Hello Hello, sorry for the late posting. Today has been a long day. Long in the sense I have been doing intern things since 10 this morning. It didn't seem long until the end of the day (I tend to get antsy).
As I came into the box office I noticed some notes on my desk (big and important). I was excited to see notes with my name on them, and was ready to work. One of my jobs involved making copies, very simple, very straight forward. After completing that task, I had to go to the hardware store, not so simple not so straight forward. I took my short stroll down the street to the store and went to the paint counter as directed. I had my note, and a sheet of paper with about 9 different paint colors on it. The note said ask the paint desk to mix these colors and ask if they can be picked up this afternoon. So me being the literalist that I am, thought he actually wanted the colors mixed...together. Which semi made sense to me because half of the colors were in groups of two. So, as I'm awkwardly trying to explain to the paint man what I think needs to happen, he is looking at me like I have ten heads. Push came to shove I called Mr. John. However, he was not available. I left the hardware store feeling unaccomplished and a bit silly. After getting back to the theatre I discussed the dilemma with Ms. Denise, and we figured out they should be all mixed separately. Note to anyone who is not a hardware guru, like myself, when they say mix, its an individual thing, not mixing colors together (good to know). So after another conversation with the hardware store, we finally got it settled. However, the man knowing how to do his job knew all along, the phone call was not really necessary :)
After my paint adventure I headed upstairs to have a tutorial with Ms. Kris. Today I learned about the phones and fax machine. I now know how to transfer calls to voicemail, check voicemail, take calls, and send a fax. I also learned little gems about the copy machine. Did you know you can email a scanned document from the copier??? (I had no idea) Ms. Kris also showed me around the Theatre more and I was introduced to Joe, another company member. Mr. Joe also works on the building of the sets. I was also put in charge of documenting stage set up and rehearsals. I was given Mr. John's camera and started taken photos of what Mr. Joe was working on. After my lesson in technology and photography, I was given another task for the day. I was to take our list of patrons and make sure they were up to date and had the correct information in our system that sends out the newsletter. It was three pages of names, which doesn't sound bad, but the way the site works, made it a little tedious. Luckily, I got through it pretty quickly. On a break from my list, Ms. Kris showed me where we get office supplies, introduced me to one of our board members Mr. Jeff, and showed me where to pick up and send out our mail.
I once again began my research for the study guide for Dead Man's Cell Phone once we returned. I was finding such great stuff on the author and about the play. My problem is putting it together. I have all this information and don't know how to begin to piece it together. I know what you're thinking, "her blog is so good, how can she not put things together?" ;) Talking about myself and my day and putting together a semi-formal guide are very different. I was able to construct an outline though. To better gather my thoughts and know what points I want to touch on in the study guide. I was given my first deadline today. I have to have the guide ready by next week! Well, a rough draft anyway, but I'm excited to put it together. I feel a lot better now that I have some concrete notes.
Back at the hardware store I picked up the paint. This time I drove, I didn't want to haul 8 paint quarts back across the street. Once I got that errand finished I was able to get back to my research. I spent most of the day researching and doing little things here and there. When 4 o'clock rolled around I was eager to get to rehearsals.
I headed over to the rehearsal room around 3:50. It's a short walk, which is very convenient. As 4:05 came and went Ms. Denise discovered rehearsals weren't until 5 today. No time was wasted though! I was able to read one of the Shanley plays Ms. Denise had given me, and she was able to get some music aspects figured out for the Dead Man's Cell. The actors arrived an hour later, and we were ready to get started. Today we rehearsed and dissected a scene between Jean and Gordon (the dead man). In this scene Jean has just been knocked out, and is caught in a "limbo" or pipeline with Gordon. This was the first time I had seen Gordon in a scene, and after reading they play was anxious to see his character in action. Gordon is played by a gentleman named Joel. He, like the others, is very good at what he does. It was fun for me to see Jean in a different dynamic. Although she was the same character and she still had the same innocent and eagerness about her. The scene is actually quite comical, I was also able to capture some pre-production pictures as they rehearsed too. When Beth and Joel were finished rehearsing the rest of the cast came in to block transitions for Act 1. I got to meet Ms. Sharon who plays Gordon's mother, Mr. Greg, who plays Gordon's brother, and Jackie, who is an extra and helps with moving the furniture (like me!). I really liked everyone I met today and was impressed with what I got to see from the actors.
Transitions went by fairly quickly, and next we practiced some viewpoints for a later scene in the play. To be completely honest, me and viewpoints are not friends! I do realize they are helpful and you get a lot out of them, but I just never thought I was good at them, as good as you can be at view points, I suppose. For those of you who don't know what viewpoints are I suggest taking an acting class at Towson University. (see Michele Madden and/or Steve Satta for insight to this exercise). Basically it is an exercise that deals with tempo, time, movement, and taking and receiving offers. In this particular version we were all able to do five moves to get across the grid (there is no curving in this exercise to start, its like you're on a sheet of graph paper.) We were able to jump, run, walk, drop, or remain still across the grid. As you move you have to be aware of what's going on around you and make sure to be one with the group, even if you are doing different things, all the while changing tempo, direction, and/or movement. As we went through the exercise more and more we were given different direction and had to relate it more to our characters. I liked having more directions, which some times is my downfall, but it is a learning process after all. All in all it was a very eventful day, and a lot was learned and taken in. Hope this post wasn't too long or boring. Until tomorrow...
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