Joey's Notes from Wednesday Designer Run

Wed, Aug 4 2010 06:01 | Notes, Rehearsal | Permalink
Congrats on getting through the show all! The running time is shrinking which is great! People have obviously been putting in time with lines and it shows – though there is more work to be done for sure. As usual – it’s always fine to get a note… once. Memorize it and assimilate them into your performance forever. GET THE SAME NOTE TWICE AND IT GOES IN SHOUTY ALL CAPS!

  • Nicely: you don’t need to talk to anyone during your first solo for Fugue – when you look up, it looks like you’re talking to the audience or someone else.
  • Fugue guys: start the circle as a way to pursue the other guys
  • Engy, Wynter, Haley, Jenna: We're adding you into a scene -- please enter after Fugue and "hang out" DR -- as if you're on your way to work. Then exit UR halfway through Sarah's speech.
  • Sarah: don’t get discouraged by the tear-up – you’re just starting out for the day, and are still hopeful about how this will go. On the speech, start as inspirational as possible – big speech! Channel MLK or Obama during the campaign.
  • Nathan: when you sit on the sidewalk – let it be more that your legs give out, and less that you’re mad.
  • Nathan: the marker speech should be more panicked – less
  • Crapshooters: enter sooner so that you can be all in place and stopped by your first sung line in Oldest
  • Nathan: take the SHHH toward Center, not offstage
  • Crapshooters: please review harmonies in Oldest Established
  • Nathan: pull the belt all the way out so we can see it.
  • Adelaide: nice adjustments on the present scene
  • Nathan: more heartache on How Sweet
  • Nathan, Benny, Nicely, Harry, Adelaide: be more onstage for the entire food/present/news scene
  • Sky: listen for Nathan to approach you then walk away – and when he comes back the second time, turn around to face him so he will say the line to your face.
  • Nathan: love it when your voice gets high on For uh… how much?
  • Sky: tease him with more suspicion on I Never Knew You To Be A Betting Man…
  • Sky: find a way to sit that is smooth and cool, not drop-downy. (Don’t worry about how Nathan gets to the ground.)
  • Nathan: need to see you hear the band coming – and the urgent opportunity
  • Sarah: come to a full stop and lock eyes with Sky – let the band walk past you – hold that until the blackout
  • Sky: Let “Cider!” be less mad – you can even take that straight out as if to say “Doesn’t it just figure!”
  • Arvide: please but the emphasis on “do that every DAY”. You can be less laughy and sincere on the Coffee/Sin line – let Arvide be more obvious about the “awkwaarrrrd” excuse to leave them alone.
  • Sky: hit the word BET a bit more before her line “I don’t bet.”
  • Sarah: Hit the word NOW I realize when you’re describing the blackness…
  • Sarah: please remember to cross downstage off the platform
  • Sarah & Sky: you don’t need to rush the dialogue in the middle of the song – you have a live pit finally, not a recording, so the can accommodate your pacing
  • Sky: when you stand on Suddenly I’ll Know – simply stand, don’t take a step yet.
  • Sarah: please hold longer before the slap – ask Nick for advice on making the left hand less obvious
  • Sarah: the moment when you go to the trash can looks like you’re simply holding it over the can waiting for the lights – make it a conflicty hard decision about what you’re going to do.
  • Hot Box Girls: great job adjusting to variable tempos – great performances – you can still get hammy with eyes and faces.
  • Waiter: you will sweep across the platform with a push broom from SL to SR
  • Nathan: great spit take – now try not to be so pleased with yourself about it. :)
  • Mimi: great delivery and squeaky fun! You can enter a hair later – and be a bit clearer on “Dated up with Angie the Ox” – that’s not a line people will guess unless they’ve heard it clearly.
  • Adelaide: after Nathan leaves, rush back to the book for solace, reassurance, and answers.
  • Adelaide: after the big nose blow – let yourself come to a full stop (wiping, adjusting, breathing) before continuing – no rush.
  • Benny & Nicely: good adjustments (lines, style of talking, etc.) on the scene before Guys & Dolls
  • Nicely: review when you close and slam the paper at the number. Bigger YES SIR!
  • Benny & Nicely: cross further DR on See A Joe… Cross further upstage (steeper diagonal) on the break so you can
  • General, Arvide, Sarah, Agatha: that dialogue takes place on the sidewalk
  • Sky: slower and smoother on conversation with General – go easier on her hand on the shake – she’s a lady
  • Sarah: more time holding the marker out and thinking it over one last time before guaranteeing the sinners
  • General & Sky: bigger Hallelujahs.
  • Benny: cheat out on Carnations scene
  • Crapshooters: DO NOT move when Nathan talks with Big Jule or when Big Jule talks. Good move back on the gun reveal
  • Big Jule: you can allow a bit more disdain on the Scout Master line
  • Benny: when you agree It’s a Bachelor Dinner – make that more urgent before someone screws up and says something wrong.
  • Crapshooters: better reactions through the Bachelor dinner scene
  • Harry: When you tell him he’s a lucky guy, etc – you don’t believe it, you
  • Big Jule: great job taking your sweet time with the paper. Feign more sweet interest on How Long You Know The Doll.
  • Sarah: make a bigger deal – more revelation on These are DELICIOUS! … I think I’ll have ANOTHER!
  • Bartender (Anthony) & Havana Dancers: everything on your faces, etc. needs to look hotttttter. Everything you do – from dancing to carrying trays feels spicy and good. You also may vocalize anything you feel during the scene unless there’s dialogue.
  • Sarah: start to get up and par-tay sooner – and party harder – wild and out of control on bar even more
  • Sky: don’t be mad when she kisses you after Havana – you looked and sounded
  • Sarah: you can laugh through you talk like a missionary – everything is funny to you now
  • Sarah: you can be a little groggy on reentering NYC after Havana
  • ALL WHO HAVE DIALOGUE BEFORE A SONG: no rush – the pit will not start without you
  • Sky: don’t launch right into Obadiah – take a beat first.
  • Arvide: Good Morning can be a bit more humorously pointed – it’s 4am!
  • Sky: more urgency on You Know I Had Nothing to Do With This and You Went to Help the Mission!
  • Mink Ladies: slightly more heightened expressions – make sure they don’t sink and get tired and bored – SOMEONE will be watching each of you at somepoint. The secret to this is continuing to breathe the feeling even as you’re being still. Great faces on I’m Screaming! Really get out the EEK! (Extra K please, as you do for mink). Through the dance – be careful not to have “marking it” faces – act the entire number (we’re amazing professional performers pretending to be passionate but scandalized women) Each move needs to feel motivated by an inner thought (I’ll show him! How could he do this to me when I’m so captivating!? Etc.)
  • Nicely: when reciting the message about Nathan’s aunt, it’s that Nicely is struggling with remembering it, but then you’re wildly impressed that Sky seems to psychically know what you can’t remember
  • Sky: when you ask Nicely about the message when Adelaide comes in – you’re prompting him to deliver the message to her.
  • Adelaide: lovely and heartbreaking scene and reprise. Please hold until the blackout is complete, then please strike the drink.
  • Sarah & Arvide: thanks for the adjustments on the street/mission swap – nice.
  • Nicely & Arvide: you are right that you need to stay out of the conversation between Sarah & Sky – once they start, hold still
  • Nicely: This way!!! A big revelation! And simply point straight down
  • Big Jule: Here is My Marker – let that be a more ceremonious big deal – the presentation of Big Jule’s Marker! More threat on WHY NOT!?
  • Nathan: I still got a chance – a ten is the most likely thing to roll – you know you’re dead all the more.
  • Big Jule: take your winnings each time – so there’s only the $1 on the ground when Nathan wins
  • Big Jule: call the dice as 11 before they stop rolling – then say I win after they do.
  • Nathan: I will give you MY marker. Then start to boil on the way to the Cheer Me Up line – so there’s justification for the Take it easy line.
  • Crapshooters: be sure to not drift the game toward center or you will block the manhole cover. Also, you can be a bit surprised when the cover opens and they enter.
  • Crapshooters in Luck: never look like you’re just waiting for the next bit of choreography – if you have to hold at a point, act it and motivate it – the tension is building, etc.
  • Sky: palm the dice in the other hand and only pretend to throw – there is no offstage for them to go that far downstage.
  • Nathan: the One that’s on the way – this can be a moment of “again you did this?”
  • Nathan: check the lines in the letter scene – do NOT rely on the letter for the lines (you also missed some lines in between the letter parts – raise kids on what the A&P pays…)
  • Nathan: that first So New? needs a little shrug – the second one can be simpler and more apolgetic
  • Nathan & Adelaide: Sue Me – once again strong. Nice.
  • General: hold a moment, waiting, once the lights come up before declaring it’s after midnight, etc.
  • Crapshooters and Hot Box Dolls: as you sit down, be rowdy, so Sky has a reason to scold you. (Roseland is an amusement park)
  • Mission Folks: you can be more encouraging to the guests starting to testify
  • Benny: you can give your testimony in more of the tone of a kid apologizing to his sister only because his mom is watching, but he doesn’t mean it
  • Arvide: you can be more physical to Sarah on Hasn’t She Though?
  • Nicely: please clear your throat awkwardly shortly after reaching the podium.
  • Nicely: have your hand in your pocket before you say dice – have the idea only because you felt them after putting a hand in the pocket.
  • Nicely: once you start the second verse – you’re hooked on the power and show of it all – smile huge and overact the whole thing
  • ALL IN MISSION: quickly head back to pews after number to chat with your new friends (I love your dress!, etc.) Then really notice big that Brannigan is there.
  • Big Jule: stand up and shout I’m Really Sorry!
  • Nathan: Hallelujah to General – make it more “I don’t really know what it means, but right back atcha!”
  • Adelaide: What Will I Ever Tell My Mother – let that be a more real OH NO! moment
  • Sarah: when you catch yourself saying Isaiah, let it get higher and louder – try to hold it in but fail more at it.
  • Adelaide: bigger on What Are We Crazy Or Something!?
  • Adelaide: When she corrects you on You and I – be generous and don’t embarrass her – don’t correct her grammar mistake (when she says Me)
  • Nathan: be facing upstage at newsstand until your line I’m Waiting on…
  • Harry: commit to what you’re calling the suit – you think it’s a real word.
  • Big Jule: Bust through with great speed and urgency on Where’s the Crap Game!?
  • Arvide & Big Jule: after bumping Jule, Arvide should offer her elbow and let him take it
Guys and Dolls Production
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Joey's Notes from Wednesday Designer Run

