Week One, Night Two

Tonight's rehearsal was crazy, lol. Our cast is very high energy and delightful. Everyone is brimming with ideas and anticipation for what each night will bring. I cannot wait to see what the actors will do once their hands are free of scripts. :oD YAY!

Week One, Night One

This evening marked the first rehearsal for the cast of Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best? and it was great. I decided to try a new blocking technique with the kids. Instead of blocking as the kids went through their lines, I covered each blocking note first, page by page. Once the actors had their blocking notes in their scripts, we then ran through most of the show with the lines and blocking. The kids did really well with on their first blocking run.
Before the cast arrived in the theatre, I sat down with the script and got most of the lighting blocking down and in the computer program. :o) YAY!
This week, I'm planning on pulling out costumes that may work with this production and see what we're lacking. My hope is to have a really well costumed cast for this show, elaborate and colorful. We'll see where that goes...

Hamlet Cast List

Once again we had the extremely difficult job of casting. UGH. There were so many awesome actors who came out to audition, 33 total. Having a huge turn out is awesome until I realize that I only have 14 parts in the show. :o( However, I think we made a great final cast decision.
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Hamlet- Carrie Love

Claudius- Jarrod Bess

Gertrude- Jackie Richardson

Ghost- Heath Ramey

Ophelia- Allyson Withers

Polonius- Connor Stonerock

Laertes- Tate Shannon

Horatio- Makenzie Moore

Marcellus- Emily Dengler

Guards/Gravediggers- Allie Wood, Flynn Shannon

Narrators-Emily Allen, Katie Warner, Nathan Arni