April 13 - COMMENT

On to Regionals

“Challenges are what make life interesting.  Overcoming them is what makes them meaningful.”

Everyone	IT IS A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT YOU CAN DO THIS.  WE WOULD NOT CHANGE THINGS IF IT WERE NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SHOW. LEARN THE CUTS AND BE READY FOR A GREAT PERFORMANCE TOMORROW MORNING. YOUR DIRECTORS WORKED ALL DAY SUNDAY AND INTO THE EVENING SO, TOGETHER, WE CAN BE ONE OF THE TWO SHOWS CHOSEN NEXT WEEK. Step on lines. Hear guitar and whispering a couple of beats before lights come on.  Whispering must FADE out with Quixote’s first line. Do not run in the back. If you have to cross, do it in character. DO NOT HIT CURTAINS – Automatic drop in rank During Fugitivo scene, move ladder more Center Right stage. Bird people at beginning – shift with Quixote’s line. Get back in touch with your weirdness. FREEZES.  If you don’t know where they are, then ask someone. If an actor has left something on stage, snatch it up – villagers would do this. LAUGH DURING PATSY SCENE!
Quixote	No lines until Dreamer has finished playing. Big yawn and stretch before line about sleeping.
Music	Late on first dance (old beginning)
Lights	Darker red on old opening.
Head guard	Pour water on Survivor and tease her with it. Laugh as she licks the ground.
Amy, Kylie	Walk differently as villagers.
Gutman	Martial law Brother to them slower Get back in touch with your weirdness – edgy – laugh like you used to during old red dance after opening. Try not to talk into the curtains.
Kadyn	Didn’t hear you sing.
Kilroy	Don’t sidestep –moving toward L stage. You need to have as much energy throughout the show as you do in your opening entrance.  As though you are ready to run or fight all the time, except after breaking your heart with Esmeralda. Need to hear you breathing as you go to look at Survivor. # 7 is vacant – look at hat – let us see you “get” that it belonged to a dead guy and drop it. Vocally make a noise Ugh, etc. Watch end of sentences – dying
Flautist (Brooke)	Play just enough for us to know that the street cleaners are there. It is beautiful, but a little shorter.
Kilroy an Gutman	CROWD LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY WHEN HE IS CALLED THE PATSY. The uniform of a Patsy. I know what a Patsy is…  a clown in the circus who takes prat-falls ( a humiliating fall onto one’s buttocks) , but I’m no Patsy! You are now the Patsy. With a pathetic attempt, Kilroy tries to make friends with the Officer. LEAVE PONGO SELO IN What did he say?
Kilroy & Casanova	Do not cut lines in Morse Code scene.
Casanova and Marguerite	Don’t exit – stay on stage.
Lady M	Come in earlier – waiting for …. Step on Marguerite’s last line - I don’t understand…. Diction throughout – make sure we can understand you on ladder.
Casanova	Deeper voice Standing on Abdullah – My name is Jacque Casanova – brandish cane or cape. One cord – use the red one.
Mummer	Take the crown away