I am very excited. We are having a full dress rehearsal tonight. I think. Did I mention I am excited!!!! We have the whole show down now. It is a really different and powerful show. I really hope people come to see it. I am sure I have grown a lot as an actress during this process. Especially in physically establishing relationship with other actors. I can so touch another person now without any awkwardness. That is something small, but it is something that I would not have been comfortable with before going on this Viewpoints journey. There are a few things I am still working on, one of them being not leaving my light until it is completely gone out. For some reason, I think it is a vunerability issue, as soon as I say my line in the monologue session, I want to return to my spot with the rest of the group. I am supposed to stand there until my light goes out completely.
Oh and speaking of things this show has me doing that are outside of my comfort zone. I run a lot in this show. Literally run! Running is something I tend to not participate in, except for The Viewpoints Project, I do.
I want to write about an amazing journey I took a few nights ago in one of our rehearsals, but I will do that in the highlights post that I will do after the show is over.
That's all for now. :D)
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
The Viewpoints Project: Recap and thoughts on our first two rehearsals.
First of all, let me start out by saying that I love this show. I am grateful to be of something that I can already tell is so much bigger than the actors who are performing it. Things are starting to gel, and it is so much fun. Let's recap.
First Night Rehearsal:
We worked the opening number of our show. I can't say a lot. Wouldn't want to ruin it for the audience or anything, but I will say this. By the end of it there is a lot of heavy breathing. It's quite a work out. We start out "explaining" the viewpoints, which is really cool. I actually have a line in the explanation. A line that I goofed on tonight, but that is okay because I am going to make sure that I get it right next time. :D)
The thing with doing a highly physical show, is that it helps if you are highly physically fit, or at the very least, standardly physically fit. I am working on the standardly physically fit thing. I think that by the end of the show, I should have it down. :D) By the grace of God, I have been able to keep up with everyone for the most part. There I am very grateful.
Second Night Rehearsal:
This happened tonight. Well, technically it happened last night. I regress. Rehearsal tonight was wonderful. We worked with a new piece of music that we are incorporating into the show. We did the imaging exercise where we close our eyes and listen to the music and see where it sits in our hearts. Mine was very interesting. This is what I saw.
1. A forest with lots of trees. It was deep and thick, lush and green.
2. A less dense area of trees, a path, a clearing with a lake to the side.
3. Rolling green plains, with a few trees splashed here and there.
4. Tall rounded hills and wide lime green valleys.
5. A procession of people entering a dark castle. (Not sure how I got to this image. It was just suddenly there with the music change.)
So those are the things that I saw while listening to this particular piece of music. The first feeling I got from the music was the desire to hide. I never acted on that desire though, because when I started to move that desire was not the first thing.
We explored the music with open viewpoints first, but then Chris gave us some guidelines. We were all supposed to bring a chair on stage. And where ever we sat our chair, there would be a spot light. We were only allowed to move within that pool of light surrounding the chair. This was our lot in the piece unless he came and touched our shoulder. For some reason I really wanted the restriction so I was praying that he would not touch me. But he did. He did say that while we could move if we were touched we did not have to move.
I took all the images that I saw, and I endowed the chair with all those images, making it a symbol of my journey. So I stayed with the chair, moving with the music, exploring shape, duration, and architecture. And I was so focused on the chair that I did not notice that one of my classmates had taken to exploring repetition of what I was doing. It actually intrigued me enough to get me to leave my exploration of the chair to take a closer look at what she was doing. We had a moment with her and another of my cast mates that Chris really liked. I thought it was interesting too.
Throughout the night we explored different things with and without the chair. I am looking forward to seeing what this section will look like when it is solidified. :D) Can't wait to start new sessions as well. :D)
That's all for now.
First Night Rehearsal:
We worked the opening number of our show. I can't say a lot. Wouldn't want to ruin it for the audience or anything, but I will say this. By the end of it there is a lot of heavy breathing. It's quite a work out. We start out "explaining" the viewpoints, which is really cool. I actually have a line in the explanation. A line that I goofed on tonight, but that is okay because I am going to make sure that I get it right next time. :D)
The thing with doing a highly physical show, is that it helps if you are highly physically fit, or at the very least, standardly physically fit. I am working on the standardly physically fit thing. I think that by the end of the show, I should have it down. :D) By the grace of God, I have been able to keep up with everyone for the most part. There I am very grateful.
Second Night Rehearsal:
This happened tonight. Well, technically it happened last night. I regress. Rehearsal tonight was wonderful. We worked with a new piece of music that we are incorporating into the show. We did the imaging exercise where we close our eyes and listen to the music and see where it sits in our hearts. Mine was very interesting. This is what I saw.
1. A forest with lots of trees. It was deep and thick, lush and green.
2. A less dense area of trees, a path, a clearing with a lake to the side.
3. Rolling green plains, with a few trees splashed here and there.
4. Tall rounded hills and wide lime green valleys.
5. A procession of people entering a dark castle. (Not sure how I got to this image. It was just suddenly there with the music change.)
So those are the things that I saw while listening to this particular piece of music. The first feeling I got from the music was the desire to hide. I never acted on that desire though, because when I started to move that desire was not the first thing.
We explored the music with open viewpoints first, but then Chris gave us some guidelines. We were all supposed to bring a chair on stage. And where ever we sat our chair, there would be a spot light. We were only allowed to move within that pool of light surrounding the chair. This was our lot in the piece unless he came and touched our shoulder. For some reason I really wanted the restriction so I was praying that he would not touch me. But he did. He did say that while we could move if we were touched we did not have to move.
I took all the images that I saw, and I endowed the chair with all those images, making it a symbol of my journey. So I stayed with the chair, moving with the music, exploring shape, duration, and architecture. And I was so focused on the chair that I did not notice that one of my classmates had taken to exploring repetition of what I was doing. It actually intrigued me enough to get me to leave my exploration of the chair to take a closer look at what she was doing. We had a moment with her and another of my cast mates that Chris really liked. I thought it was interesting too.
Throughout the night we explored different things with and without the chair. I am looking forward to seeing what this section will look like when it is solidified. :D) Can't wait to start new sessions as well. :D)
That's all for now.
Monday, April 5, 2010
GOTTA LOVE A READTHROUGH!!!!
Tonight before my Viewpoints rehearsal, we are having a read through for Lily's Plastic Purple Purse. I am very excited about this read through. Because I am expecting this is to be an amazingly fun role.
My First Night Rehearsal for The Viewpoints Project
Tonight we are having our first night rehearsal for The Viewpoints Project: And That's Why I'm Not God. I am very excited because we are going to stage the opening for the show. I have no idea what we will be using from what we have done in class, but I am very excited to find out. I will know more later, but this is a little update about where we are in the process of getting ready for the show.
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