Wed, Aug 4 2010 06:01 | Notes, Rehearsal | Permalink
Congrats on getting through the show all! The running time is shrinking which is great! People have obviously been putting in time with lines and it shows – though there is more work to be done for sure. As usual – it’s always fine to get a note… once. Memorize it and assimilate them into your performance forever. GET THE SAME NOTE TWICE AND IT GOES IN SHOUTY ALL CAPS!

  • Nicely: you don’t need to talk to anyone during your first solo for Fugue – when you look up, it looks like you’re talking to the audience or someone else.
  • Fugue guys: start the circle as a way to pursue the other guys
  • Engy, Wynter, Haley, Jenna: We're adding you into a scene -- please enter after Fugue and "hang out" DR -- as if you're on your way to work. Then exit UR halfway through Sarah's speech.
  • Sarah: don’t get discouraged by the tear-up – you’re just starting out for the day, and are still hopeful about how this will go. On the speech, start as inspirational as possible – big speech! Channel MLK or Obama during the campaign.
  • Nathan: when you sit on the sidewalk – let it be more that your legs give out, and less that you’re mad.
  • Nathan: the marker speech should be more panicked – less
  • Crapshooters: enter sooner so that you can be all in place and stopped by your first sung line in Oldest
  • Nathan: take the SHHH toward Center, not offstage
  • Crapshooters: please review harmonies in Oldest Established
  • Nathan: pull the belt all the way out so we can see it.
  • Adelaide: nice adjustments on the present scene
  • Nathan: more heartache on How Sweet
  • Nathan, Benny, Nicely, Harry, Adelaide: be more onstage for the entire food/present/news scene
  • Sky: listen for Nathan to approach you then walk away – and when he comes back the second time, turn around to face him so he will say the line to your face.
  • Nathan: love it when your voice gets high on For uh… how much?
  • Sky: tease him with more suspicion on I Never Knew You To Be A Betting Man…
  • Sky: find a way to sit that is smooth and cool, not drop-downy. (Don’t worry about how Nathan gets to the ground.)
  • Nathan: need to see you hear the band coming – and the urgent opportunity
  • Sarah: come to a full stop and lock eyes with Sky – let the band walk past you – hold that until the blackout
  • Sky: Let “Cider!” be less mad – you can even take that straight out as if to say “Doesn’t it just figure!”
  • Arvide: please but the emphasis on “do that every DAY”. You can be less laughy and sincere on the Coffee/Sin line – let Arvide be more obvious about the “awkwaarrrrd” excuse to leave them alone.
  • Sky: hit the word BET a bit more before her line “I don’t bet.”
  • Sarah: Hit the word NOW I realize when you’re describing the blackness…
  • Sarah: please remember to cross downstage off the platform
  • Sarah & Sky: you don’t need to rush the dialogue in the middle of the song – you have a live pit finally, not a recording, so the can accommodate your pacing
  • Sky: when you stand on Suddenly I’ll Know – simply stand, don’t take a step yet.
  • Sarah: please hold longer before the slap – ask Nick for advice on making the left hand less obvious
  • Sarah: the moment when you go to the trash can looks like you’re simply holding it over the can waiting for the lights – make it a conflicty hard decision about what you’re going to do.
  • Hot Box Girls: great job adjusting to variable tempos – great performances – you can still get hammy with eyes and faces.
  • Waiter: you will sweep across the platform with a push broom from SL to SR
  • Nathan: great spit take – now try not to be so pleased with yourself about it. :)
  • Mimi: great delivery and squeaky fun! You can enter a hair later – and be a bit clearer on “Dated up with Angie the Ox” – that’s not a line people will guess unless they’ve heard it clearly.
  • Adelaide: after Nathan leaves, rush back to the book for solace, reassurance, and answers.
  • Adelaide: after the big nose blow – let yourself come to a full stop (wiping, adjusting, breathing) before continuing – no rush.
  • Benny & Nicely: good adjustments (lines, style of talking, etc.) on the scene before Guys & Dolls
  • Nicely: review when you close and slam the paper at the number. Bigger YES SIR!
  • Benny & Nicely: cross further DR on See A Joe… Cross further upstage (steeper diagonal) on the break so you can
  • General, Arvide, Sarah, Agatha: that dialogue takes place on the sidewalk
  • Sky: slower and smoother on conversation with General – go easier on her hand on the shake – she’s a lady
  • Sarah: more time holding the marker out and thinking it over one last time before guaranteeing the sinners
  • General & Sky: bigger Hallelujahs.
  • Benny: cheat out on Carnations scene
  • Crapshooters: DO NOT move when Nathan talks with Big Jule or when Big Jule talks. Good move back on the gun reveal
  • Big Jule: you can allow a bit more disdain on the Scout Master line
  • Benny: when you agree It’s a Bachelor Dinner – make that more urgent before someone screws up and says something wrong.
  • Crapshooters: better reactions through the Bachelor dinner scene
  • Harry: When you tell him he’s a lucky guy, etc – you don’t believe it, you
  • Big Jule: great job taking your sweet time with the paper. Feign more sweet interest on How Long You Know The Doll.
  • Sarah: make a bigger deal – more revelation on These are DELICIOUS! … I think I’ll have ANOTHER!
  • Bartender (Anthony) & Havana Dancers: everything on your faces, etc. needs to look hotttttter. Everything you do – from dancing to carrying trays feels spicy and good. You also may vocalize anything you feel during the scene unless there’s dialogue.
  • Sarah: start to get up and par-tay sooner – and party harder – wild and out of control on bar even more
  • Sky: don’t be mad when she kisses you after Havana – you looked and sounded
  • Sarah: you can laugh through you talk like a missionary – everything is funny to you now
  • Sarah: you can be a little groggy on reentering NYC after Havana
  • ALL WHO HAVE DIALOGUE BEFORE A SONG: no rush – the pit will not start without you
  • Sky: don’t launch right into Obadiah – take a beat first.
  • Arvide: Good Morning can be a bit more humorously pointed – it’s 4am!
  • Sky: more urgency on You Know I Had Nothing to Do With This and You Went to Help the Mission!
  • Mink Ladies: slightly more heightened expressions – make sure they don’t sink and get tired and bored – SOMEONE will be watching each of you at somepoint. The secret to this is continuing to breathe the feeling even as you’re being still. Great faces on I’m Screaming! Really get out the EEK! (Extra K please, as you do for mink). Through the dance – be careful not to have “marking it” faces – act the entire number (we’re amazing professional performers pretending to be passionate but scandalized women) Each move needs to feel motivated by an inner thought (I’ll show him! How could he do this to me when I’m so captivating!? Etc.)
  • Nicely: when reciting the message about Nathan’s aunt, it’s that Nicely is struggling with remembering it, but then you’re wildly impressed that Sky seems to psychically know what you can’t remember
  • Sky: when you ask Nicely about the message when Adelaide comes in – you’re prompting him to deliver the message to her.
  • Adelaide: lovely and heartbreaking scene and reprise. Please hold until the blackout is complete, then please strike the drink.
  • Sarah & Arvide: thanks for the adjustments on the street/mission swap – nice.
  • Nicely & Arvide: you are right that you need to stay out of the conversation between Sarah & Sky – once they start, hold still
  • Nicely: This way!!! A big revelation! And simply point straight down
  • Big Jule: Here is My Marker – let that be a more ceremonious big deal – the presentation of Big Jule’s Marker! More threat on WHY NOT!?
  • Nathan: I still got a chance – a ten is the most likely thing to roll – you know you’re dead all the more.
  • Big Jule: take your winnings each time – so there’s only the $1 on the ground when Nathan wins
  • Big Jule: call the dice as 11 before they stop rolling – then say I win after they do.
  • Nathan: I will give you MY marker. Then start to boil on the way to the Cheer Me Up line – so there’s justification for the Take it easy line.
  • Crapshooters: be sure to not drift the game toward center or you will block the manhole cover. Also, you can be a bit surprised when the cover opens and they enter.
  • Crapshooters in Luck: never look like you’re just waiting for the next bit of choreography – if you have to hold at a point, act it and motivate it – the tension is building, etc.
  • Sky: palm the dice in the other hand and only pretend to throw – there is no offstage for them to go that far downstage.
  • Nathan: the One that’s on the way – this can be a moment of “again you did this?”
  • Nathan: check the lines in the letter scene – do NOT rely on the letter for the lines (you also missed some lines in between the letter parts – raise kids on what the A&P pays…)
  • Nathan: that first So New? needs a little shrug – the second one can be simpler and more apolgetic
  • Nathan & Adelaide: Sue Me – once again strong. Nice.
  • General: hold a moment, waiting, once the lights come up before declaring it’s after midnight, etc.
  • Crapshooters and Hot Box Dolls: as you sit down, be rowdy, so Sky has a reason to scold you. (Roseland is an amusement park)
  • Mission Folks: you can be more encouraging to the guests starting to testify
  • Benny: you can give your testimony in more of the tone of a kid apologizing to his sister only because his mom is watching, but he doesn’t mean it
  • Arvide: you can be more physical to Sarah on Hasn’t She Though?
  • Nicely: please clear your throat awkwardly shortly after reaching the podium.
  • Nicely: have your hand in your pocket before you say dice – have the idea only because you felt them after putting a hand in the pocket.
  • Nicely: once you start the second verse – you’re hooked on the power and show of it all – smile huge and overact the whole thing
  • ALL IN MISSION: quickly head back to pews after number to chat with your new friends (I love your dress!, etc.) Then really notice big that Brannigan is there.
  • Big Jule: stand up and shout I’m Really Sorry!
  • Nathan: Hallelujah to General – make it more “I don’t really know what it means, but right back atcha!”
  • Adelaide: What Will I Ever Tell My Mother – let that be a more real OH NO! moment
  • Sarah: when you catch yourself saying Isaiah, let it get higher and louder – try to hold it in but fail more at it.
  • Adelaide: bigger on What Are We Crazy Or Something!?
  • Adelaide: When she corrects you on You and I – be generous and don’t embarrass her – don’t correct her grammar mistake (when she says Me)
  • Nathan: be facing upstage at newsstand until your line I’m Waiting on…
  • Harry: commit to what you’re calling the suit – you think it’s a real word.
  • Big Jule: Bust through with great speed and urgency on Where’s the Crap Game!?
  • Arvide & Big Jule: after bumping Jule, Arvide should offer her elbow and let him take it
Guys and Dolls Production
Comments

