January 25

January 25 Critiques

Everyone	Work on accents Needs to flow Better transitions More breathing People noises More facial expressions and emotions Freeze Make sure all furniture is out of the way of following scenes. In Tipparery, all crates must be returned to corners. In bombings, we are going to change some of the blocking. More energy when parachute lands Slo mo more exaggerated Make sure we see sad soldier’s face in the light.  Mark it. Hats are blocking actors’ faces. Step on lines in factory scene. When dancing don’t stop with back to audience. Work on accents. War machine during tipperary scene – sweep about every third Mississippi Costumes must be zipped Get the right bomb Movements in slow mo need to be at same speed. We need to clean up confetti after each rehearsal Too many profiles Put the stools down Quiet on gray set Women’s shoes Need to hear you before we see you in all entrances. Hit verbs – work on this on Monday in class. Accents were lost Tipperary – we need more people left stage NO SORRYS when messing up. At the end, Kaytlyn and Maky switch places
SMUTS	Remember it is
Factory scene	Excited about this being your first job. Listen to each other
Dead scene	Girl and student trade places Step on lines – more emotion and expression.
Riley Taylor	Double check all clamps
Judith	Smile with shirt In front of crates instead of behind Cry sing at the end
Photographer Bela	Don’t sway Praying and Crying look fake – I’ll look at it today Enter sooner More annoying when taking pics
Soldier 1	Don’t talk so fast Down under – louder and slower
Tom, Sheila, 7 whoever helps	Table falling on Sheila – needs to work.
Freezes	In the back and forth scene of pub and Judith’s house, people who are not in the current scene, FREEZE
Tom	Don’t let your voice drop Smell body before seeing it Work on timing – doll scene – watch dead girl
Angie	More embarrassed by your parents at the beach Smell the body as well
Joan & Brian	Step on lines and step on lines in previous scene
Payton and Maky	React more in factory scenes. I don’t think you would dump parts on table in real factory – just put box down.
Alister	Louder Diction in first scene. More embarrassed with mom Because you are shy doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t hear you.  LOUDER
Dead girl	Work on coming out, accent and not so much as in the way of pauses.
Joan	More facial expressions when you get the letter.
soldiers	Look up how you are supposed to wear the uniform.  Ask Alee. HATS look crazy.
Tom and Angie	React when Eli screams Need to hear you before we see you in all entrances.
Dead girl	ACCENT Need to see you in dead scene
women	Emotions setting up factory scene
Foreman & Briggs	Don’t keep arms crossed all the time Clench fists, clench fists with arms crossed Point with a finger Flirt with Sheila LOUDER
Sheila and Foreman	We need some sexual tension between you both.
Sheila	All your one liners must be big and like you DON”T care.  Example sex laugh will Well bigger Monologue more conversational
Angie & soldier	Don’t freeze with back to us dancing
Lionel and soldiers	Show emotion on your face.
German and Australian	Practice jumping with parachute
Joan	More emotion – I KILLED a man She’ll come around – work on this. Hold on to Judith.
Frank and Judith	Face both sides of the auditorium Step on lines in previous scene.
Viv and soldier	Be flirtier
Viv	More facial expressions in tipperary.
Lights	Off Judith’s side when it is joan and son
Needs	Sweaters Wedding rings Sweaters jackets