Macbeth rehearsal this morning was satisfying. After a couple days of free work, the group moved to broader and more specific concerns today, more willing to talk from their own experience of the work we've done, and to feel their way, without pre-direction, through the "story" of Act III, without resorting to realistic banalities, or an exactly logical event order. This group seems to be taking to this way of working, and I wish we could stay together and do it longer. There was a spirited and inconclusive discussion about how we should precisely relate to "presenting" our work on Saturday, since the work we're doing is anything but "for presentation", though as one actor pointed out, we have been being observed the whole time...
The costume designer participating started to "see" things as she watched. She said also that what was valuable to her about being in this kind of open rehearsal was that she "sees" different things each time actors get up to work. Another actor commented that we would need to work this way in "the ramp" for a month before we could take the feeling of the ramp with us, "in our bones" which, being true, makes my "aha" of yesterday about bringing the space with us rather a moot point. A big part of the process for me as a director is allowing what seem like important discoveries to fall by the wayside and recommit myself to seeing what is in the present.
Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘Our Town,’ ‘Cult of Love’ and More
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Thornton Wilder’s classic, starring Jim Parsons, wraps up, as does Leslye
Headland’s angsty family drama. Catch these and other plays while you can.
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Your last point is so important. Hard to do, especially, I would think, in the abbreviated situation you're in--though of course the opposite is true, too...
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