Joey's Notes from Wednesday Designer Run

Wed, Aug 4 2010 06:01 | Notes, Rehearsal | Permalink
Congrats on getting through the show all! The running time is shrinking which is great! People have obviously been putting in time with lines and it shows – though there is more work to be done for sure. As usual – it’s always fine to get a note… once. Memorize it and assimilate them into your performance forever. GET THE SAME NOTE TWICE AND IT GOES IN SHOUTY ALL CAPS!

  • Nicely: you don’t need to talk to anyone during your first solo for Fugue – when you look up, it looks like you’re talking to the audience or someone else.
  • Fugue guys: start the circle as a way to pursue the other guys
  • Engy, Wynter, Haley, Jenna: We're adding you into a scene -- please enter after Fugue and "hang out" DR -- as if you're on your way to work. Then exit UR halfway through Sarah's speech.
  • Sarah: don’t get discouraged by the tear-up – you’re just starting out for the day, and are still hopeful about how this will go. On the speech, start as inspirational as possible – big speech! Channel MLK or Obama during the campaign.
  • Nathan: when you sit on the sidewalk – let it be more that your legs give out, and less that you’re mad.
  • Nathan: the marker speech should be more panicked – less
  • Crapshooters: enter sooner so that you can be all in place and stopped by your first sung line in Oldest
  • Nathan: take the SHHH toward Center, not offstage
  • Crapshooters: please review harmonies in Oldest Established
  • Nathan: pull the belt all the way out so we can see it.
  • Adelaide: nice adjustments on the present scene
  • Nathan: more heartache on How Sweet
  • Nathan, Benny, Nicely, Harry, Adelaide: be more onstage for the entire food/present/news scene
  • Sky: listen for Nathan to approach you then walk away – and when he comes back the second time, turn around to face him so he will say the line to your face.
  • Nathan: love it when your voice gets high on For uh… how much?
  • Sky: tease him with more suspicion on I Never Knew You To Be A Betting Man…
  • Sky: find a way to sit that is smooth and cool, not drop-downy. (Don’t worry about how Nathan gets to the ground.)
  • Nathan: need to see you hear the band coming – and the urgent opportunity
  • Sarah: come to a full stop and lock eyes with Sky – let the band walk past you – hold that until the blackout
  • Sky: Let “Cider!” be less mad – you can even take that straight out as if to say “Doesn’t it just figure!”
  • Arvide: please but the emphasis on “do that every DAY”. You can be less laughy and sincere on the Coffee/Sin line – let Arvide be more obvious about the “awkwaarrrrd” excuse to leave them alone.
  • Sky: hit the word BET a bit more before her line “I don’t bet.”
  • Sarah: Hit the word NOW I realize when you’re describing the blackness…
  • Sarah: please remember to cross downstage off the platform
  • Sarah & Sky: you don’t need to rush the dialogue in the middle of the song – you have a live pit finally, not a recording, so the can accommodate your pacing
  • Sky: when you stand on Suddenly I’ll Know – simply stand, don’t take a step yet.
  • Sarah: please hold longer before the slap – ask Nick for advice on making the left hand less obvious
  • Sarah: the moment when you go to the trash can looks like you’re simply holding it over the can waiting for the lights – make it a conflicty hard decision about what you’re going to do.
  • Hot Box Girls: great job adjusting to variable tempos – great performances – you can still get hammy with eyes and faces.
  • Waiter: you will sweep across the platform with a push broom from SL to SR
  • Nathan: great spit take – now try not to be so pleased with yourself about it. :)
  • Mimi: great delivery and squeaky fun! You can enter a hair later – and be a bit clearer on “Dated up with Angie the Ox” – that’s not a line people will guess unless they’ve heard it clearly.
  • Adelaide: after Nathan leaves, rush back to the book for solace, reassurance, and answers.
  • Adelaide: after the big nose blow – let yourself come to a full stop (wiping, adjusting, breathing) before continuing – no rush.
  • Benny & Nicely: good adjustments (lines, style of talking, etc.) on the scene before Guys & Dolls
  • Nicely: review when you close and slam the paper at the number. Bigger YES SIR!
  • Benny & Nicely: cross further DR on See A Joe… Cross further upstage (steeper diagonal) on the break so you can
  • General, Arvide, Sarah, Agatha: that dialogue takes place on the sidewalk
  • Sky: slower and smoother on conversation with General – go easier on her hand on the shake – she’s a lady
  • Sarah: more time holding the marker out and thinking it over one last time before guaranteeing the sinners
  • General & Sky: bigger Hallelujahs.
  • Benny: cheat out on Carnations scene
  • Crapshooters: DO NOT move when Nathan talks with Big Jule or when Big Jule talks. Good move back on the gun reveal
  • Big Jule: you can allow a bit more disdain on the Scout Master line
  • Benny: when you agree It’s a Bachelor Dinner – make that more urgent before someone screws up and says something wrong.
  • Crapshooters: better reactions through the Bachelor dinner scene
  • Harry: When you tell him he’s a lucky guy, etc – you don’t believe it, you
  • Big Jule: great job taking your sweet time with the paper. Feign more sweet interest on How Long You Know The Doll.
  • Sarah: make a bigger deal – more revelation on These are DELICIOUS! … I think I’ll have ANOTHER!
  • Bartender (Anthony) & Havana Dancers: everything on your faces, etc. needs to look hotttttter. Everything you do – from dancing to carrying trays feels spicy and good. You also may vocalize anything you feel during the scene unless there’s dialogue.
  • Sarah: start to get up and par-tay sooner – and party harder – wild and out of control on bar even more
