Week TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......

Whoo...
Week One is ooooover.
Onto Week Two.
This week, we are focusing on pages 28-51.
This is the transition from the Inn to on the deck of the Hispaniola.
Wednesday, we shall go through pages 1-51, fixing trouble spots and perfecting blocking.
This week, just about everyone is going to be a pirate.
YAY!

I do want everyone to think about who their character is and how they relate to the other characters.
Think about your character's background.
How long have you known some of the other characters?
Why does your character act a certain way?
What is your character's main motivation throughout this story?
What is your character's inner monologue throughout the duration of your presence in the story?
Think about it....

Little Johnny Jones ended today which means we can start dragging out props and costumes and start figuring out what we have at RTP vs what we need for our production.
I know exactly what I want as far as set design so we just have to pull down flats and figure out what paint we need which won't be hard.
This week starts an interesting phase of the rehearsal process....
Everyone, get ready...

Day one....

I really don't like blocking.
I don't think anyone does.
It's tedious.
BUT, everyone was a trooper.
I've never really paid attention the scheduling ways of others, so I'm not quite sure what the norm really is...
For me, I memorize by repetition.
When memorizing lines, I study one part, we'll title A.
I study it til I've memorized it, then I move to part B.
Once I've memorized B, I go back and go over A and B together, then move onto part C.
Then I do A, B, and C...
So continues the pattern.
That's how I've scheduled things.
We did pages 1-13 tonight.
We're going to go over 1-13 again tomorrow, then slap on 13-29.
Then Wednesday we're going to fine tune 1-29.
Over and over and over again.
Hopefully it won't annoy too many folks...
That's just how I role...
:o)

Everyone received their scripts tonight.
EVERYONE will notice that some folks are gettting an actual script and others are getting partial scripts.
The scripts were $20 a pop.
Multiply that by 32 cast members...
Yeah, that = NO more money in Tahrea's budget for ANYTHING else...
ugh.
We only got 11 actual scripts...
SO, I am making copies for those folks who aren't in the entire show.
Ben Gunn is only through the second half of the show.
Mrs. Hawkins is only in the first 29 pages.
Bill dies on page 16.
So, that's what I copied for them.
Please don't be offended or hurt by this.
It's not a matter of importance.
It's conservation of paper and ink costs in a crappy economy.
:o)

Update... (rehearsals start on MONDAY!!!!)

I am currently in the process of copying scripts and putting everything together.
As the scripts were $20 a pop, I'm doing a little bit of surgical work so that everyone has a copy of whatever part of the production in which they are involved.
I only have 11 copies of the actual script, and I'm going to assign those to the characters that are throughout the production.
This isn't so much about who's more important or better.
NONE of that, because EVERYONE is important.
It's all a matter of scheming and saving trees.
So, this week's main mode of insanity is, indeed, the scripts.
Bleh.
There are things about which others don't tell you when you start out on your first directing gig.
I imagine this is what it's like when you first bring home your baby or when you first get married.
You always learn things about yourself and the situation that you never saw coming...
BUT, it's fabulous.

Our first rehearsal is Monday....
I am totally pumped!!!!
We're going to need Jim, Mrs. H, Bill, the CUSTOMERS, and Dr. L on Monday.
Then, Tuesday, Jim, Bill, Mrs. H, Dr. L, Black Dog, Blind Pew, Morgan, Merry, Squire, Redruth, Hunter, Joyce, and the PIRATES group.
Wednesday, we're going over pages 1-29, which means EVERYONE from Monday and Tuesday.

YAY!

