SATURDAY NOTES

Below are the notes from yesterday's run of the show with the Satuday cast. Please make a comment once you've read it to affirm that you got your notes.

SATURDAY NOTES
General: When you have trouble with remembering a line, it’s usually because you’re unsure of the MEANING of the line. Talk to me if you have any line questions (I welcome it, I promise, it’ my hobby!) and we can sort out the meaning and make it easier to remember.

p.1 ALL – in preshow keep faces up and eyes focused on target.
p.1 ALL – sharpen character walks, make them bigger than you think they should be
p.2 ALL MEN – really hit any words in this first scene that have to do with study, thought or the mind
p.2 BIRON & FERDINAND – Slow down 10% in this scene. This should be the slowest/clearest scene
p.2 LONGAVILLE – Keep focus up, you’re tending to look at the floor
p.2 BIRON – Use your “As thus” and “As” to set up transitions, really hit these.
p.4. ALL – You’re not disgusted after handshake sequence, just perplexed at how weird it was.
p.5 COSTARD – Tie ideas together in “manner and form following” speech
p.6 ARMADO – I lied to you. Give a tiny pause for Costard’s “me?” interjections
p.7 COSTARD – Don’t obscure the “Pray a month with mutton and porridge”
p.7 BIRON – Use “I’ll lay my head” speech to get offstage, so hitting door by “Sirrah, come on”
p.8 MOTH – Greater volume at top and through “and yeta better love than my master”
p.10 BOYET – Wait until the en of the Princess’ speech t exit
p.10 PRINCESS – “Who are the votaries…” is a new and different idea from what you’ve been discussing.
p.10 ALL – Look at the guy being talked about, no one should look anywhere else in this scene.
p.11 ROSALINE – Greater volume throughout
p.11 FERDINAND – Start line as soon as you enter, don’t wait for fanfare to finish.
p.12 BIRON & ROSALINE – Flirt during chair sequence, don’t attack.
p.13 FERDINAND & PRINCESS – More civil in the Aquitaine discussion, less attacking
p.14 LONGAVILLE – Don’t drop the final words of your lines, instead build to the last word.
p.15 ALL – Unsure what you’re saying here. Ladies have fun teasing Boyet (not attacking) and Boyet teasing back.
p.17 ARMADO – Go onto platform on “A most acute juvenal” and move lectern back.
p.18 BIRON – Hit “the princess comes to hunt here in the park,” otherwise Deer Lake makes no sense
p.20 BOYET – Read “Don Adriano de Armado” in the letter along with Armado
p.21 NATHANIEL – Draw attention with volume at top of scene
p.21 ALL – Losing a lot of line endings in this scene. Build to final words.
p.22 HOLOFERNES – Really emphasize all your weird words. Enjoy them
p.22 HOLOFERNES – Buid through your “extravagant spirit” list
p.23 HOLOFERNES – You’r “I will overglance” speech is a major plot point, really lay it out
p.27 ALL - Respond as each new person pops out from their hiding place. Should get bigger response with each reveal.
p.27 ALL - Less ANGRY. Tease and torment the other guys, don’t actually attack them in this scene. Also, have fun (especially Biron) playing your false innocence. “Oh, I’d NEVER fall in love!”
p.30 ALL – The “rap battle” should be teasing, not attacking; fun not mad.
p.30 BIRON – Follow the punctuation in your long speech to help us follow the ideas.
p.31 ALL – I’m loosing volume and meaning in the last lines in this scene, slow down and clarify.
p.31 NATHANIEL – Build with each repetition in your ladder speech “I praise God for you”
p.31 NATHANIEL – Really give a pause after “without heresy.” before your next idea “I did converse…”
p.32 HOLOFERNES – Both speeches at the top of this page are lists, so build through tem.
p.32 HOLOFERNES – What are you saying in your “The posterior of the day” speech?
p.33 ARMADO – Cut hug/lift
p.35 BOYET – Really hit ideas “disguised” and “Russians” whenever said.
p.36 BOYET – Don’t wait for the fanfare to finish for your “The trumpet sounds” line, just dive in.
p.40 ALL – Unmask as guys leave on “Are these the breed of wits”
p.41 ALL – Start moving off on Boyet’s “Ladies withdraw”
p.42 ROSALINE – Build in energy and teasing through this scene with Biron, never let energy diminish
p.47 NATHANIEL - Great Alexander!
p.51 PRINCESS – Help Ferdinand to his feat on “my lord”
p.52 FERDINAND – Counter backwards, stage right, on “If this, or more than this”