  • Sky: don’t be mad when she kisses you after Havana – you looked and sounded
  • Sarah: you can laugh through you talk like a missionary – everything is funny to you now
  • Sarah: you can be a little groggy on reentering NYC after Havana
  • ALL WHO HAVE DIALOGUE BEFORE A SONG: no rush – the pit will not start without you
  • Sky: don’t launch right into Obadiah – take a beat first.
  • Arvide: Good Morning can be a bit more humorously pointed – it’s 4am!
  • Sky: more urgency on You Know I Had Nothing to Do With This and You Went to Help the Mission!
  • Mink Ladies: slightly more heightened expressions – make sure they don’t sink and get tired and bored – SOMEONE will be watching each of you at somepoint. The secret to this is continuing to breathe the feeling even as you’re being still. Great faces on I’m Screaming! Really get out the EEK! (Extra K please, as you do for mink). Through the dance – be careful not to have “marking it” faces – act the entire number (we’re amazing professional performers pretending to be passionate but scandalized women) Each move needs to feel motivated by an inner thought (I’ll show him! How could he do this to me when I’m so captivating!? Etc.)
  • Nicely: when reciting the message about Nathan’s aunt, it’s that Nicely is struggling with remembering it, but then you’re wildly impressed that Sky seems to psychically know what you can’t remember
  • Sky: when you ask Nicely about the message when Adelaide comes in – you’re prompting him to deliver the message to her.
  • Adelaide: lovely and heartbreaking scene and reprise. Please hold until the blackout is complete, then please strike the drink.
  • Sarah & Arvide: thanks for the adjustments on the street/mission swap – nice.
  • Nicely & Arvide: you are right that you need to stay out of the conversation between Sarah & Sky – once they start, hold still
  • Nicely: This way!!! A big revelation! And simply point straight down
  • Big Jule: Here is My Marker – let that be a more ceremonious big deal – the presentation of Big Jule’s Marker! More threat on WHY NOT!?
  • Nathan: I still got a chance – a ten is the most likely thing to roll – you know you’re dead all the more.
  • Big Jule: take your winnings each time – so there’s only the $1 on the ground when Nathan wins
  • Big Jule: call the dice as 11 before they stop rolling – then say I win after they do.
  • Nathan: I will give you MY marker. Then start to boil on the way to the Cheer Me Up line – so there’s justification for the Take it easy line.
  • Crapshooters: be sure to not drift the game toward center or you will block the manhole cover. Also, you can be a bit surprised when the cover opens and they enter.
  • Crapshooters in Luck: never look like you’re just waiting for the next bit of choreography – if you have to hold at a point, act it and motivate it – the tension is building, etc.
  • Sky: palm the dice in the other hand and only pretend to throw – there is no offstage for them to go that far downstage.
  • Nathan: the One that’s on the way – this can be a moment of “again you did this?”
  • Nathan: check the lines in the letter scene – do NOT rely on the letter for the lines (you also missed some lines in between the letter parts – raise kids on what the A&P pays…)
  • Nathan: that first So New? needs a little shrug – the second one can be simpler and more apolgetic
  • Nathan & Adelaide: Sue Me – once again strong. Nice.
  • General: hold a moment, waiting, once the lights come up before declaring it’s after midnight, etc.
  • Crapshooters and Hot Box Dolls: as you sit down, be rowdy, so Sky has a reason to scold you. (Roseland is an amusement park)
  • Mission Folks: you can be more encouraging to the guests starting to testify
  • Benny: you can give your testimony in more of the tone of a kid apologizing to his sister only because his mom is watching, but he doesn’t mean it
  • Arvide: you can be more physical to Sarah on Hasn’t She Though?
  • Nicely: please clear your throat awkwardly shortly after reaching the podium.
  • Nicely: have your hand in your pocket before you say dice – have the idea only because you felt them after putting a hand in the pocket.
  • Nicely: once you start the second verse – you’re hooked on the power and show of it all – smile huge and overact the whole thing
  • ALL IN MISSION: quickly head back to pews after number to chat with your new friends (I love your dress!, etc.) Then really notice big that Brannigan is there.
  • Big Jule: stand up and shout I’m Really Sorry!
  • Nathan: Hallelujah to General – make it more “I don’t really know what it means, but right back atcha!”
  • Adelaide: What Will I Ever Tell My Mother – let that be a more real OH NO! moment
  • Sarah: when you catch yourself saying Isaiah, let it get higher and louder – try to hold it in but fail more at it.
  • Adelaide: bigger on What Are We Crazy Or Something!?
  • Adelaide: When she corrects you on You and I – be generous and don’t embarrass her – don’t correct her grammar mistake (when she says Me)
  • Nathan: be facing upstage at newsstand until your line I’m Waiting on…
  • Harry: commit to what you’re calling the suit – you think it’s a real word.
  • Big Jule: Bust through with great speed and urgency on Where’s the Crap Game!?
  • Arvide & Big Jule: after bumping Jule, Arvide should offer her elbow and let him take it
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Joey's Notes from Wednesday Designer Run

Wed, Aug 4 2010 06:01 | Notes, Rehearsal | Permalink
Congrats on getting through the show all! The running time is shrinking which is great! People have obviously been putting in time with lines and it shows – though there is more work to be done for sure. As usual – it’s always fine to get a note… once. Memorize it and assimilate them into your performance forever. GET THE SAME NOTE TWICE AND IT GOES IN SHOUTY ALL CAPS!

