NW15: Dress #2 Notes

ACTOR NOTES

Dress #2

Matthew

Much stronger in the opening energy - transition from running was much better.

All in por-FEAR-e-uh

Please stop stomping up the step in the initial opening.  Burying the first lines of the show.

Connor

Not understanding the first line.

Amanda

Nice adjustments overall - strong run.

Ben

Hold a micro beat after "...if I didn't care about you" as though you really do - and then you dash off suddenly, which is the joke.

Eve

Lost a lot of lines in the obsession vampire section (cross necklace, etc...) - rough diction.

Lindsay

"Who knows WHEN THE LAST TIME someone complimented you was?!" <----- that's the line - missing the CAPS part for the past three runs at least.

Dina

"Nerds" - losing the "n".

Dina / Ben

From "Whatever you say, Dracula" all the way through "Do you know how much I miss the sun."  - tighten this up - no beats, except for maybe a tiny one before "and what if I am?" - drive it.

Ben

She touched your shoulder nicely, but you did not even look at her - just dropped to the ground.  I guess she pushed the "drop-to-the-ground" button.  ;)

Dina

As he's coming out to you about being a vampire - right after you sit down, you look disinterested - or like you do not believe him.  In fact, I think you have great sympathy for him.

Matthew

Remember to do a little hitch - or head movement when your internal clock gives you the time.  We cut the watch in favor of this nod to his internal clock.

Charlotte

I don't want to see your actual hand until Kenan grabs the flower and you tug of war.

Charlotte

Could not tell if those were new gloves or not...let costuming know.  And try to figure out how you might get them on more easily.

Lindsay

Exit the cage instead of the pit in your final exit - then you can leave out the back right away.

Charlotte

After you talk about "Aster" (your favorite) and then laugh and roll on the ground...let the laughter start and go a bit longer before you actually hit the ground.  In fact, maybe try doing a spin with your arms out as you laugh - before you ever drop and roll.  The moment is rushed.

Mak

The build to dumping the flowers on Kenan was still a bit fast...  I think if you take a bit more time, it will help you also build more into the breakdown - which tonight felt a bit forced.

Tucker

Nice shove!  I do think the break down for you was a bit forced as well.

Charlotte / Tucker / Mak

Decent run - but lacking some focus due to your peers' laughing so hard - make sure, no matter the audience...stay inside the story...

Charlotte / Tucker / Mak

Exit by the cage instead of out into the auditorium.

Jared

Do you need clarification on when to enter?  You seemed confused.

Ana

Lost "claim a space for myself"

Tess

Much better on volume and clarity.

Aidan C

"It's not that" - I need to see more of his frustration on that line.

Ana

Nice panic build.

Aidan C

"we need to end this" - don't rush that line - and make sure you are saying with the line, "I'm breaking up with you." - It seems almost casual right now.

Claire

Next run, allow her to fight with Parker...  "I was 14, Parker..." - defend yourself harder and also accuse her of being a drama queen about it in your lines...don't soften until the end of the scene.

Ana

When Claire exits and you do the "almost" follow before Eddy comes back in - actually follow her - go off the steps like you're going to totally leave, then come back when Eddy comes in.

Ana / Claire / Aidan

You may already be timing it this way - but exit quietly out the main doors during the Zombie techno music.

Matthew

Into part 5, enter much earlier - as soon as the electronica theme comes back in... You should be straddling the tracks when the lights come up.

Noah

First lines need to be double in volume and energy - even if things aren't tight.  :)

Anabella

On the "mole butt cheek" line - change the blocking to get up in Aidan's face, then go back to your position.

Gabrielle

Let's talk about the compact mirror moment into the discovery of the intestines.  And thank you for your patience.

Ben

Dare me to tell you to pull back on "To have something there, it must come from somewhere."  MORE. :)

Aidan K / Claire 

The strangling is too fast.  You're sinking too quickly.  Strangle and hold the standing position longer, then go to the floor.  I want it at least 1/3 longer.

Zach

Make a bigger point with "and choke them to death".

Noah

"Oolong" - losing that word.

Aidan K

Give me more energy on "stop spilling the t" and pace up that line.

Claire / Aidan K

I'm changing the fight sequence a bit.   We'll work it after curtain call.

Matthew

I don't know what the last moment is telling us before "blackouts" - right now, it reads as if he's bored by it all.  In the moment right before you say it - has he succumbed, is he committing robot suicide, is he...? It's not clear...  The subtext is confusing.