It all comes down to our EFFORT. If we the cast can remember all those six points, we will be surprised by the level of performance we can achieve. And the audience will be blessed with the experience.
Entries Tagged as ‘Tips, Tricks, and Tools’
December 18, 2007
Top 10 cast member survival tips
How do we survive ten full-cast run-throughs, back-to-back-to-back shows Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon? Ten performances, two weeks in a row?!
What survival tips do the veterans have for the first-time AEID (An Evening in December) cast member?
I brainstormed all the tips and tricks that I have picked up [...]
November 30, 2007
An Evening in December expressed in our faces
John’s message to the cast last night during our final dress rehearsal is succinct, clever, memorable.
October 9, 2006
Get off the SOFA and act!
You ought to give the stage a try, just once. If you do, besides the obvious memorization of lines and following directions, actors have to keep remembering the fundamentals of stage acting.
I use the acronym SOFA to remind myself of the four things John has directed the actors to remember during these first weeks of [...]
November 29, 2005
What song is next?
Lessons learned from past “An Evening in December” productions…follow a script.
A Script Keeps You Organized
Your brain has a lot to hold before, during, and after a production. Costumes, props, stage entrance and exit, actors’ lines, dancers’ positions, music cues, lighting cues, scenery movement, wing curtain locations, upstage, downstage, stage right and left.
You can commit a [...]
