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What a weekend! Luckily I had power the entire time, well except 45 min. yeasterday but I wasn’t home so that didn’t count. Anyway Sunday was not only my first rehearsal for “The 4th Wiseman” but also the first time onstage for “Three Days of Rain.”

“The 4th Wiseman” is the next show at Studio Arena and I got cast as a part of the ensemble. The ensemble is made up of all buff state students or recent graduates, originally there were 8 of us but 1 person dropped and the other didn’t show. The cast is made up of 3 equity actors and what I guess is now 6 puppeteers, that’s us.

For our first rehearsal we just went through the characters and got to see renderings of the puppets, who were all designed and being built by Michelle Costa, who I have to say is just wonderful. We then got to see and work with some of the puppets, that was actually the point of reheasal…

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First day back to rehearsal after a sick day and “equity day off.” I was feeling a bit ashamed for calling off on sunday, but I truly was SICK and I don’t need to be a hero. It is just that I NEVER call off for ANYTHING.

Anyway today in rehearsal everything really came together. We are one week from preview and there was a concern about one scene getting the musicality of it. After trying several different means to one end, it just came alive. At one point Kathleen was welling up and I, who sat quite still and cross legged for most of the day, shot up and was breathless. I was so moved and finally we were allowed to use the word violent.

Like I mentioned in another entry Kathleen is kind of a “hands off” director. What I mean by that is she doesn’t feed the actors instead lets them feed her and the show. “It’s the difference when working with professionals,” she said today…

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Back to Studio today. It is amazing what a few days off and some rain can do.

We finished up working on ActII of “Three Days of Rain” today and by the time we did a run around 4:30 or so it was like a new play, the actors were really falling into their charecters. Some Truly breathetaking moments.

It seems like every show that I do (not to say it’s just me) there is some auspiciousness surrounding the company and the work…

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Not that I’m counting.

I’m assistant directing for Kathleen Gaffney at Sudio Arena, yes it’s an internship, and we just finished our first week of rehearsals. I am there 4 days a week, because I still have to take some classes, but in professional theatre rehearsals are 6 days a week, 6 hours a day, and from what I gather, typically a 10-5 thing. I had no idea! I am used to doing shows that rehearse like 3 hours 4 NIGHTS a week.

The process…

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