February 27 - comment on this before Sunday's rehearsal.

Themes – desperation, decay, dead end, death row, darkness – love Ashlynn’s the River Styx

Style – not realism

Bodies need to match the metaphor

Speak like it’s poetry

Work in an emotional level

Opening – louder and longer

Quixote –absorb the environment- your lines were delivered the same with same pauses.  Be a little faster

Gutman- bigger, lower register, DICTION

Prudence – hat?

Gypsy – show a poster of Esmeralda – to fix and gray hair.

Villagers were very good, but need stylization

The audience can see people backstage on right stage.

DICTION FOR EVERYONE

Each block must build – have a climax

Look at groupings

Streetcleaners – more mysterious

Stylized moaning

Kadyn – sing beginning with Amy’s Camino Reel through Cassanova’s dreams.

Cassonova – more resonance, deeper, be larger, be a lothario

You paused too long with one of your lines with Marguerite (honor)

Stage lights were off in gypsy scene – shining on wall and did not cover Cassanova’s face left stage.

Gypsy – lower pitch, slow down

Villagers must be stylized before Kilroy’s entrance – villagers loosely with palms open

Kilroy – voice and body must match – lower register

Kilroy – rush to Cassanova after guard exits.

Guards – kylie and evan – you both have happy feet and are swaying.

Everyone – note the first mention of death

Everyone – don’t react normally

Streetcleaners must be stylized

Stylize the fighting dance

Is there an outside force?  Be more aware of the fear of death – fear of terra incognita – the audience

A sense of fear must permeate the stage.

Cassanova and Kilroy – important that we need to know about what happens to the dead people

Gutman –build on bocks.

Gutman – hold up patsy uniform

Chase must be a stylized dance.   Villagers are a barrier between Kilroy and Esmeralda.  She tries to get to him, so she climbs onto the well.

Rehearse with rebellious music

Rehearse with frightening music

Marguerite’s scene – bring downstage

Cassanova – more birdlike – flowing hands – be a player

Blocks – see red light more

Departure on Fugitivo – the other side is heaven – react accordingly.  Vocals are muddied

Block 10 interact with flashing lights – helmets?

Block 10 – no one was there.

Personalize the fiesta

Villagers and Kilroy – stylize the disrobing

How big is your heart – dicton

Shooting downstage –survivor – 2 clear shots.  Guards be more threatening.

Marguerite – loved the barring of your teeth – looked crazy.

Ritz light was not on – neither was the yellow light.

Gypsy – virginity line was said upstage and we lost it. Slow down on the Walgreen sign – it was funny.

Block 12 – no one was there.

Kadyn – need for you to sing.

Don’t forget new lines

Sydney and evan – What else do I have that you want?  Nothing

Sam – desperation – with cash here without cash there.

Payton – sing right after leaving on a jet plane and through not without me

Block 15 during madrecita and instructor

CUTS –

On page 19 cut from Gutman’s line about desperation – clock will still light up – go to Block 9

On block 12 – cut after vamoose- go to block 13

Block 13

Kilroy – cut gimme a cot.

Kilroy – Cassanova- cut after I understand, Brother- go to Block 14

Marguerite & Kilroy – cut I wasn’t expecting that music  Keep the streetcleaners are coming for me. The gypsy told me.

Marguerite – cut thanks for taking mine.

Marguerite & Kilroy – cut lines about street being royal.

Kilroy’s entrance –The suitcase is going to be on top of the blue suitcase under the cage – I think. At the end, Kylie grab Kilroy’s suitcase and hand it to him.