Had a wonderful second read with the cast. The character work we did this week was absolutely successful. However, I'm glad we're done for the week as I am a little tired and burnt out on the play. No doubt a day off (from the play) will crisp me back up. It had better, since I'll be reviewing my blocking on Saturday, prepping the stage...
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Rehearsal night 2! We still aren't in the theater so I had them do Meisner-inspired repetition exercises both in- and out- of character with some character discussion thrown in. I admit, it felt a little silly, but they seemed to respond really well to it. We had some really great character moments. Last night's initial read-thru was amazing. I took 10 pages of notes.
Nothing...
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It's almost like the Universe decided this was the perfect time to have something awesome going on in my life and something absolutely shitty at the same time. I'm not sure whether its to keep me from getting too big a head about the awesome thing or to keep me from getting too down about the shitty thing.
I'll start with the shitty. Let's end...
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My ex- is now playing the "we're going to make you make all the decisions" game. Today, I was asked what time they are "allowed" to pick up my son on Tuesday and whether or not they should return an item they had confiscated from them. It will be "fun" to see how far they take things.
In play news, I received the scripts, re-paginated...
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...to get my ex-wife to consider changes to our informal custody arrangement. My son has been increasingly unhappy spending time at his mother's house. They fight a lot and frankly, she's not the world's most constructive communicator. Last week, he called me and begged me to pick him up a day early. I contacted her and told her and she said to come pick him...
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hex:
yikes. i hope things getting better for you!!
1) Had an argument with my ex- over my son. We might be changing our custody arrangement more in my favor and she is not pleased. Mostly, though, she said that if he was going to be living more with me that I needed to be in charge with his homeschooling. So, I contacted a friend who homeschools her kids and asked after resources. We're...
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Tonight, I wasn't going to do any theater business. Instead, I had a fight with my ex- about my son and picked him up day earlier, then balanced my checkbook. Then, since I had a headache anyway, I did theater business.
I had previously asked my son to name the dog breed that my actor playing Sylvia most resembles. He picked English Springer Spaniel (above)
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