to focus on being truthful,less awkward,and working on my character body.

tuesday’s post

today we continued our note taking with wandering and departures.i’m actually really enjoying seeing everyone’s showcases and the notes are really helping everyone improve.

with wandering,i was at first really confused about the play.i didn’t understand it and i didn’t see how it could be performed on stage.but today i really started to get it.emily and cypi got a really good technique for their character bodies.by finding how each character stands and what actions they would do,and finding if they are a thinker,feeler,or doer.it really makes each character stand out and i think it helped them become a lot stronger with each character because they’re more sure about the physicality of the character.

for departures this is i think the second or third time i’ve seen lou work with them.they are really starting to look and act like sisters, to me.abbi’s asides are really cool.i like how lexii is now still in the “real world” while she gives abbi her time to have her talk with he audience, or herself i guess to lexii.and i also like how abbi is really talking to the audience because then it seems more real to her,like she’s explaining something to herslef or like this group of on-lookers he has following her.

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today i took notes on wandering and departures.mostly i wrote down any notes that i could apply to my acting.like from wandering to motivate your blocking, instead of just doing it, the blocking becomes a lot more realistic when there is actual drive behind the character.and from departures to really mean your lines,and if you’re talking to the audience or another character you have to react truthfully to any reactions you get,not just what you think should have happened.