  • Nicely: you don’t need to talk to anyone during your first solo for Fugue – when you look up, it looks like you’re talking to the audience or someone else.
  • Fugue guys: start the circle as a way to pursue the other guys
  • Engy, Wynter, Haley, Jenna: We're adding you into a scene -- please enter after Fugue and "hang out" DR -- as if you're on your way to work. Then exit UR halfway through Sarah's speech.
  • Sarah: don’t get discouraged by the tear-up – you’re just starting out for the day, and are still hopeful about how this will go. On the speech, start as inspirational as possible – big speech! Channel MLK or Obama during the campaign.
  • Nathan: when you sit on the sidewalk – let it be more that your legs give out, and less that you’re mad.
  • Nathan: the marker speech should be more panicked – less
  • Crapshooters: enter sooner so that you can be all in place and stopped by your first sung line in Oldest
  • Nathan: take the SHHH toward Center, not offstage
  • Crapshooters: please review harmonies in Oldest Established
  • Nathan: pull the belt all the way out so we can see it.
  • Adelaide: nice adjustments on the present scene
  • Nathan: more heartache on How Sweet
  • Nathan, Benny, Nicely, Harry, Adelaide: be more onstage for the entire food/present/news scene
  • Sky: listen for Nathan to approach you then walk away – and when he comes back the second time, turn around to face him so he will say the line to your face.
  • Nathan: love it when your voice gets high on For uh… how much?
  • Sky: tease him with more suspicion on I Never Knew You To Be A Betting Man…
  • Sky: find a way to sit that is smooth and cool, not drop-downy. (Don’t worry about how Nathan gets to the ground.)
  • Nathan: need to see you hear the band coming – and the urgent opportunity
  • Sarah: come to a full stop and lock eyes with Sky – let the band walk past you – hold that until the blackout
  • Sky: Let “Cider!” be less mad – you can even take that straight out as if to say “Doesn’t it just figure!”
  • Arvide: please but the emphasis on “do that every DAY”. You can be less laughy and sincere on the Coffee/Sin line – let Arvide be more obvious about the “awkwaarrrrd” excuse to leave them alone.
  • Sky: hit the word BET a bit more before her line “I don’t bet.”
  • Sarah: Hit the word NOW I realize when you’re describing the blackness…
  • Sarah: please remember to cross downstage off the platform
  • Sarah & Sky: you don’t need to rush the dialogue in the middle of the song – you have a live pit finally, not a recording, so the can accommodate your pacing
  • Sky: when you stand on Suddenly I’ll Know – simply stand, don’t take a step yet.
  • Sarah: please hold longer before the slap – ask Nick for advice on making the left hand less obvious
  • Sarah: the moment when you go to the trash can looks like you’re simply holding it over the can waiting for the lights – make it a conflicty hard decision about what you’re going to do.
  • Hot Box Girls: great job adjusting to variable tempos – great performances – you can still get hammy with eyes and faces.
  • Waiter: you will sweep across the platform with a push broom from SL to SR
  • Nathan: great spit take – now try not to be so pleased with yourself about it. :)
  • Mimi: great delivery and squeaky fun! You can enter a hair later – and be a bit clearer on “Dated up with Angie the Ox” – that’s not a line people will guess unless they’ve heard it clearly.
  • Adelaide: after Nathan leaves, rush back to the book for solace, reassurance, and answers.
  • Adelaide: after the big nose blow – let yourself come to a full stop (wiping, adjusting, breathing) before continuing – no rush.
  • Benny & Nicely: good adjustments (lines, style of talking, etc.) on the scene before Guys & Dolls
  • Nicely: review when you close and slam the paper at the number. Bigger YES SIR!
  • Benny & Nicely: cross further DR on See A Joe… Cross further upstage (steeper diagonal) on the break so you can
  • General, Arvide, Sarah, Agatha: that dialogue takes place on the sidewalk
  • Sky: slower and smoother on conversation with General – go easier on her hand on the shake – she’s a lady
  • Sarah: more time holding the marker out and thinking it over one last time before guaranteeing the sinners
  • General & Sky: bigger Hallelujahs.
  • Benny: cheat out on Carnations scene
  • Crapshooters: DO NOT move when Nathan talks with Big Jule or when Big Jule talks. Good move back on the gun reveal
  • Big Jule: you can allow a bit more disdain on the Scout Master line
  • Benny: when you agree It’s a Bachelor Dinner – make that more urgent before someone screws up and says something wrong.
  • Crapshooters: better reactions through the Bachelor dinner scene
  • Harry: When you tell him he’s a lucky guy, etc – you don’t believe it, you
  • Big Jule: great job taking your sweet time with the paper. Feign more sweet interest on How Long You Know The Doll.
  • Sarah: make a bigger deal – more revelation on These are DELICIOUS! … I think I’ll have ANOTHER!
  • Bartender (Anthony) & Havana Dancers: everything on your faces, etc. needs to look hotttttter. Everything you do – from dancing to carrying trays feels spicy and good. You also may vocalize anything you feel during the scene unless there’s dialogue.
  • Sarah: start to get up and par-tay sooner – and party harder – wild and out of control on bar even more
  • Sky: don’t be mad when she kisses you after Havana – you looked and sounded
  • Sarah: you can laugh through you talk like a missionary – everything is funny to you now
  • Sarah: you can be a little groggy on reentering NYC after Havana
  • ALL WHO HAVE DIALOGUE BEFORE A SONG: no rush – the pit will not start without you
  • Sky: don’t launch right into Obadiah – take a beat first.
  • Arvide: Good Morning can be a bit more humorously pointed – it’s 4am!
  • Sky: more urgency on You Know I Had Nothing to Do With This and You Went to Help the Mission!
  • Mink Ladies: slightly more heightened expressions – make sure they don’t sink and get tired and bored – SOMEONE will be watching each of you at somepoint. The secret to this is continuing to breathe the feeling even as you’re being still. Great faces on I’m Screaming! Really get out the EEK! (Extra K please, as you do for mink). Through the dance – be careful not to have “marking it” faces – act the entire number (we’re amazing professional performers pretending to be passionate but scandalized women) Each move needs to feel motivated by an inner thought (I’ll show him! How could he do this to me when I’m so captivating!? Etc.)
  • Nicely: when reciting the message about Nathan’s aunt, it’s that Nicely is struggling with remembering it, but then you’re wildly impressed that Sky seems to psychically know what you can’t remember
  • Sky: when you ask Nicely about the message when Adelaide comes in – you’re prompting him to deliver the message to her.
  • Adelaide: lovely and heartbreaking scene and reprise. Please hold until the blackout is complete, then please strike the drink.
  • Sarah & Arvide: thanks for the adjustments on the street/mission swap – nice.
  • Nicely & Arvide: you are right that you need to stay out of the conversation between Sarah & Sky – once they start, hold still
  • Nicely: This way!!! A big revelation! And simply point straight down
  • Big Jule: Here is My Marker – let that be a more ceremonious big deal – the presentation of Big Jule’s Marker! More threat on WHY NOT!?
  • Nathan: I still got a chance – a ten is the most likely thing to roll – you know you’re dead all the more.
  • Big Jule: take your winnings each time – so there’s only the $1 on the ground when Nathan wins
  • Big Jule: call the dice as 11 before they stop rolling – then say I win after they do.
  • Nathan: I will give you MY marker. Then start to boil on the way to the Cheer Me Up line – so there’s justification for the Take it easy line.
  • Crapshooters: be sure to not drift the game toward center or you will block the manhole cover. Also, you can be a bit surprised when the cover opens and they enter.
  • Crapshooters in Luck: never look like you’re just waiting for the next bit of choreography – if you have to hold at a point, act it and motivate it – the tension is building, etc.
  • Sky: palm the dice in the other hand and only pretend to throw – there is no offstage for them to go that far downstage.
  • Nathan: the One that’s on the way – this can be a moment of “again you did this?”
  • Nathan: check the lines in the letter scene – do NOT rely on the letter for the lines (you also missed some lines in between the letter parts – raise kids on what the A&P pays…)
  • Nathan: that first So New? needs a little shrug – the second one can be simpler and more apolgetic
  • Nathan & Adelaide: Sue Me – once again strong. Nice.
  • General: hold a moment, waiting, once the lights come up before declaring it’s after midnight, etc.
  • Crapshooters and Hot Box Dolls: as you sit down, be rowdy, so Sky has a reason to scold you. (Roseland is an amusement park)
  • Mission Folks: you can be more encouraging to the guests starting to testify
  • Benny: you can give your testimony in more of the tone of a kid apologizing to his sister only because his mom is watching, but he doesn’t mean it
  • Arvide: you can be more physical to Sarah on Hasn’t She Though?
  • Nicely: please clear your throat awkwardly shortly after reaching the podium.
  • Nicely: have your hand in your pocket before you say dice – have the idea only because you felt them after putting a hand in the pocket.
  • Nicely: once you start the second verse – you’re hooked on the power and show of it all – smile huge and overact the whole thing
  • ALL IN MISSION: quickly head back to pews after number to chat with your new friends (I love your dress!, etc.) Then really notice big that Brannigan is there.
  • Big Jule: stand up and shout I’m Really Sorry!
  • Nathan: Hallelujah to General – make it more “I don’t really know what it means, but right back atcha!”
  • Adelaide: What Will I Ever Tell My Mother – let that be a more real OH NO! moment
  • Sarah: when you catch yourself saying Isaiah, let it get higher and louder – try to hold it in but fail more at it.
  • Adelaide: bigger on What Are We Crazy Or Something!?
  • Adelaide: When she corrects you on You and I – be generous and don’t embarrass her – don’t correct her grammar mistake (when she says Me)
  • Nathan: be facing upstage at newsstand until your line I’m Waiting on…
  • Harry: commit to what you’re calling the suit – you think it’s a real word.
  • Big Jule: Bust through with great speed and urgency on Where’s the Crap Game!?
  • Arvide & Big Jule: after bumping Jule, Arvide should offer her elbow and let him take it
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Rehearsal Schedule 8.1

Sat, Jul 31 2010 07:35 | Rehearsal | Permalink
Rehearsal #11:
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Location: Community School for Music and Arts (330 East State Street, Ithaca)
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063
*PLEASE NOTE: Please wear the shoes you will be performing these numbers in!








