Sunday's Rehearsal

You did a great job today! We still have a lot of work to do. As soon as we find out when BB practice is, we may need to readjust our schedule. I have never been in rehearsal during basketball season, so this will be interesting. Dr. Border is suggesting times for public performances, so I will let you know asap. Again, thanks so much for working so hard.

Tuesday's Clinic - October 26

I have attached the schedule for Tuesday, March 26. The students will come over from middle school at 9 - later than I told them at rehearsal. They will return to school about 1:15-1:30. Denae McClellan was here during rehearsal and offered to contact parents to bring sandwich fixings. We will make sure they eat - especially since they have cross country that afternoon. They need to keep their energy level up for CC. Students will watch Roosevelt's play, but not Idalou's. Roosevelt's play will be worth watching and is a version of a Midsummer Night's Dream. Thank you for your support.
Cindy Couch

Help Me Out

Students,
Please post comments about how you think rehearsals are going. You might post a complement to another actor about how much he/she has improved, issues with your role, questions about how you are doing, anything you like.
Love you guys!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
• Sage – Bigger at the beginning and end.
• Sheree – hurtchew – hurt you
• Nathan – BIGGER when talking to Brigid
• Kelpie – bite chew, hit chew, don’t you
• Kelpie – make horse sounds throughout the show, especially first half.
• Tucker – keep lisp at the end of your lines
• Jake - line – Here to the Horizon needs to be bigger.
• Nathan and Paige – bigger reaction to the SSSSS
• Tucker – come out on the other side of the serpent and slither off.
• Reagan, when you get out of the serpent, pull it around the back of the set.
• Seanachais – whisper your names
• Village scene – Everyone murmur so the audience can hear you.
• Everyone – use your capes to sweep around when you move. Look at Meredith, Paige, and Nathan
• Tatum, great job using the cape when you approach Brigid the first time. Brooke, use your cape more to make gestures.
• After the Sea Mither says tests, Jake IMMEDIATELY say – Magic is here
• Don’t hit bugs together and not so blood thirstily (not a word), but you were WHACKING those bugs. Be more discreet.
• Tatum - when you are looking at Brigid – move to both sides nose – right side – hair left etc.
• Fade music out on the Kelpie song
• Tucker LOUDER
• Ocean sound needs to happen before they start speaking about the ocean
• During the Giant scene, move more C S – 0n the other side of the step.
• When you are moving the steps, don’t walk infront of Brigid
• Parker, all lights off on the family. After their scene turn the green lights on.
• Great job everyone – you are getting better and better.

Sunday, October 17

Sunday, October 17, 2010
• Sage, don’t mess with your costume or hair.
• Tucker – You can learn about numbers. Talk to Macy and put your hand on her shoulder.
• Take your capes with you if possible.
• Work on facial expressions. The character sketch should take care of that.
• Cheyanne, don’t yell all the time. Change your voice.
• Brigid, act like you don’t want to do your chores.
• Sea Mither, more expression on your face. Dance around Brigid until you say your lines.
• Kelpie – good job on horse noise when Brigid sat on you.
• Nathan and Reagan, you are too much the same when Brigid is trying to help the Kelpie.
• Brooke, Meredith, Laurel – work on expressions when Brigid is talking to the Kelpie
• Tucker missed – bigger than me.
• Macy start to take off the horse shoes when Jake says his line.
• Abbey – missed line – he’s taken the griddle cake
• Tatum, remember your feet are sore.
• Tucker – How big is this father of yours ?
• Page keep your expression during the giant scene.
• Laurel, stay in character – you zoned out when Jake said his line about the bog.
• NO ONE talk upstage.
• MUSIC AND LIGHTS MUST FADE IN AND OUT SLOWLY.
• All Seanachai, stand up when you say your line. Wait a beat then move.
• Everyone must speak differently, walk differently, etc.
• Sea noises must ebb and flow with dialogue. Turn it up when no one is speaking, then soft when someone is. ;This means you MUST LISTEN.
• Macy, when you say you hate yourself or your foot, you MUST make it believable.
• Leave HER Forget HER
• When the earth is shaking in real life, be scared to death. We have to hear people noises. You don’t know it is a giant.
• DO NOT MESS With CAPES. The capes should be like everyday clothing.
• At the beginning, Brigid and mother must be louder.
• Laurel, watch your hands – use them like regular people
• What is Laurel’s motive for crying? It must be realistic.
• Tucker, throw the book out further
• Need ocean sounds when Brigid stands on the steps.
• Nathan – louder – hope is here….
• Music when Macy is walking on the beach.
• Tatum, Slow down on lines.
• Sound is too loud on splash and chicken coop. Remember to bring it in and out.
• Abbey, sit up stratight – stand up straight.
• Thunder after –eat you whole. Lights flicker on stage.
• Paige, as heron, plant your feet.
• EVERYONE’s hair needs to be back from your face.
• Everyone must touch Brigid more.
• DO NOT JUST SAY YOUR LINES. MEAN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
• Music and lights must be on cue and fade in and out on both lights and sound.
• STEP ON LINES.
• MEMORIZE LINES. You cannot stand up there and not say anything on Tuesday.
• I’ll not be leaving my breakfast behind. Walk slowly. ReACT
• Props – everyone needs to be responsible for his’her own props.
• BE in the environment. Smell the sea air. Feel IRELAND
• Talk louder during music.
• Be more natural when you talk, Tatum
• More expression during the Kelpie scene, Cheyenne
• DO not mess with clothes and hair.
• Memorize lines.
• Fade in lights
• Fade out music
• Music was late
• I was up – murmur
• Laurel, pick up your cape and dance with it.
• Cheyenne, Tucker, Reagan, Hannah – good job putting trees back
• Nathan – magic louder
• Jake – magic is here – step on lines.
• Ocean sound effects in and out with lines.
• React bigger when Brigid and Kelpie are wrestling
• Seanachai –stand when you are speaking.
• STEP ON LINES
• Tucker, love the laugh.
• Giant scene – only red lights left stage.
• Tatum and Macy stand center stage during Giant scene.
• STEP ON LINES
• Sage and Mither – don’t sit the same way
• Reagan – This world …. Stand up
• Nathan – enunciate
• Serpent people move slowly
• Fade out music
• James, bring lights down during serpent attack
• Sage – always walk with toes hitting the ground first.
• Wonder and beauty – too fast
• Sage and everyone – study the meaning of your lines. Make sure you communicate that meaning.
• Sage, in your last lines, you are giving the audience, the heart of the play.


