Almost There Yet?

Began class today quite unconventionally. Basically people were all over the place attempting to get their costumes together and put on while my teacher and I messed around with a caterpillar head to be used later on in the performance by Sophia. The task of completing this head was outsourced to the art kids, but unfortunately it was not quite as functional as we hoped it to be. Though it was constructed of paper mache, the entire interior of the caterpillar head was lace with chicken wire that prevented Sophia from even putting the head on. Eventually we had to trim away one laer of chicken wire, after which we slapped on a layer of masking tape to close up and sharp ends. There are still some things that must be tinkered with before the head can be used.

Upon finishing up the various odds and ends to our costumes and props, we finally began our dress rehearsal. The costuming and props were probably the last essense of the performance we needed to truly give us a sense of performing for a real, live audience. I'm sure with some of their silly outfits and hairdos, my classmates weren't afraid to let it all out. The main thing about this dress rehearsal wasn't so much about perfecting our performance so much as keeping the pace quick and interesting. No matter what we were prompted by our teacher that we were not allowed to stop. Once again, one particular classmate had a harder time recalling lines and at times even skipping over entire sections. Despite this minor annoyance, I was quite proud of my other classmates in the way we were able to recover from stumbles in lines. Covering for the one classmate, we eventually got through the entire show in character and all. It felt marvelous to have that achievement under our belt. Now we have the makings of a real performance, but everything just needs to be sharpers. The focus for rehearsals now are lines, movements, and characters...sharper, bigger, and better.