Rehearsal Schedule
February (Rehearsals are 6:30-8:30, unless otherwise noted)
Week 1-9 Blocking pages 1-13 (Jim, Mrs. Hawkins, Bill, Customers, Livesey)
10 Go over 1- 13, Block Pages 13-29 (Jim, Mrs. Hawkins, Bill, Livesey, Black Dog, Pew,
Morgan, Merry, Job, Trelawney, Redruth, Hunter,Joyce)
11 Go Over 1-29
Wk. 2- 16 Blocking pages 28-37 (Squire, Livesy, Smollett, Silver, (Squire, Livesey, Smollett, Silver, Redruth, Hunter, Joyce, Jim, Black Dog Dog,
Arrow, Merry, Dick, Morgan, Hands, O'Brien )
17 Go over 28-37, Block pages 37-51 (Squire, Livesey, Smollett, Silver, Jim, Redruth, Hunter, Joyce,
Arrow, Merry, Dick, Morgan, Hands, O'Brien )
18 Go Over pages 1-51
Wk.3-23 Blocking Pages 52-69 (Jim, Livesey, Joyce, Hunter, Redruth, Squire, Smollett, Pirates, Ben Gunn)
24 Go over 52-69, Block Pages 69-94 (Jim, Livesey, Squire, Smollett, Pirates, Ben Gunn)
25 Go over 52-94
March
Wk. 4- 2 Go over Act 2
3 Go Over Act 1
4 Go Over Combat scenes (Actors TBA)
Wk. 5- 9 Go Over Combat scenes (Actors TBA)
10 Run Act 1
11 Run Act 2
Wk. 6-16 Run Show Practice Curtain Call
17 Run Show
18 Run Show
Wk. 7-22 Tech Rehearsal- 4:30-TBA (depending on show runtime)
23 Run Play Call time at 6 pm. Curtain at 7 pm
24 Run Play Call time at 6 pm. Curtain at 7 pm
25 Run Play Call time at 6 pm. Curtain at 7 pm
26 Run Play Call time at 6 pm. Curtain at 7 pm
27 Play Call time at 6 pm Curtain at 7:30 pm
28 Play Call time at 6pm Curtain at 7:30 pm
29 Play Call time at 1 pm Curtain at 2:30 pm
April
1 Brush Up
3 Play Call time at 6 pm Curtain at 7:30
4 Play Call time at 6 pm Curtain at 7:30
5 play and strike set Call time at 1 pm Curtain at 2:30

Oh my gosh... YAY!

I know we've all waited and waited and waited....
BUT...
THE SCRIPTS ARE HERE!
IN MY POSSESSION!!!!!
And one of them is at the Pickaway County Library on Court Street.
And it is there for anyone to read.
Thank you for your patience!

The show itself will be an adventure....

16 days.
AGH!!!
16 days.
And because of faulty schedules and weather, I haven't been to the library as of yet.
I apologize.
James and I are really excited about the production.
It's going to rock.
This will be James' first time taking a stab at directing, though he's been involved in RTP productions for several years now.
You may have seen him aroud last year with Pinocchio.
His fabulous wife Vera played the Police Officer, and he was at a lot of practices.
He's going to be a great member of the production team, and I truly believe he is going to add something great to the show.

Thus far, we've had a lot of different folks voice interest in the show, adults and children, male and female alike.
Which is always FANTASTIC.
I really want a lot of different people to audition.
The better the variety, the more options from which we have to decide.
I think, thus far, the ideas I've thought up casting-wise have been creative.
BUT, that could change if the right people pop in.

So far, my excitement hasn't subsided.
lol
I keep thinking up different things that need to be done, and, if I CAN do them now, I attack them.
Then, there are the certain instances where I realize something that will need to be done once Little Johnny Jones is done and I have the theatre for Treasure Island.
THOSE are the instances which are killing me.
Insanity.
Beacause I have this overwhelming desire to get everything done and ready NOW.
At that point, I attempt to remind myself that we have til the END of MARCH to get everything done.
The end of March.
That's two months away.
lol
It's hard to feed yourself a chill pill.
It can be done though.

Don't be surprised when I'm spazzing out excited at auditions.
I think I'll end up hugging EVERYONE just for the sheer fact that they showed up.
LOL
It's going to be an amazing show.
It totally is.

20 days... and counting... and counting.. and counting...

Yes.
I woke up this morning, looked at my phone and saw that it is indeed the 11th.
Which can only mean we have 20 days til auditions.
Two weeks and six days.
But hey...
Who's counting?
:-/
The scripts still aren't in, which is really frustrating for me.
They were supposed to be in this past week, which only means they will definitely be in THIS week.
Hopefully.
In more positive news, James and I finally met up at the Tuscan Table last night so I could go over all the play details.
(James will be my assistant director for the show and I know he's going to do a great job.)
That was fun.
Because I think I may have overwhelmed him at certain instances.
I spared him the painful details of the blocking, knowing full well that would've taken a good hour to go through.
However, I cover everything else I've worked on, including details about each character.
I was hoping to give him a script for his own BUT that's another story...
I am really hoping that meeting with him last night will help me in the next few weeks...
Or it could just make me even more anxious to get started.
argh.

I'm about 3/4 of the way finished with my emotional blocking.
This has proven to be more tedious than the actual movement blocking, if possible.
On the flip side, it seems to help to put thoughts on paper.
I find I'm writing out notes in the script to offer later or to refer back if need be.

Once the scripts finally come in, I'll be able to take a copy to the library and start making all the neccessary arrangements with them.

Until then, I'll just play the waiting game.....