April 14 Rehearsal

April 14, 2013

Don’t sway	Avery at the beginning Cody and Savannah – welfare scene Graham and Cody –bar scene Cody- talking to Hilton Paige, Savannah, avery – hit the bricks Hannah – mortgage scene Gate & WALL Cody, Hannah, avery, Graham – when Nate is hurt
Women’s scene	Hannah – get on Rose’s left side so that we have two against one.
Michelle	Hit T in start I’ll start here
Everyone	People noises as Cody shouts order order People noises after Frank’s but our jobs. No  people  noises after strike TAKE ALL TAGS OUT OF COSTUMES – TY – tag in hat. Longer celebration after train leaves and louder At the beginning, people entering stage area looks too rehearsed. Diction- Blake wrote this several times. Rain stops on Hannah’s “foreclose” Make sure to hide the snow machine. After the welfare scene, we do not have any weather except in the rain scene.  It is cold and it is hot!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t let the baby show. Fix the pregnant pause in the welfare scene Cough into hands not elbows Move the table back. BUT OUR JOBS _ PEOPLE NOISES Quiet moving when other scenes are the focus. Communists and perverts – people noises STEP ON LINES
Cheyanne	Your emotions on your face are starting to look rehearsed.
Men	Checkers – still do  not feel your concern for Billy when he is told to do the checkers.  Still do not feel that you feel the heat. Graham’s whistling is louder than your speaking – fix one and it better be the speaking.
Reg	Mean it when you say no, stop. Fired me on the spot – Nah – step on her line. Tell everybody – watch hands. Do you say stinking or stinkin?
Paige	Lift hat up.  Don’t twirl umbrella
Cody	You lose your accent in first Marie/Louis scene. When upset at Hilton, we have to have verbal noises.
Carson	Stress my in my steel mill When Kelly says friendly – show her the smile and continue.
Billy	SMILE and keep your head up. Diction – hit consonants. Watch a fire show to see how people fall - backdraft
Hannah	Work on accent –hit consonants Work on accent –hit consonants BE LOUD Still screechy Fight back crying. Stage business in each scene. When you yelled Reggie, it was too high pitched.
Cody and Savannah	Seems rehearsed When you kiss at the beginning after checkers scene – it looks rehearsed.
Frank	Fight back more with Graham – especially vocally
Nate	Let’s see the anger grow before you pull her hair. Act hurt, keep head up.  It hurts to breathe. You need stage business when Rose says, I clean houses all day.
Savannah	Watch putting in the wrong end of the cig in your mouth – No one will want to kiss you if you have a burned up mouth. When frozen, wait until the sound to move. Great job waiting for the vote. Your monologue must be in front.
Billy and Nate	Let’s go speech – step on lines

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Laurie Doyle

Everyone	Diction – consonants Must know who the characters are at the beginning.  They are talking to each other before they speak to the audience. We must have more energy at the beginning. Choose one scene in the play – one line where you express anger.  The rest of the time, figure out how to express emotions differently. Emotion should not carry into yelling.  Find a variety of ways to play emotions. Couples or threesomes who are in scenes alone, find stage business. People at the fire warming themselves, some turn around and warm your back. When it is raining, the rain comes in and out.  Put umbrellas down when the rain stops.  Hug each other when the rain stops.  It’s another small victory. Relief office – too many coughing.  Some sneeze, but not everyone.   Some just shiver, etc. We need another drunk besides Billy in the drinking scene – not Reg or Frank. In the Hilton scene, to help show Louis’s temper, try to go at him. Let other’s hold him back.  One person also stifle a smile or laugh. Too many are swaying. Lighten accents a little in the beginning to help the audience understand you. Watch freezing too soon.
Women	Too screechy. At some point when there is action somewhere else, go to Hilton and Kelly and try to reason with him.  This is so you are not DSC or DSR so much. During the Rose Nate and their son scene – before the radio scene. During the “On Sunday, I was walking the line – women go to meet with Kelly DSC. The women’s scene, Rose enters DSL.
Kids	Ladder scene was too slow.
Music	You were great and on time, but fade in and fade out more.
Nathan	In the train scene, don’t let your bright shirt detract.  Put a jacket or something on.
Billy	At the beginning and throughout the play, your head is down. Fix it. At the beginning, use the sign.  Lean on it. People loved you catching the broom.  Do something like it in another part. Don’t be the fence right off.  Run off left stage, then come running in in a different cap.
Nate	At the beginning, don’t slow down.  Pick up cues faster Show more pain, especially vocally and keep head up.
Louis	Call me a wop – more serious
Louis & Reg	Keep gestures close
Marie	Diction
Alice	You are pushing the emotion too much. Try to control it.
Reg	At the beginning, could not understand you.  Watch talking upstage. Be louder.
Alice & Reg	Hug must be finished.  Be real.
Frank and Reg	Don’t rush brother’s moments
Hilton	Don’t mess with cane.  You have power and we need a sense of control.  Move less. Make the men nervous.  Move more later when you are losing control.
Reg	Don’t move as much to show that  you have control.
Kelly	Deeper voice
Nate and Rose	We have to hear the slap or you can beat on his chest, he takes your hands and throws you down.
	We advanced again - so now it is regionals - one step before state.  Billy, Frank, and Rose received all star awards; Reg received honorable mention, and our tech guys received best tech team.   I received an email from a teacher in our middle school -Our staff was talking yesterday about the play and decided it was time for Texas teachers to form a union considering all the changes to TRS that are proposed…. But we would be fighting lots of attitudes like the play portrays and seems like it would be impossible.  J
	I confess I have wondered about the reaction you would get for presenting a pro-union play like this in a state like Texas. Your production must have made an impact. Congratulations. Please tell all of the cast members how proud we are of their effort and commitment. All the best for the regionals. Charles and I will be the Canadian cheering section. Bill Freeman
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April 7 -four days to contest

