Sunday’s public performance, March 29, 2009

To Do:
Flannel on top of strike signs.
Chavez, I need to tear up your new jacket.
Distress shawls for TOMBS.

Ruth, watch women and poor
Vendors, when asking society woman if they want to buy anything, tip hats to them
Brandon, louder
Roth, be more abrasive start off lowkey and hit your height when the coughing bothers you. Everyone react to Roth, negatively if that is your character, but you have to react in some way.
Margaret, your lines seem rehearsed. Say them differently.
Anya, take your hat, lose the purse.
Roger, laugh louder in the first union scene.
Lannon, great job with the accent – look at toilet
Joe, gotta have an accent.
Eyetie is pronounced IIIII TIIIII. In Far and away
Bridget on Stolle – Thugs need to react more
Brandon, in the dance scene, all movements MUST be big. Rehearse with Alina on Monday and I will work with you.
TRANSITIONS – Move in diagonals.
Joe, told her. Hit the d on told.
2nd Union scene, Roger, have a muffler, gloves, etc. The shirt should be unbuttoned in the second scene so that we can see the layers.
Cohen, sounded Southern.
Men in all scenes except for Roger need to dirty hands.
Roger as the thug, you need an accent.
After the rain, look at the sky, women, not all at once and see that you do not need your shawls.
“Patched clothes” move more downstage.
“I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.”-- Alan Arkin In the comments, write what this means to you.
Violet, do not hesitate with your lines. Step on them.
Julie and Alina, recognize others and you may go to them before assuming your position on the platform. Can either of you come in URS and cross CSR
All actresses, including Clara, fade in the cheeks.
Society girls, Lenore, bring in the cape with the idea that you are donating it. Then you do not have to take your coat off.
MURMUR before the hearing, so it sounds as though the judge has been talking.
Roth, use the cane more – p oint it at the girls.
Chavez, watch the word “either.”
Judge, deeper voice
ESQUIRE, then look proud of yourself.
Judge, keep your feet still.
Windbag…… murmur, then gavel and dead silence.
Remove prisoners, MURMUR louder.
Murmur after the hearing.
In the tomb, Clara and girls help Rosie to a reclining place.
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”Oscar Wilde Interpret this in the blog comment.
Roth, given me and Rosie….. hit your chest with the doll.
DISTRESS Shawls
Roth – Remember your power and gain momentum when saying that the girls are trying to take it away. Then almost crumple when you say Rosie may come back again.
DREAM
Joe, walk deliberately to your place with eyes locked on Anya. Roth, your eyes are locked on Anya.
FIRE IS HOT.
TOMB
It is hard getting up. The cold is in your bones. You haven’t had any movement. You are exhausted and starving. YOU ARE WEAK. Move that way.
Bridget to the audience after Clara’s death.
Girls, remember you have been in the tombs and cannot move. Help each other. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Joe, take all tags out of your jacket.
On “And died on the picket line,” let’s try Julie with that line. Move down front.
Ms. Border has said this, but We need to see ANGUISHED faces/ TRIUMPHANT faces, nevertheless. WE NEED TO SEE EXPReSSION.
Tomorrow night: Rehearsal is at 7PM. Tuesday it is at 8. Thursday night we will go over the play once if we do it under 40; if not, we will do it again. Friday morning, be here at 7:30. Our official rehearsal is Friday morning at 8AM.
PLEASE TELL YOUR PARENTS. THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS TIMES & IS A DISTRICT DECISION:
Friday, the directors' meeting is at 1PM.
The first play begins at 2PM. Have your parents there by 2:45.
The order of performance is as follows:
1. Post
2. Shallowater
3. Roosevelt
4. Denver City
YOU MAY NOT LEAVE BEFORE CRITIQUES.

Love you guys. Rehearse your accents. Think about your characters.