WHEN

WHO

WHAT
WHERE
WITH
1:00 – 1:30
Jacob (Nicely) and St. John (Benny)
Work “Guys & Dolls”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike
1:30 – 1:55
Jacob (Nicely), St. John (Benny), James (Big Jule)
Work “Fugue for Tinhorns”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike
2:00 – 2:55
Everyone associated with the Mission, Jacob (Nicely), St. John (Benny), James (Big Jule)
Run/work Act I, Scene 1 including “Follow the Fold,” “Follow the Fold Reprise,” Crossovers pp 49, 53 and 63 (if extra time work
page 6)
3rd floor studioJoey/Todd/Mike
2:45
ADD Adam (Sky)
See above
3rd floor studioJoey/Todd/Mike
3:00 – 3:30
Mission Folk, All Crapshooters, Engy, Jenna, Haley & Sarah G
Work “Sit Down Your Rockin’ the Boat”
3rd floor studioJoey/Todd/Mike
3:30 – 3:55
FULL COMPANY
Work “Guys & Dolls Reprise” (Finale)
3rd floor studioJoey/Todd/Mike
4:00 – 4:15
Nola (Arvide), Sarah S (Sarah)
Work “More I Cannot Wish You”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Mike
4:15 – 4:45
All Hot Box Performers
Work “Bushel & A Peck,” “Take Back Your Mink”
3rd floor studioTodd/Mike
4:45 – 4:55
Everyone in “Havana”
Run “Havana” w/ prop glasses
3rd floor studioTodd/Mike
5:00 – 5:40
Sarah S
Vocal Work
3rd floor studioErica/Mike
5:40 – 6:10
All Crapshooters plus Adam (Sky)
Work “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”
3rd floor studio
Katie with Rehearse Score
6:10 – 6:20
All Crapshooters plus Adam (Sky)
Work “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”
3rd floor studio
Todd/Joey/Mike
6:20 – 6:35
All Crapshooters
Work “Oldest Established”
3rd floor studio
Todd/Joey/Mike
6:40 – 7:00
Val (Adelaide)
Work “Adelaide’s Lament” and “Adelaide’s 2nd Lament”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike
7:00 – 7:20
Val (Adelaide) and Jeremy (Nathan)
Work “Sue Me”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike
7:20 – 7:35
Val (Adelaide) and Sarah S (Sarah)
Work “Marry the Man Today”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike
7:40 – 9:00
Sarah S (Sarah) and Adam (Sky)
Work “If I Were a Bell,” “My Time,” “I’ve Never Been In Love Before,” and “I’ll Know”
3rd floor studio
Joey/Todd/Mike


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Rehearsal Schedules 7.26-8.5

Sun, Jul 25 2010 06:38 | Rehearsal | Permalink
Rehearsal #7:
Monday, July 26, 2010
Location: First Congregational Church of Cayuga Heights (Directions)
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063
*Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:30 – 6:10
FULL COMPANY
Vocal Warm Up and Review “Guys and Dolls (Finale)”
Classroom
Mike
6:10 – 6:50
FULL COMPANY
Stage pp. 126 – 127 Finale
Fellowship Hall
Joey/Todd
6:50 – 7:00
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
7:00 – 7:20
Sam (Harry)
Vocal Work
Classroom
Mike
7:20 – 7:40
Cacidy (Slim)
Vocal Work
Classroom
Mike
7:40 – 8:10
Sarah S (Sarah)
Work “I’ll Know,” “If I Were a Bell,” & “Never Been in Love Before”
Fellowship Hall
Mike
7:00 – 8:00
Val (Adelaide), Wynter (Mimi), Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Engy, Jenna, Shauntle, Sarah G (Hot Box Girls)
Finish “Take Back Your Mink” and Run “Bushel and a Peck”
Fellowship Hall
Todd/Joey
(Mike joins at 7:40)
8:10 – 9:00
Sarah S (Sarah) and Adam (Sky)
Scene work TBA
Fellowship Hall
Joey




Rehearsal #8:
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:*
Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:40 – 6:00
James (Big Jule)
Vocal Review “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Activities
Mike
6:00 – 6:15
James (Big Jule), Jacob (Nicely Nicely), St. John (Benny)
Vocal Review “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Activities
Mike
6:15 – 6:50
James (Big Jule), Jacob (Nicely Nicely), St. John (Benny)
Stage “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Gymnasium
Joey/Mike
7:00 – 7:55
Jacob (Nicely Nicely), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry)
Block pp. 6 – 11
Gymnasium
Joey
7:40 – 7:55
ADD Jeremy (Nathan) and Caleb (Lt. Brannigan)
Block pp. 6 – 11
Gymnasium
Joey
8:00 – 8:40
Jeremy (Nathan), Jacob (Nicely), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Val (Adelaide), Wynter, Engy, Jenna (HBG)
Block pp. 14 – 18 (if extra time, run pp. 18 – 22 and insert Jacob and St. John)
Gymnasium
Joey
8:40 – 9:30
Jeremy (Nathan), Jacob (Nicely), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Anthony (Brandy), James (Big Jule), Cacidy (Slim), Adam F (Angie), Caleb (Lt. Brannigan)
Run Act I, Scene 7
Gymnasium
Joey




Rehearsal #9:
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Location: First Congregational Church of Cayuga Heights (Directions)
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 5:20
Jacob (Nicely) and St. John (Benny)
Vocal Review “Guys and Dolls”
Classroom
Mike
5:20 – 5:30
Jacob (Nicely) and St. John (Benny)
Block pp. 49 – 50
Fellowship Hall
Joey
5:30 – 6:20
Jacob (Nicely) and St. John (Benny)
Stage “Guys and Dolls”
Fellowship Hall
Joey/Todd/Mike
6:20 – 6:30
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
6:30 – 7:50
Sarah S (Sarah), Nola (Arvide), Erika (General), Rachel, Amanda, Kelci, Rebecca, Mason, Matt (Mission), Engy, Jenna, Haley (HBG), Adam B (Sky), Jeremy (Nathan), Jacob (Nicely), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Anthony (Brandy), James (Big Jule), Cacidy (Slim), Adam F (Angie), Caleb (Lt. Brannigan)
Stage “Sit Down Your Rockin’ The Boat”
(if extra time run “The Raid”)
Fellowship Hall
Joey/Todd/Mike
7:50 – 8:00
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
8:00 – 8:55
Anthony (Bartender), Matt, Sarah P, Caroline
Incorporate Bartender into “Havana” Choreography
Fellowship Hall
Todd/Mike
8:00 – 8:30
Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah), Jeremy (Nathan), Val (Adelaide), Jacob (Nicely), Wynter (Mimi), St. John (Benny), Shauntle, James (Big Jule), Kasia, Cacidy (Slim), Sari
Get into costumes and Publicity Photo
Classroom/
Location TBA
Joey
8:30 – 9:00
ADD Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah), Wynter, St. John, Shauntle, Kasia, Cacidy, Sari
Run “Havana” with bartender
Fellowship Hall
Todd/Mike




Rehearsal #10:
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Location: Community School for Music and Arts (330 East State Street, Ithaca)
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063
*Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: STREET SHOES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THIS FLOOR. PLEASE BRING YOUR JAZZ SHOES, BALLET SHOES, OR GOOD SOCKS.
Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 5:55
Havana Folks
Run/Work #
Dance Studio
Katie/Todd/Mike
6:00 – 6:55
Hot Box Dancers
Run/Work “Bushel” and “Take Back Your Mink”
Dance Studio
Katie/Todd/Mike
7:00 – 8:55
Sky, Nathan & Crapshooters
Run/Work “Luck Be a Lady” and “Oldest Established”
Dance Studio
Todd/Mike




