Second Week of Rehearsals

The second week of rehearsals was a hard one.

Monday we had rehearsal as usual. But I had some difficulties with keeping people focused and in control. Practice ended a good twenty minutes earlier because one of the actors was upset, and it distracted and stressed me out as well as the other actors.

Tuesday I planned for lunch and afterschool rehearsal as usual. The difference was, between first and second period, I fired Angela. This is hard for me, but things just weren't working out. There were regular distractions and temper tantrums, and she seemed generally unenthusiastic about the entire production. Instead I asked Dawn to take the part of Lucy, and she agreed. Unfortunately, there was a snow storm coming causing school to let out at 11:45, meaning no proactice this day.

Wednesday I did not attend school, so I did not hold practice.

Thursday was the first practice where I had Brenton and Dawn work together as Neil and Lucy. They have very good presence on stage together, and Dawn brings a freshness to the production. We worked thoroughly on the first scene, because with the change of casting I wanted to make sure it was worked intently. We also worked on going through the first five scenes in real time with the cast I had that was present - Dawn, Sebastian, Brenton, and I.

Friday was lunch practice with Brenton and Dylan. We worked on the second half of the play.