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Scenes to rework highlighted

Everyone	Quieter putting welfare scene together. Still no people noises after Frank says his line about jobs. Need people noises in the second men’s scene. After Marie’s monologue – we need people noises. I don’t care who does it, but tools must be taken offstage.  The danger is noise when they fall. When someone drops a line, don’t look at them. Redo train scene – rushing it and there’s no screaming. Everyone is clumped in one spot. Wall comes out sooner. Winter during welfare scene. People noises do not need to stop until Reg says Okay okay. Strike with purpose Freezes are still not good. There was no coughing or sneezes in the welfare scene. Don’t drag props.
Billy	Notice  the sign at the beginning of the play before you pick it up and smile.
Reg and Frank’s fight	It was better.
Marie and Louis	Great job Kiss and smile – kiss looked authentic, but Marie moved her face in disgust and Louis did not smile afterwards Great job on capice – both reactions were great.
Allison	Hit the T in but Very believable Lost accent – you could lose your job.
Hannah	Good job welfare scene Good job with Reg in your first scene together Watch squeaking
Frank	Cross stage before the kids scene Great job looking concerned at the checkers. To hell with you – need vocals when you push back.
Paige	Whoa- not whoo hoo
Tucker	Louis, Louis….makeup gang…7:00 Wilcox gate (Say this on the US side of the barrel) During the three girls’ scene, take a drink when you are on the line. Work more right stage in the back. When you run off with the bag, keep running until you are about 3 feet outside the curtain line. Don’t anticipate the slap.
Cody	Dagos scene Take your time when you are mimicking.  Have other mimic for  you. Grunt when you are trying to attack Hilton. My name’s Louis was lost.
Graham	Yours and Hannah’s first scene together was believable. Diction – especially t’s
Girls	During Hannah and Graham’s scene, you are all the same level.
Music	What happened to the music in the second bar scene.
Cheyanne and all people in second bar scene	Dancing must be real – have fun with it.  Right now it looks like you are trying to get it perfect.
Men	Second men’s scene – Tucker was blocked. Be sure you are working US. Fade out the song in the mil scene. React to the heat. Vary gestures after “that’s it for today”
Avery	Voting scene – you are blocked. Watch moving during freezes.  Good expressions during the voting scene.
Michelle	Dissident workers – write your thoughts down. It was so good when you hit the pencil on your teeth?
Carson	Sit in your own chair. Many people with big egos would be offended if you took their chair.
Savannah	Great reaction to fight between Nate and Rose Say Yah’s differently Italian club to the audience Be sure you wear your wrist watch.
Tucker, graham and Cody	All standing the same way when talking to hIlton.
Nate and Rose	Work on both fight scenes.
Mac and Tucker	Be involved in scenes, not shaking hands in different ways. Pay attn to what is going on.
Plant vote	Mac Freeze.
Paige and Avery	React with each other during radio scene.
Cheyanne	Did not see you react to rain.
Women	Girls’ scene was better.
Redo	Fight scene – too quick. Redo Nate’s fight scene – too quick.
Mac -	When you hit the metal after the train scene – cross left stage not center stage so that we can see you.