Today’s Date: August 2, 2019
Show Title: The Roaring Girl
Director: Stephanie Ann Foster
Assistant Directors: Cortland Nesley and Molly Harper
Stage Manager: Joe Marsh
Dramaturg: Madison Miller
Rehearsal Room: Hunt West
What we did: Clean Clean CLEAN! Today was all about cleaning. After our midnight dress rehearsal (more like 12:50 AM as our start time), we have a clearer idea for the shape of the show. In order to clarify expositional moments we worked anything that was unclear in the run. From entrances to exits, from horses to ducks to dogs, we combed through all little moments to clean the cast’s work with the text and the objectives for relationships.
QUICK AND QUOTABLE
FROM THE PLAY:
“I like a palpable smokster go to work.”
-Goshawk
FROM THE DIRECTOR:
You’re shedding everywhere, so many pieces of glitter.
-Stephanie Ann
FROM THE CAST:
Thank you ‘Hoyda.’”
-Riley
It’s thank you 5, but better.
Production Insight: Today was our last Hunt West rehearsal before we have our Blackfriars rehearsal on Saturday morning, then, SHOW-DAY SUNDAY MORNING! The end is in sight, and while there are moments of sadness about the impending finality of it all, there is no time to feel the nostalgia when we have such a fun and energetic piece of art to show the world. This show brings the joy every morning in rehearsal, but even more than the show, this cast keeps things fun and light. Each member of this cast is a light and we truly couldn’t make this all work without each little moment they bring to the show.
Maddie Miller
Maddie Miller (she/her/hers pronouns) is a North Carolina native, and a sophomore BFA Theater Performance major at Emerson College. In her free time she can be found COQ (crying over quarto’s [Ask her about Q1 Hamlet and her wonderment at instability in early modern text]), taking power naps before planning her world domination, and finally: writing monologues, and poetry about intersectional feminism, art, and Shakespeare. She is more than ecstatic for her first year as a production intern, and can’t wait to get to work!