Pictured: Caroline (Hortensio) eating as Marielle (Katherina) looks longingly at the meal with Liam (Petruchio) calling in Heidi (the Tailor) and Sophie (the Haberdasher).
Today’s Date: 8/02/2019
Show Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Director: Kim Newton
Assistant Directors: Austin Harleson & Taylor Lamb
Production Intern: Margot Flanders (Dramaturg) & Jules Talbot (Stage Manager)
Rehearsal Room: Grafton
What we did
In our second to last rehearsal, we began with notes from our Wednesday dress rehearsal. Then we jumped into fixing scenes. We worked on all of the Bianca/Lucentio wooing scenes and the scene when Hortensio visits Petruchio and Katherina.
Quick and Quotable
From the play
“Sunday comes apace.”
—Petruchio, Act II
From the director
“Let that be the biggest superhero reveal moment of the play.”
—Kim on Litio revealing that he is Hortensio
From the cast
“Thank you, Jules! More like Cools.”
—Campers on how great my fellow intern, Jules Talbot, is
Production Insights
Today is our second to last rehearsal before the big day on Sunday, it was a last call to tweak all of the minor issues that showed up in our dress rehearsal on Wednesday. The cast has fallen into their characters and we have a full story, it is just some moment to moment things. Things like how Hortensio sneaks across to listen in on Bianca and Lucentio or how to eat a donut onstage (we have more than one!) What Petruchio says about his wedding day also applies to us: “Sunday comes apace.” Quickly, this show and the summer will be over with the arrival of Sunday.
Margot Flanders
Margot Flanders was born and raised about fifteen minutes from Staunton in the small town of Fishersville, VA. She is currently studying English and Theatre (and possibly studying Classics and/or Geology) at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. She has spent her first year of college as an Assistant Director, Assistant Production Manager, Dramaturg, and Assistant Stage Manager for Shakespeare in the Dark (W&M’s Shakespeare Club), The Sinfonicron Light Opera Company (W&M’s Gilbert and Sullivan based musical company) and the school’s theatre department. When she is not locked in a rehearsal room, she loves to hike and play with her dogs.