ColLAB Day #7
Today in ColLAB we reviewed the I Love You Song in the morning, as well as the Prayer of the Comfort Counselor and the choreography for the opening number. In the afternoon we did a full run of the show which went really well! One area I think that I’ve improved the most in ColLAB is getting into character. I think that I’m getting into character much better than I was at the beginning of the ColLAB session. Something that I did want to work on last night while practicing was going over the words and the timing for the end of Second again. Something I specifically want to practice tomorrow during our run through is not laughing at what is going on onstage and staying in character. I also want to try to keep my voice low for the whole show, without breaking at all or laughing at myself. Tomorrow I think I need to really buckle down and focus on my character so there are no slip-ups in the show. I also need to be emotionally prepared to perform this in front a real audience on Thursday night! My favorite part about my character is his underdog victory, as well as the unlikely friendship he finds in Olive. I like that he is able to find a friend, and is not as calculating and cold as he likes to seem he is. On the morning of the Spelling Bee, Barfee was so anxious that he awoke at four a.m. to review his words, even though he already knew them all. He went downstairs for breakfast at around seven, and that’s where everything started to get messy. His baby stepsister Lena had gotten sick was wailing relentlessly, only put on pause by the times she threw up. His fake mom Sheila tried to make him breakfast, but she burnt it whilst trying to wrangle the baby. This set off the smoke alarms, and by 8 the fire department was there, along with Barf’s angry father who had had to leave work. Sheila and Barf’s dad went back and forth for a long time, with the baby crying in the background, until finally, Barf’s real mom Joan picked him up at 9. Then he went to the bee. Excited for rehearsal tomorrow!!!!
