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