April 23rd, Masters!

Hello everyone! We had a great rehearsal yesterday and you all looked fabulous! I'm so proud of you for working hard on your lines and costumes! 

This week we're going to focus on Act 5. We're making some serious changes to staging, so it's incredibly important that your lines as well as your entrances and exits are memorized. Not all of us have lines in Act 5, but we still need you there because of changes we're trying to figure out. We need "all hands on deck!" 

Please come in your costume! We won't be in our costumes every week, but we'd like to see them again this week. :) 

Everyone, whether you are completely memorized or not, please run through your lines six times. This will be easiest and most beneficial if done once a day, but you can cram them all in at the ending if you so choose, so long as you do it. 

For now we are going to forgo the backdrops. But if you have access to a white wall that you could be in front of (or at least a wall that doesn't have a lot of distractions on it) please set up your computer in a way that will accommodate that. We would also like good lighting, as well as you being as close as you can to being head on with the camera. 

In the past when we've done Shakespeare productions we've included small descriptions of the characters in the program to help the audience follow along more easily. 

We're going to do something similar, only instead of a program we're going to have a short video before the play starts! With this is mind, one of your assignments this week will be to send me a dramatic picture of you in your costume. When you take the picture you are in character! Have fun with it! 

Good examples below: 

 

Also, we're going to try and make our production be black and white!! If you can make your picture black and white that would be great, if not it's okay and I can do it. :D 

Summary:

1. Run through your lines 6 times this week. (Memorize completely if you haven't already.)
2. Take a dramatic picture in character and send it to me.
3. Come in your costume! (If you still don't have yours then take this week to finish it.)

We're excited to see you next week! Please don't hesitate to contact Roxanna, Elena, or myself if you have any questions or concerns. 

Sincerely, the Shakespeare people who haven't seen you in a heckin' long time.