Section to be completed before rehearsal:
| Play Title: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons | Rehearsal Date: 10/20/23 | Rehearsal #10 |
| Rehearsal Location: Studio 115 | Scheduled Start/End Times: 6:30-10:30pm | Page numbers to work: 90-99; 57-99; 15-? |
| Rehearsal Goals | Plan to Meet this Goal | Notes |
| -stage pg. 90-99 | -continue exploring destinations, activities, and integrating transitions into the action -integrating rehearsal props | |
| -stumble through pg. 57-99 | -have a couple goals in mind (make it thru, connect, earn it) -let them work thru the challenges and see what solutions they have -mark down problematic moments to examine when we work thru | -have accents in mind -use of the full space -bring all rehearsal props needed |
| -work pg. 15-? | -encourage them to play fully and bring it all to live -integrate transitions into the action and bring the word limit circumstance to life -see how they do without scripts | -gauge how long you need for working days today then calculate how to move forward -rehearsal props |
Section to be completed after rehearsal:
| What Worked? | Problems/Questions that Emerged | Notes for Next Rehearsal |
| -staged pg. 90-99 | N/A | |
| -stumbled through pg. 57-99 | -actors need encouraging to integrate transitions into action; should be destinations -struggling to connect because they’re still working in script -issues with intelligibility/speed -impacting/resetting | |
| -worked pg. 15-22 | -encouraged them to think the thoughts and earn what they’re after -working to make transitions part of the action -linguistic detail |
What a productive rehearsal! We managed to stage the rest of the play, stumble through everything we staged since beginning in the Studio, and begin working through in depth from the beginning! I’m so proud of the actors for their growth, thoughtfulness, and urge to dive in, and I’m proud of myself to making excellent use of our time without rushing or taking shortcuts. Tonight, my preparation was really here for me, and I will try to hold myself to this standard for the rest of our working rehearsals.
We certainly encountered and navigated several challenges. I was having trouble understanding them, so I introduced the idea of linguistic detail as a tool for us to use to remedy the issue clinically. They also had trouble with transitions, so I helped them contextualize the transitions as destinations and part of the action and establish the idea of strategically making noise so not to drown out a line or important moment. I also decided to suck it up and put down spike tape for the future with the idea that it may move and that made them WAY more comfortable with the transitions. I’m not sure what stopped me from doing that… Finally, I encouraged them formally to play full out and think the thoughts they’re having, and I think that was a breakthrough in realizing the circumstance in post-Hush scenes of trying to find the words and selecting the correct ones. From here forward, I anticipate that we will interrogate destinations, activities, connection, wants (and earning them), and breaking line readings.