Good job, everyone

Tuesday, October 12 Rehearsal

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
• We have five rehearsals left until we perform in front of a judge at our clinic. Memorize your lines. Being gone is not an excuse for not having lines memorized.
• Sound – Pay attention. Music and sound effects MUST be on cue. If you cannot hear the actors speak, then turn the music down. Record the sound levels so that you can be consistent each time. I know that this is your first time to do this, but be consistent. You and the light tech are controlling the environment of the show.
• Sea Mither, touch Brigid more.
• Cheyanne, louder when saying – the serpent crept….
• Brooke, use a lower register to speak.
• Reagan, hit the consonants. A little bit louder. You are improving.
• More touching – everyone
• Briana, sound sad when you ask where she is going. I love that you are using gestures. Usually, I have to scream at students to use more. However, no dance gestures. Use gestures you might see a teacher using in a classroom. Use the dance gestures during the dances and show all the others how you do it.
• Father, don’t stomp all the way out. You are doing so well at showing emotion.
• Sea Mither, dance around Brigid until she says her first line.
• Sage, work on your walk and air. USE THE BOOK ON YOUR HEAD.
• Great job tonight, guys. Wonderful job, Andi and Brittany. Thanks for helping us out. Please express your gratitude to Kayla. She has been working on the script during the week – the script for the judge and contest manager.
• Friday, we will start rehearsing as soon as the pep rally is over. We will rehearse for one hour. We have to time the show, so I will know whether to add or cut scenes.
• FIVE MORE REHEARSALS UNTIL THE CLINIC. Even though the other schools are no longer in our district, we need to be competitive with them.

October 5 rehearsal

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
• Tucker – point the megaphone toward the audience. Be careful about lowering it.
• Hannah A, when you are walking down the steps, you look like a kid. Queens do not look down. USE THE BOOK. Tell tale should be louder.
• Macy, have the book at the beginning. Sheree can hand it to you when she talks to you.
• Nathan, move more right stage so we can see you.
• STOP! We will reblock the village scene. We will re-light it too. Sorry, James.
• This foot – Macy, needs to be said as soon as Tucker says his line.
• Tap once – Macy – you need to tap.
• Music was late on the dancing.
• Tatum – hit the nouns and verbs. The line about demons needs to be heard clearly. Vocal variety. We need this and not so much screaming. Watch your horse and see what he/she does. Then you copy the same mannerisms.
• Macy, tap when the chant begins then the bard rod moves.
• Start on page 16 on Friday.
• Meredith, say Magic is here, hope is here in different ways.
• Brooke, Macy, and Tatum, speak in a lower register.
• Reagan, your expressions need to be BIGGER
• Abbey, Hannah Ayers, and Hannah Almstead – you are all very proper and OLD.
• Jake needs to twitch his mouth when Macy takes his griddle cakes away or mutter under your breath.
• Reagan, open your mouth bigger and hit consonants. This goes for EVERY ACTOR.
• MEMORIZE LINES. We are feeding too many.
• Laurel, act a little more like a little girl – curious, excited to meet new people. Reach further to almost touch the foot.
• Tucker – missed line – now you know the cruel truth of the world.
• More touching each other.
• When talking to the audience, do not make eye contact with anyone. Look at the exit sign.
• Music was late several times.
• Tucker, laugh when the kelpie makes up the story about the demons.
• Make sure you say her when talking about the kelpie.
• Everyone, watch enunciation now that you are familiar with the lines.
• Not to be – pause – not be taking my books pause . The audience needs to see her considering or no pause.
• I hate – change vocal levels. Each I hate needs to be different. Maybe reach near tears at one point.
You all are trying so hard. Everyone is working. This is a more difficult play than the other schools will do so we need to work harder. Rehearsal is Friday from 3:45-4:45. If you can get here earlier, we can start earlier. I know most of you have plans.

Schedule for OAP Middle School - October 3-8

This week's rehearsals are as follows:
Sunday -2-4:30
Tuesday -5-7:00
Friday - 4-5