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Act 1, Scene 1 (8:15)
- QUIET BACKSTAGE.
- CAMERA – talk to Ari
- A – nice gun reveal, make it more visible to audience (cheat out)
- Follow through of bucket – remember detectives to cheat out so ben’s line isn’t blocked.
- T – “of what to what” you were completely blocking Declan – don’t come downstage of table if someone is behind it.
- K – I love that you stay in the position T moves you to for “peripherals”
- K – great first duty monologue pacing, think about volume shifts a little more
- Sound levels were awesome.
- T “for funny READ stupid fucking idiots”
- A – great with toe box before “this writer”
- T – you looked out at me…I saw it.
- A – great work, build. Don’t choke – make sure crosses are meaningful. Eye gouge line up looked a little less realistic than usual.
- K - I heard the capsule burst – just make sure you are aware. Blood placement was much better.
- Martin – swallow apple with upstage hand. The hand hold with Marissa during death was great. Marissa use upstage hand as well.
- K – you can wipe face with blindfold.
- K – I saw you look out at us…”anything against jews or you or…”
- T – great “do you think we’re animals”
- K – cheat out more on bucket “eyes go ahead and say something”
- T – take a little more time with jokes (same moment as above)
- Puzzle without a solution – new blocking was great (back towards T)
- T – great job with 3 gibbet
- T – watch diction on “sick fucking scummy cunt” – you can place a brief pause before the “noooo”
- *BRING IN STRAIGHTENER (for ben)
- Marissa: great facial expressions, feel free to commit even more (stories are very brechtian)
- Abigail – don’t take sandwich until after head nod.
- Abigail – let’s try a slot slide down towards Marissa’s face on whispered monologue.
- Abigail – you can play with laughin through your body after toes are cut off.
- K – great “he brought the rats”
- T – place box down on table delicately.
- K – you hear him scream…you’ve heard it before. Muscle memory.
- Blocking felt weird and circulatory around “where’s the 3rd child?”
- T – watch diction when you use your head voice.
- K – lovely hand tension.
- A – “you want to see him” – felt especially cat and mouse today. Great around this area.
- K – reaction to toes? Let’s try putting them down immediately, looking at toes from table, out of your hands.
- K – noises while being forced to swallow. Great follow through, I like you moving backward and out to audience.
- Keep them toes on the table if possible
- K – “then I best go get the electrodes” – let this moment settle into your face. Don’t pick anything up for transition, just move to space and wait for light.
Act 1, Scene 2 (8:50-9:01)
- Quicken transition…quieter
- K – use your pen
- A – great energy – look at Kat after tying him up.
- A/M – manipulate him even more – B – fight or be manipulated.
- A/M – enjoy your exit after blood written note.
- K – great eye contact with audience. I love it.
- A/M – ham even more. You are both just so good. The door slide on you is great…this is your moment to get even more maniacal. You are really aweful.
- WHAT THE FUCK.
- DON”T MOVE THE CORPSE, BEN.
- Great sitting cross legged.
- A/M – come out a sentence earlier “final part of parent’s experiment”.
- K – cheat out when you tap the shoulder.
Act 2, Scene 1 (9:15)
- M – sets during blackout.
- Too much blood.
- K – good wiping, a little less into M’s crotch though.
- M – try to wiggle out of him on your leg.
- K/M – really great beat work
- K – I love the shmutz rub on M’s face.
- M – again, lovely reaction to toes reveal.
- Blocking got fucked on “no” game.
- K – wait to say “jesus Michal” until you pull out of hug.
- K – let’s do a hop shuffle for your walk – we’ll go over it.
- K “depends on the ass” – awesome. Enjoyed it as K, not as B.
- F – cheat out for placing of Pillowman a little more.
- K – make sure the nine feet tall arm gesture doesn’t block your light.
- M – inspect your body in moments where you don’t have things to do.
- Ladies – great lean.
- S – great variation of adult to child on the spin.
- S/M – move downstage a little more.
- A – great look down to K/M,
- M – try to whisper to Abigail.
- M – hide behind tree and watch what happens to Marissa.
- STORIES HOLY SHIT.
- M – watch during interruption (M)
- M – careful of your knees when you fall to them.
- M – crying – this can be exaggerated in your back.
- M – great work moving the “little car”
- S – can you make the “little footsteps” from the caravan?
- M/S – kaleidoscope moment is great.
- S – wave goodbye after you are positioned on tree.
