Present at Sunday's rehearsal were Brandy, Paul, Deborah, Jennii, Will, Doug, and Wayne (with wife Chris and friend Shirley). We did some warm ups with an extended slow-motion word association and hot spots. We then played Bedtime Story, Kick It, and finished with Freeze Tag.
This was our last rehearsal (that I know of) at the Doris as next week we'll begin rehearsing at The Actor's Warehouse! As usual, feel free to leave your comments. Enter the crickets. ;-)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
9/15/13 Rehearsal - Fun, fun, fun!
Come on people, let me know what you think about our rehearsals! Present on Sunday were Wayne, Will, Jennii, Deborah, Vi, Emily, Paul, Taryn, and if I didn't mention someone, please let me know.
We did an extended slow-motion word association and a very rousing and long form version of "Hot Spots" during warm-ups. We did a couple of Bedtime Stories and then did a 3 round Goon River that was very successful. We ended with a spirited Freeze Tag.
Thank you all for a very enjoyable rehearsal, lots of fun and very good displays of emotion and action on stage. Share your thoughts!
See you next week!
We did an extended slow-motion word association and a very rousing and long form version of "Hot Spots" during warm-ups. We did a couple of Bedtime Stories and then did a 3 round Goon River that was very successful. We ended with a spirited Freeze Tag.
Thank you all for a very enjoyable rehearsal, lots of fun and very good displays of emotion and action on stage. Share your thoughts!
See you next week!
Sunday, September 8, 2013
9/8/13 Rehearsal
Paul, Vi, Karelisa, Brandy, Doug, Taryn, and Wayne showed up for rehearsal.
We did warm ups and then played Historical Replay, Kick It, and Pesky Neighbors and then ended with Freeze Tag.
Was a fun rehearsal! Please feel free to post your observations by replying. Thanks!
We did warm ups and then played Historical Replay, Kick It, and Pesky Neighbors and then ended with Freeze Tag.
Was a fun rehearsal! Please feel free to post your observations by replying. Thanks!
Sunday, September 1, 2013
9/1/13 Rehearsal or "Kick It" In The Head!
Hey all... Present at tonight's rehearsal: Vi, Emily, Taylor, Paul, Peter, Taryn, and myself.
We did a few warmups (what number did we reach?) and then we did an exercise in which we held an emotion (or attempted to) while performing an action and used "yes, and" to interact. We followed that up with a few games of Kick It and ended with Freeze Tag.
Next week, let's hit Historical Replay and Sounds as well as a long form.
A lot of good work and discussion tonight. If, during rehearsal, you have something to say, but I am talking, please do not hesitate to let me know. The further we go, the more and more this is becoming a group effort and everyone's voice matters.
Something I need to work on is staying in character --- I tend to drift and lose my demeanor and any form of accent that I started the scene with. Especially in short games as I seem to be able to maintain my characters in Goon River.
Thank you everyone for giving Kick It a try. It's a lot of fun playing with people who let you be silly. I say we keep rehearsing it because it has a lot of potential. Something to think about is trying to still maintain a story or scene because that will make the raps easier because you can rehash the story during your rap as well as go into more detail, but if there's no story, you have to make it all up.
Way to let loose and have fun during Freeze Tag... That exercise is primarily for rolling with it and inventing --- don't worry too much about some of the things we focus on in other exercises (though it doesn't hurt) because Freeze Tag is where you can get some interesting ideas. Taylor and I as two T-Rex's drinking champagne (that can go anywhere), Taryn and Emily discussing what it would be like to have a werewolf as a boyfriend, etc....
Some good stuff tonight, folks, keep it up! Now, kick it!
We did a few warmups (what number did we reach?) and then we did an exercise in which we held an emotion (or attempted to) while performing an action and used "yes, and" to interact. We followed that up with a few games of Kick It and ended with Freeze Tag.
Next week, let's hit Historical Replay and Sounds as well as a long form.
A lot of good work and discussion tonight. If, during rehearsal, you have something to say, but I am talking, please do not hesitate to let me know. The further we go, the more and more this is becoming a group effort and everyone's voice matters.
Something I need to work on is staying in character --- I tend to drift and lose my demeanor and any form of accent that I started the scene with. Especially in short games as I seem to be able to maintain my characters in Goon River.
Thank you everyone for giving Kick It a try. It's a lot of fun playing with people who let you be silly. I say we keep rehearsing it because it has a lot of potential. Something to think about is trying to still maintain a story or scene because that will make the raps easier because you can rehash the story during your rap as well as go into more detail, but if there's no story, you have to make it all up.
Way to let loose and have fun during Freeze Tag... That exercise is primarily for rolling with it and inventing --- don't worry too much about some of the things we focus on in other exercises (though it doesn't hurt) because Freeze Tag is where you can get some interesting ideas. Taylor and I as two T-Rex's drinking champagne (that can go anywhere), Taryn and Emily discussing what it would be like to have a werewolf as a boyfriend, etc....
Some good stuff tonight, folks, keep it up! Now, kick it!
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