Tuesday notes:

4:00

· Keep your hands out of the stage; stay in the wings; could see multiple arms, hands, props, etc before we even started

· Brandon, Saya, can you switch sides? I can see the tricycle

· Sameep--Sublime—didn’t hear it

· Could see the croquet mallet at SL

· Ha! That bike riding was hilarious!

· Faster entrance for families to come on

· Work on when the poses happen for took their life

o Pose in horror as they fall down

o Pose again with disdain at “fettered”

o Final pose transition with “somehow the death of their kids made it better”

· Carissa, you can still slow down. Lost some of the s’s and z’s. I really like this serious character; it’s a funny choice (much different than when you started). Good work!

· Tech—take the microphone up sooner

· Monotones, come further downs stage for the fight

· Monotone and capitulates stay more toward the wings. I should be able to see the fighters in the middle with you two on opposite sides of the stage.

· Prince, enter DS and come CS , turn around to face the back to halt the fight on “stops the fight”; then turn around to give your eloquent speech.

· Romeo, still didn’t see much sadness in your entrance

· Fold the paper with names, or roll it or something

· Emmy, do the bit a little faster and get on to your line

· Brandon, be more confident about repeating him when you say that line with him

· Bigger Brandon! Keep going…. J

· Romeo, couldn’t see your face for the paper, hold it down to read

· Romeo, Benvolio, Merc—remember to come downstage.

· Saya, really look for her on sweet pudding pie—don’t say all that to the audience

· Saya, really eat the food; you were doing a lot of nibbling

· Sana, stay DS and let her come to you for the fax line; you moved US and were almost out of the light

· Narrators, take the bed off when the nurse scene is over

· Akhil remind me to tell you about the hole; it still isn’t working the way I want it

· Sound, the music needs to start

· Mate, twirl around and disorient your self—much bigger dancing!

· Mate, if the music doesn’t stop, just go over and start talking; he’ll turn it down when you begin the lines.

· Mate, don’t stand in front of Brandon; you don’t even have to go that close to them

· Aditya, look around for the girls and then see her; you started calling Eichee Mama before you even saw her

· Marina, take the orange sticker off the clock J

· There are too many partiers at SR, spread yourself out; remember it’s okay to turn your back to the audience or to be facing side; divide yourselves euqlly

· Brandon, call “yo romeo yo” from offstage, loud, like you’re really calling him; then don’t enter until the tree is in place

· Make sure you’re doing the tree, narrator. Who’s doing it? Be ready and run out there as soon as he moves to the US)

· Romeo, don’t start talking until they’ve gone; you need to look around like you’re scared you’ll get caught

· Aditya, move even more CSL (in front of the tree) to listen to her

· Narrators, we need to get the ladder on sooner and faster

· Linus, take a tiny big more time to say “okay, my young pup”—like you’re thinking about it and you’ve decided to help

· Aditya, don’t do a crazy finger around your head about the guys

· Linus and Aditya, you MUST COME DS!!!I will show you. Make all entrances that you have together closest to the leg (black curtain) that is DS of the center wing.

· Mate, don’t cry when you go up and tell her that you’re moving her wedding day up till tomorrow; it’s funnier if you aren’t filled with sorrow

· Linus, start saying “well I count find Juliet” while walking back onto the stage, then see them and say “she looks good, marry her”

· Aditya and Zahra you must look more like you are kissing behind the flowers; it was completely obvious you were air kissing on the side

· Work the fight—marinas sword must kill akhil; then when Romeo goes to pull out the sword from under his arm, he kills her with her own sword; so marina, that means you won’t be able to “go at him”; just stand there menacingly and threaten Romeo that he’s next

· Aditya once they start fighting again, don’t touch them stand between them

· Prince, show us the bologna and pretend to eat it

· Paul, can we get more light in the center when monk Larry magically appears

· Still not hearing “bride’s dead in bed”

· Not hearing “last tread is trod”

· Vanessa, pick up the swords when you leave after the dead bodies

· Carol, laptop?

· Give her something to put in the box

· Mate and Sana, stay closer to the bed, you’re getting lost behind it

· Mate, start at the foot end of the bed

· Mate and Sana, don’t drop out of character when you roll the bed off; roll it off as if you were rolling your dead child away

· Brandon, don’t “wah wah” him with your hands while he’s doing his speech; you can roll your eyes and eventually leave; it's more like you can't believe this guy--a minute ago he didn’t even remember who she was!

· Aditya, keep the hat on for the big speech

· Aditya, let’s use a real saltine—maybe in a pouch to keep it from crumbling?

· Aditya, let me show you how to do the shroud

· Would love to have a piece of black lace

· Paul will the bed come apart

· Romeo, don’t react to the narrators while you’re waiting to die, ignore them

· Juliet wake up faster

· Sameep, wait for Linus to show up and pause before saying “all families”; give him that little moment

· Shivani, don’t stand too far down stage, you were upstaging your self

· Emmy don’t look at the mic

· Family don’t forget to leave after group hug; you can walk off together as if you’re having a great time—silently of course

Optional Ending

After you use your prop in the main show, Place them in the place for the optional ending

Don’t think the optional ending is ready yet, let’s work on it after the show tomorrow