Rehearsal #11: Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 1 – 9pm
Location: Community School for Music and Arts (330 East State Street, Ithaca)
A work through of all musical #s (order will come out next week)

Rehearsal #12: Monday, August 2, 2010 from 6 – 9pm
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
A work through of Act I, focusing on dialogue
NOTE: POSSIBLE FITTINGS 5-6pm at the R2P apartment on W. State Street

Rehearsal #13: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 from 6 – 9pm
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
A work through of Act II, focusing on dialogue
NOTE: POSSIBLE FITTINGS 5-6pm at the R2P apartment on W. State Street

Rehearsal #14: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 from 5:30 – 9pm
Location: 1st Congregational Church of Cayuga Heights (Directions)
DESIGNER RUN THROUGH

Rehearsal #15: Thursday, August 5, 2010 from 6 – 9pm
Location: Presser Hall in Whalen Center for Music @ Ithaca College (Directions)
Sitzprobe (seated rehearsal integrating cast and orchestra)

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Rehearsal Schedule 7.25 (UPDATED)

Wed, Jul 21 2010 01:50 | Rehearsal | Permalink
Rehearsal #6:
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau (directions)
Notes:*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063
*Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.

*PLEASE NOTE:
Fittings located at the R2P apartment at 105 W. State are in BOLD.
Fittings located at the Ithaca Youth Bureau are in NOT IN BOLD.

WHEN

WHO

WHAT
WHERE
WITH
1:00 – 1:15
St John and Cacidy
Fitting
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Diane
1:00 – 1:15
Sarah S (Sarah) and Adam (Sky)
Slap on p. 34
Activities
Nick/Joey
1:00 – 1:15
Val (Adelaide), Wynter (Mimi), Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Engy, Jenna, Shauntle, Sarah G (Hot Box Girls)
Stage ending of “Bushel and a Peck”
Gymnasium
Todd/Mike
1:15 – 1:35
Val (Adelaide)
Stage “Adelaide’s 2nd Lament”
Activities
Joey
1:15 – 1:40
Sam, Adam F, Jeremy
Fittings
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Diane
1:15 – 1:50
Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah), St. John, Cacidy, Matt, Kasia, Nicole, Sarah P, Shauntle, Sari, Wynter, Caroline
Work “Havana” portion already staged
Gymnasium
Todd/Mike
1:35 – 1:45
Nola (Arvide), Agatha (Rebecca), Natalia (Calvina), Amanda (Martha), Matt, Maison, Erika, Rachel Kelci
(Mission Band)
Block crossover p. 63
Activities
Joey
1:50 – 1:55
Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Adam F (Angie), Cacidy (Slim)
[Excused: Jacob, James, Anthony], Nola (Arvide), Agatha (Rebecca), Natalia (Calvina), Amanda (Martha), Matt, Maison, Erika, Rachel (Mission Band)
Block crossover p. 63
Gymnasium
Joey
1:55 – 2:00
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
2:00 – 3:20
FULL COMPANY
Designer Run of Show to Date through II.3
Gymnasium
Production Team
3:20 – 3:30
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
3:30 – 4:00
FULL COMPANY
Stage Movement Exercise
Gymnasium
Joey
4:00 – 4:50
FULL COMPANY
Block pp 109 – 118 (skip “Rockin’ The Boat”)
Gymnasium
Joey
5:00 – 5:20
Val (Adelaide)
Fitting
Activities Room
Carolyn
5:00 – 5:55
Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah), St. John, Cacidy, Matt, Kasia, Nicole, Sarah P, Shauntle, Sari, Wynter, Caroline
Stage “Havana” fight and Work Number
Gymnasium
Todd/Nick/Mike
5:20 – 5:40
Maison (Cop) and Caleb (Lt. Brannigan)
Fitting
Activities
Carolyn
5:30 – 5:50
Nola, Erika and Rachel
Fittings
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Bonnie
5:40 – 6:00
Engy, Haley, Jenna, Sarah G
Fittings
Activities
Carolyn
5:50 – 6:10
Rebecca, Amanda, Kelci
Fittings
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Bonnie
6:00 – 6:20
Sarah S (Sarah)
Fitting
Activities
Carolyn
6:00 – 6:55
Val (Adelaide) and Jeremy (Nathan)
Block pp 103 – 105 and Stage “Sue Me”
Gymnasium
Joey/Todd
6:10 – 6:25
Maison
Fitting
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Bonnie
6:20 – 6:30
Matt (Cop)
Fitting
Activities
Carolyn
6:25 – 6:40
Natalia
Fitting
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Bonnie
6:30 – 7:00
Wynter (Mimi), Sari, Shauntle, Kasia, Caroline, Sarah P, Nicole
Fittings
Activities
Carolyn
6:40 – 6:55
Matt
Fitting
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Bonnie
7:00 – 7:55
Val (Adelaide) and Sarah S (Sarah)
Stage “Marry the Man Today”
Gymnasium
Joey/Todd
8:00 – 8:55
Val (Adelaide) and Sarah S (Sarah)
Block pp 118 – 122
Gymnasium
Joey

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Rehearsal Schedules 7.18-22 (UPDATED!)

Wed, Jul 21 2010 01:49 | Rehearsal | Permalink
Rehearsal #1:
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.








WHEN

WHO

WHAT
WHERE
WITH
1:00 – 1:55
Sky (Adam) and Nathan (Jeremy)
Character Work and Block pp 18 – 22
Gymnasium
Joey
1:00 – 1:55

Adelaide (Val), Mimi (Wynter), Hot Box Girls (Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Claire, Jenna, Shauntle, Engy) [Excused: Sarah G)
Vocal Warm up and Work “Bushel and a Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink”
Activities
Mike
2:00 – 2:55


Voices (Adam B, Ben R), Nathan (Jeremy), Benny (Will), Rusty (St. John), Harry (Sam), Slim (Cacidy), Angie (Adam F), Joey (Ben F) [Excused: Jacob, Anthony, James]
Vocal Warm up and Work “Oldest Established” (if extra time, “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”)
Activities
Mike
2:00 – 3:20
Adelaide (Val), Mimi (Wynter), Hot Box Girls (Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Claire, Jenna, Shauntle, Engy) [Excused: Sarah G)
Character Work,
Stage “Bushel and a Peck”
Gymnasium
Todd/Joey
3:00 – 3:25
Nathan (Jeremy), Benny (Will), Rusty (St. John), Harry (Sam), Slim (Cacidy), Angie (Adam F), Joey (Ben F)
[Excused: Jacob, Anthony, James]
Measurements if new; possible fittings
Activities Room
Costumes
3:05 – 3:50
Sky (Adam)
Vocal work “My Time,” “I’ve Never Been in Love,” and others in order as able
Conference Room
Mike
3:30 – 4:25
Adelaide (Val), Mimi (Wynter), Hot Box Girls (Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Claire, Jenna, Shauntle, Engy) [Excused: Sarah G)
Fittings for “Bushel and a Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink”
Activities
Costumes
3:30 – 4:50
Nathan (Jeremy), Benny (Will), Rusty (St. John), Harry (Sam), Slim (Cacidy), Angie (Adam F), Joey (Ben F) [Excused: Jacob, Anthony, James]
Character Work, Stage “Oldest Established” including intro dialogue (pp 11 – 14)
Gymnasium
Todd/Joey
3:55 – 4:50
Sarah (Sarah S)
Vocal warm up and work “I’ll Know,” “If I Were a Bell” and others as able
Conference Room
Mike
4:50 – 5:30
DINNER
DINNER
DINNER
DINNER
5:30 – 6:00
Nathan (Jeremy)
Vocal Work “Sue Me”
Conference Room
Mike
5:30 – 6:00
Arvide (Ben R), Sarah (Sarah S), Sky (Adam)
Block pp 23-26
Activities
Joey
5:30 – 6:00
Waitresses (Wynter, Sari, Caroline & Shauntle)
Begin working on “Havana”
Gymnasium
Todd
6:00 – 6:50
ADD Couples (Ben R & Kasia, St. John & Nicole, Matt & Sarah G, Cacidy & Sarah P) [Sarah G excused]
Begin working on “Havana”
Gymnasium
Todd
6:00 – 6:25
Adelaide (Val)
Vocal work “Sue Me”
Conference Room
Mike
6:00 – 6:50
Sarah (Sarah S), Sky (Adam)
Block pp 26-31
Activities
Joey
6:30 – 7:00
Nathan (Jeremy), Adelaide (Val)
Vocal work “Sue Me”
Conference Room
Mike
7:00 – 7:25
Adelaide (Val)
Vocal work “Adelaide’s Lament” and “2nd Lament”
Conference Room
Mike
7:00 – 7:55
Sarah (Sarah S), Sky (Adam), Waitresses (Wynter, Sari, Caroline & Shauntle), Couples (Ben R & Kasia, St. John & Nicole, Matt & Sarah G, Cacidy & Sarah P) [Sarah G excused]
Continue working on “Havana”
Gymnasium
Todd/Joey
(Mike joins at 7:30 to play live if desired)
7:55 – 8:00
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
8:00 – 8:55
Sarah (Sarah S), Sky (Adam)
Stage “I’ll Know” to end of scene
Activities
Joey/Todd