- M/S – stay at tree until “itchy ass” bit. Neutral bodies.
- M – I loved the sniffer dogs action
- K – great “you swore to me on your life”
- M – I love the pauses in your speech, just tighten them up a little.
- M – great job finding the “opposites” thing.
- K – head smash follow through was impeccable. You’re on fire tonight.
- M – I love the look to the blood before “just like mom and dad”
- M – face more out to audience after head smash…you are doing such great work, let us see it.
- M – good itchy ass follow through.
- K – “why that one/where’d you leave her” so matter of fact, so spot on.
- K - don’t move pillow second time to placement on wall…I don’t think you would care for extra comfort in that moment.
- M – great “meanest thing” – it felt like you weren’t at home in your body.
- M lost “bone to pick with you”
- M – great breath.
- K – jump on “literary advice”
- M – watch the stomping. Its good, but not too much.
- Rain? Little Green Pig ending before smothering.
Act 2, Scene 2 (10:10)
- Can we get a light on Katurian for “once upon a time”
- Great energy for this
- M/A – hold on to ends of scarf
- K – how the hell do you do this transition? I’m in awe.
- Sound levels a little lower
- M/A great looks of disgust.
- S – I’d love to see more “scared” little jesus, more martyr.
- SLIDING WALL NEEDS TO WAIT.
- M/A – run simultaneous lines.
- We’ll work through the timing.
- S – walk offstage injured
- S – you can yell in agony like in your essence piece – silently
- M/A – remember to hit your light mark for TV.
- M/A – projection
- Michal – you came on too early, take more time to wake across stage, you are quite blind, remember.
- S – remember to open your eyes on “forest”
Act 3, Scene 1 (10:18)
- tighten transition/quieter.
- A – I love the shirt pull on “write quicker”
- T – let’s run the gun check – I think we can do more with it.
- Sound levels were a little high
- Move little jesus sandals.
- T – knock before “pick up the body”
- CAN WE PAINT THE GUNS BLACK?
- A – the glance with eyebrows at “killed mother and father” – only do it once (you did a double)
- A – lost “defense in court”, there was also some excess movement.
- A – great pacing of monologue, watch your hand movements.
- A – you spit. You’re doing it right.
- YOU BITCHES ON FIRE.
- T – your “heyyyyy…before I murdered my dad” – was so feigned sympathetic. So perfect. So nasty.
- T – we lost “little mute girl”
- T – I don’t know how to feel about the nose flick.
- A – I like the partial exit before “thanks babe”
- T – you moving the electrodes works really well.
- T – “detect” speech….hitting your marks, taking your time, finding your cues. Great.
- T – “worlddddd view” – we lost the d.
- K – I saw you connect eyes with me. Don’t!
- T – start to monologue was flawless. Perfect timing.
- T – lost “as if often the case with DEAF BOYS”
- T – slow down just a little, you’ll lose fewer words.
- SOUND: slower fade on investigation room music, couldn’t hear the train on cue for a long time. Can we start the level higher?
- T – I think you can find more moments to pause for dramatic effect.
- K – Cut off Tupolski. T – make sure to have a continued sentence.
- SOUND: Anyway… (back into the story, pull in sound effect)
- T – let’s work on movement towards K at final reveal of story.
- SOUND: weird transition, too slow.
- T/A – let’s fix up hair during intermission.
- T – “unless its like your case” lost.
- K – continue to love your reactions to T’s answers about story.
- T – let’s work on reaction to him taking your pen.
- T – watch words when you speed up.
- T – move on “its almost a shame” so you are behind him when talking about shooting him in the head.
- T – “there was something about the pman” – great cadence work.
- T – hit “son drowned” even harder.
- T – lost “pony”
- K – I missed you putting your head on the table.
- T – “3 little kids you murdered” lost it.
- A – arm fully extended for hair grab so you don’t hit him with gun.
- OHMYGOD SUSANNAH.
- T – great putting away of pen after “your witness”. Flacid.
- T – make sure not to show audience interior of trash can – it will have lights in them.
- Ariel’s speech – you are all standing on the same plane – diversify, please.
- K – watch to your hood kneel was devastating.
- T – drop into knees with gun.
- SOUND: louder on gun noise.
- T – follow through of shot. Recoil.
- K – no, ben. That’s not how dead bodies behave.
- M – wait to set yourself until Katurian begins to move.
- M – you can watch Kat narrate your final story.
- M – play more with the plane, more sway.
- LIGHT: slower fade on Michal?
