Today is our day off, and a much needed and deserved one at that. Everyone was simply exhausted by the end of the day yesterday. What a week! I hope we're all taking it easy as we launch into the last few days of rehearsal before opening on Thursday. (!)
We spent yesterday afternoon talking through the script - a return to tablework, but in the comfort of the greenroom instead of the rehearsal hall. Without the table. We reiterated objectives and intentions scene by scene, as well as overall character arcs and growth. It felt good to clarify, and make adjustments to the choices made four weeks ago to represent all that we've learned about these characters and this play since that time.
An audience is the most important ingredient in theatre and obviously we've been aware from the start of the process that having an audience is not only inevitable, but the end goal. But I think taking the intimacy of the work that we've been doing in the rehearsal hall out in front of an audience was a bit of a jolt. The private has become public - people are able to engage with the work, shouting out their opinions of the characters and situations being presented onstage in the form of laughter, silence or the occasional shock-induced inhalation.
And so we embark on a delicate dance. We must juggle the worlds of public and private, ensuring we remain a step ahead of the audience, while concentrating our efforts on finding ways to invite them in, and stay.
Preview number 3 tomorrow night. Looking forward...
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