Today's rehearsal was all about memorizing lines! We read through each scene 2-3 times (repetition is the best way to memorize, for me). As we did this I was finally able to concentrate on the vocal quality of each character. When we are on our feet I'm so preoccupied by the physical aspects of what we are doing that I hardly have time to think about giving notes on how our characters should sound. I made sure to encourage and praise the different vocal performances I was getting from Wes and Penny and gave my opinion on certain characters that I felt lacked a huge differentiating character choice thus far.
Though this thesis is about my performance, I find myself taking on the role of director so often that I neglect my own performance in rehearsal. Sitting and reading through the scenes today I felt that I was able to focus on myself more. When I memorize lines by myself this week I will be particularly self-indulgent in exploring each character's differences physically and vocally so that I can give the most diverse performance possible.
We have scheduled an extra rehearsal for Wednesday to make up for Friday and will continue to work on getting off book. Instead of sitting, we will be running through the blocking and weaning ourselves from the scripts by running each scene 2-3 times. There is always someone who can be on book because all of the scenes are only between two people! I love how convenient that is.
I suppose there is not much else to say, so here comes your dog-in-glasses picture:
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