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Oct. 13th, 2006 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceebeegeeI had a rehearsal last night with Juliet, the Roberta leFay for the reading tomorrow. Juliet was in the Shakespearean cabaret I did last May--she was the Rosalind in the second performance I did (the one with super-curly dark hair, very sweet). I had talked up The Last Night of Ballyhoo with her then, telling her what a great play it is and how there's a role in it for her (Lala). When the __gaia reading first came up, I'd originally thought I was ging to do that, since Lilian said I could pick any play I like. Then we talked about it, and she thought it might be a problem getting the rights, so I decided to do one of Duncan's plays (Sweeter Dreams is actually quite perfect, since it mentions Hoboken a few times). So I asked Juliet to be in that instead.
She did pretty well for a first reading, although she struggled with some of the words. I had to explain some of the more Catholic references, like beatific (I then launched into an explanation of the canonization process) and Aloysius. But she had a good handle on the role, and she takes direction VERY well--I would give her a note and she implemented it immediately. That's good to know. She liked the play a lot, and loved the vocabulary in it. One note I gave her was to "have fun" with the writing--allow yourself to enjoy it a little. (I gave her that after the "creamy buttocks" line.) Don't punch the lines or you'll overkill them, but allow yourself to...lean into them a little.
She's gonna be great. It's interesting, in real life she's nothing like Roberta, she's very sweet, but I knew she'd be great as this acerbic, edgy reviewer. I am an excellent caster, I must say. And that's 50% of directing.
She did pretty well for a first reading, although she struggled with some of the words. I had to explain some of the more Catholic references, like beatific (I then launched into an explanation of the canonization process) and Aloysius. But she had a good handle on the role, and she takes direction VERY well--I would give her a note and she implemented it immediately. That's good to know. She liked the play a lot, and loved the vocabulary in it. One note I gave her was to "have fun" with the writing--allow yourself to enjoy it a little. (I gave her that after the "creamy buttocks" line.) Don't punch the lines or you'll overkill them, but allow yourself to...lean into them a little.
She's gonna be great. It's interesting, in real life she's nothing like Roberta, she's very sweet, but I knew she'd be great as this acerbic, edgy reviewer. I am an excellent caster, I must say. And that's 50% of directing.
