ENTER THE REHEARSAL HALL -- WHERE THE MAGIC BEGINS!

There is something magical about sitting in an audience as the house lights dim.

The buzz in the room settles into quiet anticipation as we wait to be transported into someone else's world, someone else's story. But what we see on the stage is just the culmination of weeks, sometimes months of work behind the scenes by artists of all description: actors, directors, designers, wardrobe people, carpenters, painters, sound and light experts and others.

This blog will give you a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into that unknown world, following the rehearsal process.
This will be your guide to the hard work, fun and weirdness of putting together a play
for a professional theatre company.

You'll never watch a play in the same way again!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Saturday, September 22 -- Day Twelve


Went in to watch the first what-we-in-the-theatre call "Stumblethrough." This means that the actors attempt, defying all known laws of probability and physics, to run the whole play after only having worked the individual scenes a couple of times. They must also try to remember where all the props are supposed to be (sorry about the props by the way) and what they're supposed to be doing with them. The actors and Stage Managers did amazing work, and seeing the run allowed me and the design team to see how things are shaping up. What I found out was that Act One is about eleventy-hundred minutes long. Time to get out the scissors. After the rehearsal, the BSSC (Brink Snacks and Social Committee, RobYn Slade, Chair) adjourned to the Current - see how we keep the water theme going even in our off hours? - for some well-deserved refreshments. Then I went to a movie with my husband, who looked familiar. I think he's the guy from the wedding but it's been a while.
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