Avl[t] Rehearsal Log

Well, we've been rehearsing The Thugs like crazy this week. And I do mean crazy. One of the most difficult days for any cast (and their director) is the first day off-book. That's the first day of rehearsal that the actors aren't allowed to carry their scripts around - they have to finally have it all memorized.

We have a shorter-than-usual process for this play, so off-book came a little fast, as it usually does. And we had our fair share of bloopers and frustration on that night.

It should be noted, however, that this is an unusually difficult script. Though it's short, it has a lot pages that look like this:

CHANTAL Um.
DIANE Yup. No.
CHANTAL Sorry.
DIANE Put this
CHANTAL Right. Right.
DIANE Yup.
CHANTAL Sorry.
DIANE Ok.
CHANTAL So then
DIANE Right.
CHANTAL Right.
DIANE Good.
CHANTAL And.
DIANE Yup.

Let me tell you, that kind of thing is not hard to learn, not 100 pages of it. (Not that the whole play is like that, but you get the idea.)

So, here's a video for those of you who wonder what rehearsing this kind of text is like.