Today’s date: July 24th 2018
Show Title: Twelfth Night
Director: Emily Heugatter
Assistant Directors: Alexandra Stroud and Riley Turner
Production Intern: Georgia Fowler
Rehearsal Room: Blackfriar’s
What we did: We began our Blackfriar’s rehearsal by working the scene where we use the theatre’s trap door. Then we did a stumble through with scripts in hand to get a feel for our blocking in the space and to see if anything needed to be adjusted. Then ASC actor Brandon Carter gave the cast some tips for how to get their volume up.
Quick and Quotable:
- From the play: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.”
- From the director: “We’re not reciting anything. We want the language to be immediate and back and forth.”
Production Insights: Focus was a little on the rough side tonight when we first began our run through. But as we really got moving things started to pick up and the energy and focus improved immensely. The pace is going to need to be much faster as we took a large portion of the rehearsal time (2 and a half hours) to run a show that is supposed to be an hour long. I’m far from concerned though, as the first real run-through always goes worryingly over time. We will get there as the cast gets more comfortable with their lines and blocking.
Georgia Fowler
Georgia Fowler is the Production Intern for Session 2's production of Twelfth Night. She is a camper twice over and could not be more excited to be back this year as staff. She just completed her first year at Smith College, where she is pursuing a BA in History.