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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Report: Performances in the park

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

After one last runthrough on Saturday morning, we hammered our way through it at 3:00 pm before a crowd of about 30. Although the final scene was dicey, we finally made it through the whole show without stopping. Again on Sunday, much more relaxed this time, we performed before a crowd of 30-40. As usual […]

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Report: 10/18/08

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Missed reports for last week’s extra rehearsals Present: Dale, Marc, Jeff B, John, Greg, Dan Our goal was to run the show. We did not succeed, although we made it to the end of IV.5 (the Aufidius scene) before we stopped. We think the remainder of the show should take us no more than 30 […]

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Report, 10/11/08

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Present: Dale, Marc, Greg, Dan, John, Jeff B We worked through Act III twice, and it’s shaping up to be the exciting political thriller we’ve been telling people it is. It all boils down to having one’s lines memorized, doesn’t it? Michael Dean, our Martius Jr, came to watch. He played young Patrick in Auntie […]

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Report, 10/8/08

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Present: Dale, Marc, Jeff B, Jeff A, Greg, Dan, John, Scott, Kevin Back in the park. We worked for over an hour on the Battle Ballet, aka I.4, and by heavens we got it! We will now need to run this at least once a rehearsal in order to keep it in our heads. We […]

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Report, 10/4/08

Monday, October 6, 2008

Present: Dale, Marc, Greg, John, Scott, Jeff B We met in the park and worked on Act II. It’s so short that we ran it twice. No real problems to solve: the play’s action is wound up and set loose in this act, so the whole thing moves along quickly. NEXT: On Wednesday, we will […]

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Report, 10/1/08

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Present: Dale, Marc, John, Jeff A., Jeff B., Kevin, Greg, Dan, Scott We began running Act I in Dale’s back yard. We made it through scene 1 one and a half times before decamping to NCTC’s lobby, courtesy of Jeff A. Dale never thought that the sun set at 7:30 when he offered his back […]

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