Open Wardrobes

Last night was our first full runthrough (or "stumblethrough" as Claudia calls it) for The Hanging of the Greens. I thought it went very well, a little rough of course but pretty good for a first run. Having not previously seen several of the scenes it was fun to see the bits I'm not in. It's also fun to be at the point of rehearsals where the whole cast is there nearly every night. I'm still amazed at the level of talent and dedication all these kids have, not to mention their energy! It's fun to see the new things that come out each night and get to know the kids better. I have learned, for example, that despite having a web site and finally entering the blogosphere I am still behind the times by lack of a Facebook page. (Though I did promise Kate to blog about last night's rehearsal.)


Anyway, new things continued to emerge last night. For example, at the beginning of the play my character, Briant, tells his kids the story of Pinella the witch and last night a wonderful interaction started to develop between Briant and Tierney, who of all the kids is most into the story. It was a fun give and take and made the whole moment a lot more fun.


I have the weekend off from rehearsals (we don't rehearse on Fridays as another show, 70, Girls, 70 is currently running at Lakeshore) and plan to use that time to continue to work on character and physicality. We open in just under 3 weeks!