Maid's Tragedy Rehearsal: Tuesday

Today

• Worked on some music with our trumpet trio (Chris, Abbi, and yours truly) for a song I'm working on.
• The masquers are trying to figure out this masque. It's a tricky spot in the play. The uncut masque is long and even has a subplot. We have a very limited number of people available for this masque.
• Staged the Act IV banquet scene. This was tricky. It involves ten people sitting at a table. We experimented with many tables in various positions. There are private conversations and public conversations. Figuring out the angle of the table, where people can sit, if everyone needs to be sitting was a bulk of the rehearsal. This is where I applaud scenic designers and directors. These are questions they ask and answer long before rehearsals begin. We ended up creating a long banquet table, adding two square tables to the ends. It makes a "Last Supper" picture that isn't the most realistic, but this way, the audience will be able to see the face of every actor who speaks with no problem. We've also orchestrated who carries the chairs, the glasses, pages the curtains, brings the tables off and on, etc. What's even trickier is that a bed has to come on stage right after this, and the bed can only live in a certain space backstage. So the table will have to be disassembled in the discovery space as quickly as possible to make room for the King's bed.
• Looked through the stock of wigs for the masque.
• I think I found some shoes for this show too. I'm not sure about them though. We'll see.
• Later in the afternoon, we did a work-through of the first act. This involves the masque. It's complicated. We're using the trap, the balcony, music, dancing, singing, masques, dresses and wigs.
• After that, we had some music time to work on a Pink Floyd song. It's so much fun. I can't wait for people to hear this.