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ceebeegee ([personal profile] ceebeegee) wrote2004-09-14 11:35 am

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Rehearsal last night went well enough. The more I read this play, the more I like it. I love the iambic pentameter section--I hope Duncan drills the less well-versed of us (heh heh) so that the IP "reads." And I love my character. There's a lot of latitude with Calliope, because I'm responding not so much to words as to emotions--the stronger, simpler emotions are clearer to me which is why I'm drawn to the child, and Stefan's self-loathing monologue. I will say, I'm finding Brendan awfully frustrating--as my husband and the one who's taking care of me, I'm attached to him (despite the painful backstory) and he should be drawn to me as well, since his whole motivation for being there is to cure me, to expiate his sin, to make good with me. But Brendan doesn't even look at me. A couple of times I tried to take his hand and he just hung there. Dude! I'm here next to you and I'm your wife! Interact with me!!

The child (Joe?) seems very sweet.

Oh! Oh! The best dish! When we left rehearsal last night, a bunch of us crowded into an elevator and then a few other people crowded in, including one guy who was last in and stared resolutely ahead the whole way down. I was sort of staring at him, because he looked like David Nelson. When we emptied out, I looked back at Duncan to see if he thought the same--Duncan was looking all silently excited. We were hitting each other on the arm until he was far enough ahead so that he couldn't hear us, and he was all "That was TOTALLY David Nelson!" Duncan said he knew it was he, because David recognized him and flinched. Love. It.

(David was originally cast as Touchstone in Duncan's and my As You Like It and quit two/three weeks into rehearsals. He sent me an email trying to explain and I was pretty pissed, and just ignored it. He was a flake even before, albeit very talented. We don't LIKE him.)

[identity profile] king-duncan.livejournal.com 2004-09-14 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
I can't believe I forgot all about the David Nelson dish!!! That was too funny for words.