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EVERYONE
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Tomorrow we start with scene 15. We were running 20 minutes at that point
which is halfway through the show.
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If you need to work on character sketches,
they are due Wednesday. I will pass
them out tomorrow.
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We are ten rehearsals away from our first
clinic.
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Quiet moving set after welfare scene
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After welfare scene, we need for someone to
put two chairs by Hilton’s office.
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Hit on HELL
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Cheer when train backs out.
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Accents need to be consistent by Feb 1. Then we perfect them
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More excitement when Hilton says you can have
union.
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When moving to welfare scene, be in character.
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Don’t cross in front of a person speaking.
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Don’t walk behind scrim.
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Human gate – be on cue.
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Louder in mill
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Jared
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Can you record the Union songs for us?
How do I END this thing?
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Lights
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We need scrim on all the
time.
Lights off Nathan and Paige so they can get off ladders. Lights need
to be on DSR on barrel scene.
Lights only on Reg and Alice during bar scene where he is talking
about “the string.”
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Savannah
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Louis, then Luigi!
Don’t back up when attacking
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Graham
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Instead of “foreman gives jobs
to Anglos” – say, “I tell that S O B foreman- there’s oil all over that walkway
and you know hwat he say? He say, you
don’t like workin here, then get outta the plant. A thousand more dagos standin outside the
gate.
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Paige
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We will have your boy clothes under your social worker clothes – with
a jacket on top.
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Jared & Ty
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Put more heart in conversation.
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Hayden & EVERYONE
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Consistent with accents
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Nathan & Paige
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More heart
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Men
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Louder in steel mill
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Hannah
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Work on accent
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To Do
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Tape welfare scene.
Hearth scene
Each man needs to find his own job to do.
Voting slips
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Things to buy or borrow
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Parchment paper for pamphlets
Wheelbarrow.
38 C
Strike signs
Cards
Dice
Dynamite
40 lbs
Shots in train whistle
Beer bottles with stopper tops
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In the relief office it needs to be probably more organized there are so many lines that need to come at a certain time, but at the same time it still needs to be very chaotic like it is now. So basically it needs to be organized chaos. We just need to listen to each other and know our lines and cues really well for that scene. In my opinion this scene is the most difficult, but it will be great if we can get it right!
ReplyDeletewe need to tape the chairs where they need to go for the relief office so we can put them there smoothly. on the scene before the last one, Hayden, Jared, and Ty's faces have shadows on their faces to where their facials can't be seen at all. Moving the ladders to the right and down some will help fix the problem.
ReplyDeleteYoung men returning from the war had different attitudes; "When they came back to Hamiltion they were unwilling to accept the working conditions they previously tolerated." On July 15th the steelworkers officialy walked off the job to begin an 81 day feud. Mayor Sam Lawrence supported the strikers.
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs to learn their lines. We were supposed to have them memorized yesterday! 20-the end. Keep working hard. Learn those accents, we have got to get this thing rolling.
I once heard a director say that the beauty of theatre is in the extremes. No one will like a play about mediocre people who go lacklusterly through life. We have to show the extremes, if these people have poor working conditions we have to show the audience that these are horrible life threating conditions, the show is in the extremes.
DeleteI believe we should reinclude the line that talks about Nate and Rose's son, Bobby, being beaten because that is a very heart felt line that will evoke a lot of emotion from the audience, especially the people with children of their own. I know that Rose loves her family very much and it would further upset her how nonchalantly Nate reacts to the news and would escalate the anger between them.
ReplyDelete~ Nathan Caballero
(Sundays practice) I think right now one of our weak points is the singing. Ya'll sing really good, but I think we need to look over the songs again and try to remember them.
ReplyDelete"Poles are gregarious in character and love to show affection during interaction. The word "czesc" is Polish for "hi", however, even an English "hello" is guaranteed to start an avalanche of greetings with faces beaming, all around. The first few minutes of any meeting is spent in greeting each other and shaking hands. Familiarity is expressed with embraces and pecks on the cheek. To the unaccustomed eye, it may appear to be disconcerting at first, however it is nothing but an example of Eastern fervor." Since we are all from different ethnic backgrounds, we must show that distinct action or culture that makes us from that country.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.polandforvisitors.com/travel_poland/culture
ReplyDeleteSo. Living in America, I've always seen communism as a bad thing. But my character, Rose, doesnt. I was questioning in my mind "Why would anyone want to live in a communist country?" I researched and this is what I've found:
ReplyDelete-"Q: Rich people deserve to be rich because they work harder. Why should they give up their money?
A: Capitalists gain their wealth from the labor of others--not from their own work. The workers who actually create the wealth-by picking the crops or assembling the engines, for example-should get a fair share of the wealth they create. Why should someone be a millionaire, with three houses, a private plane, and the like when other folks can't even afford enough to eat?"
-Q: What would be the benefits of socialism in the US?
A: Just to name a few there would be jobs for all at living wages, full equality and an end to racism, sexism and homophobia, health care for all, a right to a clean healthy environment, equal rights for immigrant workers, free public education form nursery to university, peace and solidarity.
-"True democracy will be realized under communism because everyone will have an equal say in society."
http://www.yclusa.org/article/articleview/1445/1/278/
Allison's comment was great! It is really important for the characters to know what they believed in so they know why they are making the decisions they are making. Also staying focuses is key. We are doing really well, but we must stay focused
ReplyDeleteWe as actors need to make the audience see the emotional journey each character goes through. Its so important and try and find a high point, laughter in each scene. Let the audience see the world you are in. From your pain, to your happiness. One thing iv noticed is during the play we need sound at all times. During fighting scenes, people noises. During the beginning of the play it is cold out side, need to have coughing, sniffling, etc.. We are doing week for where we are at keep it up guys!
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