Rehearsal #2:
Monday, July 19, 2010
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063
*Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.
WHEN
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 6:00
To Be Announced
FITTINGS
105 W. State Street, 2nd floor apartment
Costumes
5:45 – 6:40
Sarah (Sarah S), Arvide (Ben), Agatha (Rebecca), Calvina (Natalia), Martha (Amanda), Mission Workers (Kelci, Rachel, Erika, Mason, Matt, Nola)
Vocal Warm up and Work “Follow the Fold” (plus “Reprise” if time allows)
Activities
Mike
6:45 – 7:40
Sarah (Sarah S), Arvide (Ben), Agatha (Rebecca), Calvina (Natalia), Martha (Amanda), Mission Workers (Kelci, Rachel, Erika, Mason, Matt, Nola) [Excused: Jacob]
Character Work and Stage “Follow the Fold” pp 5-6
Activities
Joey/Todd
7:00 – 7:30
Benny (Will)
Vocal Work “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Conference Room
Mike
7:30 – 8:00
Rusty (St. John)
Vocal Work “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Conference Room
Mike
7:45 – 8:40
Sky (Adam), Nathan (Jeremy), Sarah (Sarah S), Arvide (Ben), Agatha (Rebecca), Calvina (Natalia), Martha (Amanda), Mission Workers (Kelci, Rachel, Erika, Mason, Matt, Nola)
Stage “Follow the Fold (Reprise),” Block pp. 49 & 53 (if extra time block pp 54 – 56)
Activities
Joey/Todd
8:00 – 8:20
Benny (Will), Rusty (St. John)
Vocal Work “Fugue for Tinhorns”
Conference Room
Mike
8:40 – 9:00
Nathan (Jeremy), Joey’s Voice (Will)
Block I.3, pp. 34 – 37
Activities
Joey
8:40 – 9:00
Arvide (Ben)
Vocal work “More I Cannot Wish You”
Conference Room
Mike



Rehearsal #3:
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (UPDATED)
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 5:45
Adam B, Adam F, St. John, Sam, Cacidy
FITTINGS
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Costumes
6:00 – 7:20
Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Cacidy (Slim), Caleb (Lt Brannigan)
Block Act I, Scene 7
(pp 56 – 63)
Activities
Joey
6:00 – 7:20
Adam (Sky), Sarah (Sarah S), Matt, Cacidy, Sarah P, Sari, Wynter, Shauntle, Kasia, Caroline
Continue Havana
Gymnasium
Todd/Mike
7:00 – 7:25
Val (Adelaide)
Vocal Review “Adelaide’s Lament”
Activities
Mike
7:30 – 7:55
Nola (Arvide)
Vocal Review “More I Cannot Wish You”
Activities
Mike
7:30 – 7:50
Sarah S (Sarah), Adam (Sky), Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Cacidy (Slim), Caleb (Lt Brannigan)
Stage “The Raid”
Gymnasium
Joey/Todd
7:50 – 8:50
Jeremy (Nathan), Val (Adelaide), Wynter (Mimi)
Block pp 40 – 46
Gymnasium
Joey
9:00 – 9:30
Sky (Adam), Sarah (Sarah)
Vocal Review as needed (TBA)
Activities
Mike
9:00 – 9:30
Val (Adelaide)
Stage “Adelaide’s Lament”
Gymnasium
Joey






Rehearsal #4:
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 (UPDATED)
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.
* Go see Viva La Femme at 8pm at Oasis (1230 Danby Road, Ithaca) -- a great show and an important fundraiser for R2P!

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 6:00
To Be Announced
FITTINGS
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Costumes
5:45 – 6:40
Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah)
Stage I.9 “If I Were a Bell” and dialogue
Activities
Joey/Todd/Mike
6:40 – 6:45
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
6:45 – 7:40
Adam (Sky), Sarah S (Sarah)
Stage I.10 “My Time” and “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” plus dialogue
Activities
Joey/Todd/Mike





Rehearsal #5:
Thursday, July 22, 2010 (UPDATED)
Location: Ithaca Youth Bureau
Notes:
*Please remember to arrive 5-10 minutes before your call time and be ready at appointed time.
*If you have a last minute emergency, please call Gail Belokur at (607) 972-1063*
Please remember to arrive OFF BOOK for lines and with lyrics memorized/music as note perfect as possible.
*PLEASE NOTE: Fittings may be added to this schedule; continue to protect this rehearsal in entirety.

WHEN

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WITH
5:00 – 5:45
Wynter, Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Engy, Jenna, Shauntle
FITTINGS for “Wedding Scene”
105 W. State Street
2nd floor apartment
Carolyn
5:45 – 6:30
Sarah S (Sarah), Adam (Sky), Nola (Arvida)
Block pp 23 – 26 and pp 86 – 87
Activities
Joey
6:00 – 7:20
Val (Adelaide), Wynter (Mimi), Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Engy, Jenna, Shauntle (Hot Box Girls)
[Excused: Sarah G]
Stage “Take Back Your Mink”
(if extra time, stage ending of
“Bushel & a Peck”)
Gymnasium
Todd
6:45 – 7:25
Adam (Sky), Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Adam F (Angie), Cacidy (Slim) [Excused: Jacob, James, Anthony]
Vocal Review “Luck Be a Lady Tonight” focusing on ensemble sections of song
(If extra time, review “Oldest Established”)
Activities
Mike
7:30 – 8:50
Adam (Sky), Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Adam F (Angie), Cacidy (Slim)
[Excused: Jacob, James, Anthony]
Stage “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”
(if extra time begin blocking pp 95 – 99)
Gymnasium
Todd/Joey
(Mike at 8:15)
7:30 – 8:10
Val (Adelaide), Wynter (Mimi), Sari, Kasia, Nicole, Caroline, Haley, Sarah P, Engy, Jenna, Shauntle (Hot Box Girls)
[Excused: Sarah G]
Vocal Review “Take Back Your Mink”
Activities
Mike
9:00 – 9:30
Adam (Sky), Jeremy (Nathan), St. John (Benny), Sam (Harry), Adam F (Angie), Cacidy (Slim)
[Excused: Jacob, James, Anthony]
Block pp 95 – 99
Activities
Joey

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Posters and Flyers

Tue, Jul 20 2010 08:44 | Important Links | Permalink
We soon will be getting professionally produced posters and mini-flyers printed for the show -- but if you or anyone you know would like to print your own, here are links:

Color: http://runningtoplaces.org/guysdollspublicity/GD_PosterAndFlyers_Color.zip
B&W: http://runningtoplaces.org/guysdollspublicity/GD_PosterAndFlyers_BW.zip

GuysDollsPosterWeb
These link to zipped folders containing an 8.5x11 poster and a page with 4 mini-flyers. Depending on your browser and operating system, you may be prompted to "Save Target/Linked File As..." or it may simply start downloading. You also might have to right-click on the link to get it to give you the download/save options. Also, please feel free to share these links.

Good luck and happy publicizing!

p.s. Many thanks as ever to Kendra Wells, R2P Alum and official R2P Season Artist!

p.p.s. Wouldn't this image make a great Facebook profile picture for the next few weeks? Feel free to grab it and use it!
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Bios?

Fri, Jul 16 2010 07:58 | Submitted 'em yet? | Permalink
Click here to submit your bio. Thanks!
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