Hey everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Due to the 4th of July, we got the whole weekend off, including today. I will be on vacation this week and therefore will obviously not be at rehearsals. But, considering it is a week and a half until show time, I do know what will all be worked on this week.
Tomorrow, the cast will just be line bashing. It's the adults that have been having problems with their lines so I think this is much needed. Having started working more with the adults lately, I've noticed they don't take this near as seriously as the kids do. I understand that they obviously have a life outside the youth theatre but it's frustrating as part of the show to see people not put in the bare minimum of effort expected just to get lines down. It definitely made me identify with the directors and even any teachers at ISU that get frustrated when it' apparent we haven't done the work needed. I want this show to be successful, and I know it will be. It's just hard to watch carelessness.
On Tuesday and Thursday, we will be doing a full run through of the show. It's important to hit the trouble spots head on and hard now that we are so close to presenting this to the public. I think one of the biggest problems people are having is the fact that they don't have enough confidence in themselves for the part their playing and thinking they've bit off more than they can chew. For example, I've been working with Von who plays Warbucks and it's apparent he is having trouble with lines. His singing is spot on, and he's constantly going over his lines backstage. He's just having trouble memorizing lines. It's hard watching him struggle, but his improvement throughout this process has been quite significant. It's obvious he cares about doing well.
I'm just very excited to get back next week and see the progress. I can't believe how fast this has all gone. I will blog all about what I saw next week and hopefully I will be able to report some great improvements!
Until then!
Aly
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