The first rehearsal of the week started with the director
telling everyone that they needed to be off-book a week from today (shits yeah,
a deadline for progress, I love it!). We
then moved on to the first scene of the musical. I personally had never seen this scene
performed, so I was looking forward to seeing how well we were going to grab
the audience’s attention. The answer is,
incredibly well. This is one thing I’ve
noticed throughout my time here, one scene could be a mess and all over the
place and another be so close to finished it boggles the mind.
I think we need someone as a full time, “Tell those kids to
be quiet” manager. I swear, if there is
one break from running lines for the director, AD, or myself to give notes,
those kids just start talking and doing whatever they feel like (also keep in
mind when I say kids, I mean mostly those in high school and middle school).
The first hour was at least productive, we ran through two
scenes, the first and the last. The
ending scene was miles ahead of where it was last Thursday. I was shocked and very pleased that something
resembling progress had somehow found its way on stage. And then came the second hour of
rehearsal. This is when I wish we
weren’t at a school because I really want a cigarette and some whiskey. The dances are going to be the last part
finished of this musical (understandably so, I can’t dance for shit). We still have to far to go and with
everything left to work on, I get stressed out until I see a scene that we have
rarely worked on look so good.
I am trying to stay optimistic and I am positive the show
will be presentable when the time comes, but there are so many things that
could be handled better and as these begin to pile up, I am forced to wonder
how much better this play could be if we used our time more appropriately.
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