Rehearsal Report: From the Director
Sorry for the lack of posts — things have definitely been busy as we’re really in the full swing of things now. We just finished our first week of rehearsals and I can honestly say I’m more excited about this play than ever.
On Sunday evening, we ran the entire show on the set for our designers, and it went surprisingly well for the first time through.
I was initially concerned about how to approach the nudity required in the shower scene during the rehearsal process. When should we start the nudity? How do I ask for the nudity the first time? Should it be gradual or should we just go “full monty” all at once? Thankfully, my actors lead by Tim Davis decided to “go for it” in a blocking rehearsal early last week. With that out of the way, we were able to get over the uncomfortable part of the nudity and get down to really working on the shower scene. Thanks guys! I really appreciate your courage and spirit.
Now that the whole show is blocked, we can get down to working on the show. This week we’ll work on each act individually and then late in the week put the whole show together again for a final run through or two before we start technical rehearsals this weekend.
I spent some time on the phone today with Curtis Craig, our sound designer, discussing the sound aspect of the show. I was relieved to hear that we were already on the same page with regard to the tone of the show and that rock music and “stadium anthems” will definitely be a part of the final sound design. In addition, we discussed the challenge of creating through sound the many baseball game scenes in the show, from the sound effects of hits and pitches; to crowd cheers and jeers.
On Sunday evening, we ran the entire show on the set for our designers, and it went surprisingly well for the first time through.
I was initially concerned about how to approach the nudity required in the shower scene during the rehearsal process. When should we start the nudity? How do I ask for the nudity the first time? Should it be gradual or should we just go “full monty” all at once? Thankfully, my actors lead by Tim Davis decided to “go for it” in a blocking rehearsal early last week. With that out of the way, we were able to get over the uncomfortable part of the nudity and get down to really working on the shower scene. Thanks guys! I really appreciate your courage and spirit.
Now that the whole show is blocked, we can get down to working on the show. This week we’ll work on each act individually and then late in the week put the whole show together again for a final run through or two before we start technical rehearsals this weekend.
I spent some time on the phone today with Curtis Craig, our sound designer, discussing the sound aspect of the show. I was relieved to hear that we were already on the same page with regard to the tone of the show and that rock music and “stadium anthems” will definitely be a part of the final sound design. In addition, we discussed the challenge of creating through sound the many baseball game scenes in the show, from the sound effects of hits and pitches; to crowd cheers and jeers.
More later.
Terry Martin
WTT's Producing Artistic Director & Director of Take Me Out
posted by WaterTower Theatre @ 8:28 AM
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