Notes from November 2nd

Beautiful work tonight and a huge thank you to all tech for the great work, focus, energy and the gorgeous results of your contributions are making one amazing show

All: Always and Always more volume and engage your mask arms out and to the sides

All be aware of you new masks--where are the eyes on your new mask and when is it engaged up or down or to the sides--work with partners for this

All--be very careful when you lay directly on your back mask

*Run lifts with Kendall and Bryce to make them smooth, one solid move and safe

All-interact more with each other's back masks and keep engaged onstage

Ismene's chorus on page 19 arms float out to sides rather than directly in front of you to engage back mask

Don't adjust masks and costumes on stage--if you must make it a choreographed, deliberate movement rather than actors adjusting and fixing onstage

Gwyneth as Jocasta--go even further with the voice--higher pitched, maybe an accent?

Gwyneth-quieter sobbing overall:)

Maggie-VOICE!! watch that volume and support it. Your very first line I couldn't hear at all and I was right next to you

All--trying pinning masks straps to your hair to help keep it upright

Antigone- use interesting sitting positions, legs out and arms out when listening to your nurse

Ismene--watch out for the noise your bracelet makes when offstage

Zoe (Antigone) please lift your "baby" arms up to put focus on the movement--ask me for clarification if needed

Antigone- consider when do you play into your vulnerability, when does it take you over, do you plan the entire conversation with Haemon, or do you change your tactics once you see him again?

Antigone-on lines about wearing Ismene's dress--all back mask to Haemon. I've asked for this before and the moment hasn't happened yet.

Haemon-try to touch Antigone more, reach for her hand, back mask to keep her tense and moving away

Ismene--why do you decided to come back and talk further about Polynieces--are you convincing yourself or Antigone?

Guards---use your arms!!!
Guards--watch your entrances--comic but careful and specific, you knocked Lucy over on your 1st entrance

Ismene--more back mask when you collapse into your chorus--show us the back mask while standing then fall into them

Creon--Volume, Posture, Facial expression and energy, don't look down, use arms out to sides!!

Grace/Grace/Diego/Bryce/Quin/Wolf--more arms out to sides and back mask awareness on top of page 37 Chorus interlude

Chorus--ARMS!!

Amelia/Bryce/Kendall--watch volume dropping and where you place your face when delivering lines

Guards--more arms out in triangle formations otherwise it looks too static and without purpose

Diego-tuck in shirt when acting as page, always double check your shirt

QUIET BACKSTAGE!

Creon- always focus on posture, kingly reactions, your presence onstage--when are you in power and when is your power questioned or attacked?

All--lift Back mask directly to audience on Blinding eye motion, bigger & more deliberate blinding

Gwyneth & Lucy-use your arms--larger and broader on slow motion exit

"Have you tortured perhaps?" Bigger recoil away from Creon Antigone's & Haemon's chorus

Yes to all the sounds, heart beats, and percussive movements---commit fully to it and make sure you painting the landscape of the scene and not drowning out the dialogue onstage

Creon--learn the "shoot...wave...wind" line so it can be done in one breath and full tempo to match chorus movement

Chorus--page 51-53 try repetitions of Yes or No whispered depending on how your character feels in the debate of Creon and Antigone

Antigone walk through the dead bodies rather than around them to join Creon back on top platform page 56-57

Antigone--dig more into the youth and surprise of hearing this other side of your brother's stories. Does Creon change you opinion, throw you off your path and goal or make you even stronger towards your goal. Are you more afraid of dying at the end of the scene or more prepared and confident in your approaching death

All--must get "YES in my father's own voice" in our bodies and voices together as one

Antigone--consider back mask posing on "The thing is catching" on the top platform above everyone

Beautiful work Eurydice--go even further with trying to connect to Haemon & Creon, consider trying to find moments to speak and no one hears you (the role of the Silent Woman--why no one will hear her or listen to her)

Guards--please be careful of Eurydice on your entrance---know that she is there and moving slowly so go around her

Mattie & Aiden--bigger arms on back mask 1st pose towards Antigone on "Was it you?"

No cell phones when you are offstage--stay focused on the show and story and committed to your fellow actors

Guards to help round out the emotions of your final scene --Mattie and Aiden why do you offer to help Antigone--what reaction does she pull out of you?
Elijah-why do you not offer anything, how do you feel about the letter writing?

Haemon- Die in one movement rather than several adjustments, use your right arm to balance your face/mask on to help :)

Creon's chorus--in your final line before the juror's box, move closer together and further upstage so you don't block the audience on those levels

Tech/Lucy/Gwyneth**Can we hide an extra chord to match Antigone's costume near the throne, so Lucy can grab that to use for the hanging pose of Antigone at end?

Thanks!! Clara