Sunday's Rehearsal - Novmeber 14 Public Performance

Critique for November 14, 2010
• Quiet backstage. Judge will kill us if he hears a sound.
• Gray piece cannot be in front of the curtain.
• Before I start with the critiques – Everyone did an amazing job for the first public performance. It flowed smoothly and it was under 40 minutes – yeah. For several of you, it was your best performance. I am excited about competition. But, there were several times that we had pregnant pauses – pauses where nothing was happening. We have to eliminate those. Footsteps were too loud returning to spots. Walk on tiptoe. I am very proud of you – such a great job! Now for the negative parts -
• Choppy lines – Hannah Ayers – Don’t look down – stepping down. Question to audience.
• Jake – Why did you leave- LOUDER
• STEP ON LINES, everyone
• MUST HAVE MUMBLING IN VILLAGE SCENES – ALL PEOPLE ON STAGE WHISPER UNINTELLIGIBLY.
• Shame on you – all point at Macy
• Right stage several seanachais are frozen the same.
• Noise backstage – be careful backstage not to drop things.
• Magic is here – Brooke bigger and louder
• Music needs to be louder on Magic is here.
• Speaking of sound and lights – GREAT JOB! What an improvement! We will start the show at contest the way we did today.
• Almsted, three wishes – cheat (turn ) more toward the audience. Remember regal with authority. BIGGER AND SLOWER The sentence with the three tests must be said deliberately.
• Timers backstage – 11 minutes at the Kelpie part
• Fierce – cannot hear those words – tatum
• Chicken coop needs work - May cut it and have Kayla tear up boards.
• More horse noises – Tatum
• Tatum’s lines before leaving in a trot need to be said before exiting.
• Giant scene – Tatum, Macy, Abbie, and Jake are in a straight line – stagger this.
• Macy, louder and bigger throughout play – emotions were great – just more
• Macy, need to see your idea of a giant father.
• Tucker, keep the lisp on the words.
• Tatum, more horse noises.
• We need a light on Meredith when she is right stage.
• 30 minutes at wee girl
• Are you sure that’s what you want – sure should be stressed.
• Serpent scene – the wing must be clearer.
• Right stage people MUST COME OUT earlier after serpent scene.
• Choppy – never understand – Ayers
• Scoffing – Tucker use gestures.
• Everyone who speaks to different people, make a change in focus, so that the audience knows to whom you are speaking. Macy, use your hands at times (not all the time) to shout up toward the audience – then speak differently to people around you – shout up toward your father.
• A world of wondrous adventures – Meredith, be clearer
• DO NOT MESS WITH CAPES
• Paige, put down cape.