6.06.2005
Cast and ready to go!
After auditions for Laughter on the 23rd Floor, we deciede to change the show, but I felt like I had seen enough in auditions to be able to cast Black Comedy without holding new auditions.
So I called everyone who auditioned and told them of the change in shows. Some I offered new parts to a new play, several had their hearts set on the Neil Simon show and were not interested, but several were game to be in any show! That's good for me!
I did have to hold additional auditions to cast two women's parts since not enough women auditioned. I posted the notices for emergency auditions and then promptly ran off to Branson, Missouri. Lots of fun!
When I returned on June 6, we immediately auditioned four women for two parts. All were very good. The two I picked were for physical reasons (did not fit with the casted lead) or for plain old preferences.
By June 8, we had a read-through. This is the first meeting of the cast with the director. It is a very important meeting where the tone is set for the next six weeks. It is the first real test of my small group communication skills. The way western theatre is established, one person takes on the task of arranging the actors and having a vision for the play. This is the director or in small group terms, the leader. It is a formal role set up by custom.
I also wanted to convey to the cast that theatre is a collaborative art where all input is valued. This put me in the role of opinion seeker.
Of course, the planning and scheduling fell on my shoulders. This made me the coordinator, too.
As a project, community theatre is a unique animal. The end result is to portray a successful show that will entice the community to pay $10 a head. This raises money for a good cause (the Wayne Township Education Foundation) and garners applause and praise from audience members.
Read through was fabulous! It was fun and sounded good. One of the challenges to performing Black Comedy are the English accents the script requires. But I was able to copy off several examples of accents and make CDs for all cast members. So far this has not yielded the desired results, but it's getting better.
Read through is also a rallying cry for esprit de corp. Both were pretty good if I may say so myself.
Rehearsals began Monday!
I'll go into that this weekend.
Ta,Ta for now.
So I called everyone who auditioned and told them of the change in shows. Some I offered new parts to a new play, several had their hearts set on the Neil Simon show and were not interested, but several were game to be in any show! That's good for me!
I did have to hold additional auditions to cast two women's parts since not enough women auditioned. I posted the notices for emergency auditions and then promptly ran off to Branson, Missouri. Lots of fun!
When I returned on June 6, we immediately auditioned four women for two parts. All were very good. The two I picked were for physical reasons (did not fit with the casted lead) or for plain old preferences.
By June 8, we had a read-through. This is the first meeting of the cast with the director. It is a very important meeting where the tone is set for the next six weeks. It is the first real test of my small group communication skills. The way western theatre is established, one person takes on the task of arranging the actors and having a vision for the play. This is the director or in small group terms, the leader. It is a formal role set up by custom.
I also wanted to convey to the cast that theatre is a collaborative art where all input is valued. This put me in the role of opinion seeker.
Of course, the planning and scheduling fell on my shoulders. This made me the coordinator, too.
As a project, community theatre is a unique animal. The end result is to portray a successful show that will entice the community to pay $10 a head. This raises money for a good cause (the Wayne Township Education Foundation) and garners applause and praise from audience members.
Read through was fabulous! It was fun and sounded good. One of the challenges to performing Black Comedy are the English accents the script requires. But I was able to copy off several examples of accents and make CDs for all cast members. So far this has not yielded the desired results, but it's getting better.
Read through is also a rallying cry for esprit de corp. Both were pretty good if I may say so myself.
Rehearsals began Monday!
I'll go into that this weekend.
Ta,Ta for now.
