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Nov. 19, 2014

Today we presented our research on Ireland in the 1930s. It's pretty similar to what New York was like but there was no glamour out in rural Ireland. The only entertainment was radio.

After we presented our research, we went to see The Hour of Feeling. I really liked the show, and it was great to go and support Maddie.

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Nov. 17, 2014

Today we performed stage door. I thought the beginning went pretty well but I messed up one of my lines and lost my rhythm. During our scene by the piano, Jackie stayed by me a little longer than normal and that made the scene a little more exciting. She kept touching my shoulder and getting in my face and I was getting really annoyed with her. I think everyone did a really great job, it was fun!

After we did a few notes we started asking Scott questions about the real world. It was nice to get information from him because you know he won’t try to soften things just to spare our feelings. He also went around the room and talked about everyone’s type which was nice. I’ve never really had anyone tell me what type I am. I wasn’t really surprised by what he said but it was still nice to hear it.

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Nov. 12, 2014

Today we wore costumes for the first time. Before we ran through the scene, we did a viewpoints exercise as our characters in the space. I found out the reason I don’t like Keith is because he is taking Terry away from me. She doesn’t have time to hang out with me anymore. I don’t have a very strong connection with any of the other girls in the house, though. Just like Terry, I feel somewhat maternal towards Kaye; I think that’s because I’ve seen Terry worry about her.

Costumes changed the run through completely. It helped me with distinguishing between my two characters. Judith is a lot more feminine than Olga but she can still take care of herself. It was fun being able to use the costumes and props to my advantage.

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Nov. 10, 2014

Today, we had to be off book! Honestly, I completely forgot about it but I knew more of the lines than I thought I did. It wasn’t as much of a fiasco as I thought it’d be. Scott told Jackie and I that our Olga and Bernice scene was boring. I need to show my dislike towards her more. Scott also told me that I should use the piano to show how annoyed I am with her and that worked pretty well. I think we were both thinking about our lines too much.

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Nov. 5, 2014

Last night was opening night of my show! I’m very happy with how it went but sad at the same time because it’ll be over soon. :(

In class today we did some more viewpoints and did a run through. It went pretty well, we just had to fix up some of the transitions. I’ve been working on my Olga accent and I’ve got everything down except for “certainly”. I just sound like I’ve got a frog in my throat or something.

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Nov. 3, 2014

Today, we finished blocking the scene and went through it. We didn’t do a smooth run through because we stopped to fix some things. I’m really excited to perform this in a couple weeks!

Scott went around the room and asked us all sorts of background on our characters. I decided that Judith was from somewhere around Philadelphia. Scott, of course, told me to be more specific and I spent the rest of the class period figuring that out. Judith is from Manayunk, Philadelphia. Her family is Irish Catholic and her dad and brothers (2, older) work for a textile company in town.

The show she is currently in is not on broadway, nor is it the biggest role she has gotten. Judith has been in three shows on broadway and the biggest role she played was second lead.

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Oct. 29, 2014

We started with a little viewpoints today and then went on to blocking! I’m the kind of person that takes notes on every little thing I’m directed to do. It’s kind of hard for me to just jump up and do something; I like structure. That being said, I snapped a little at Scott when we started. I did get the hang of it though and felt better about everything. I need to get used to the idea that each director will have a different directing style. The class ended before the second little scene I’m in.

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Oct. 27, 2014

Today we did viewpoints for the first time in a long time! I didn’t realize how much I missed it until we came back to it. I really enjoy doing viewpoints with everyone. It’s always a really interesting experience and I trust them all so I’m not inhibited.

We also did another read through today. Blocking starts Wednesday!

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Oct. 22, 2014

Today we presented our dramaturgy for Stage Door. I thought everyone had a lot of interesting stuff to say. I love the 30s so it was nice to learn more about it.

I thought the first read through went well. I'm really excited to give Judith more of a back story. From what I remember about her character description, it's not as specific as Olga's. I'll have to go back and take a look at it. I'm toying with making her from the midwest just so I can do another funny accent but I may make her a New Yorker.

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Oct. 20, 2014

We finally performed Life in Art today!!! I thought it went really well, I was proud of the end result. There were a few things that were new and kinda took me off guard but I liked them. I'm sad that I missed Maddie's faint though! I would've liked to see that and react to it.

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Oct. 15, 2014

Today, Scott was sick but we met up anyway to rehearse Life in Art. I was a little late to class because I woke up late but Tyler told me that they were telling Taylor about the changes we made. After telling her that, we decided to focus a little more on timing than we have in the past.

The first time we did it, we set a timer at 15 minutes. It went off a couple minutes after I gave Julia her dog. I was trying to wrap things up with Tyler, Justine, and Alanna so I could announce my business decision. We talked it through and decided that it would probably be a good idea for me to announce my business decision right after giving Julia the dog.

The next time we ran through it, I did that and we ended up right at 15 minutes. We talked about the second run through and felt that it went really well. I'm excited to perform it on Monday!

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Oct. 13, 2014

Today, we rehearsed Life in Art for an hour at the beginning and end of the class. We didn't have Taylor here today so it was a little weird. We figured out a way to make Gage more important, but we didn't get a chance to implement it.

We went and saw the Acting and Performing kids' performance. I really liked it, although they could've let us know there would be a little audience interaction. It was kinda awkward the first time they did it because we didn't know if they were asking us literally. It was emotional and funny and had great physicality.

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Oct. 8, 2014

We planned out our set today and ran through it a couple times. The first time we went through it on our own, we didn't even make it to our end position in 15 minutes. We were all so concerned about it being long enough that we started dragging everything out. We also didn't really develop our relationships at all. I think the work we did in class really helped us.

I know that I need to make Julia's character more important to me and that I should probably make Tyler and Justine come to me rather than seeking them out.

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Oct. 6, 2014

We definitely have more drama in our character relationships after today. I think our biggest problem with the major events was that we were thinking of them as plot points. We were planning it out like the castle exercise rather than major events that need to happen. The way we get to the events does't have to be the same every time.

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Oct. 1, 2014

We started talking about our characters and relationships today. I think we have a pretty good base, even though you said we were being too nice. I'm excited to perform this!

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Sept. 29, 2014

Today we presented our research. I was really surprised at what everyone brought to class. There was a lot of helpful information though. I took lots of notes.