Critiques September 30

September 30, 2016

 

Everyone	Learn lines by Sunday STEP on lines – almost interrupt. Exaggerate DICTION in the first song. People in one of the first crossing – Will, Darlene, Luella, etc.  Part of you come from right stage and some cross from left meet about 1/3 way in.  Have a purpose. Why are you entering and why do you exit? Stay in character at all times. Someone in the Laymon family or CC needs to take the suitcases off. LEARN LINES
Basil	Smoother with lines, not so choppy Do not yell in scene after Norma comes to the house. Why didn’t you diagnose ringworms and cold water in the first scene with health salts.
Ferris	Louder and be more confident – like you were Wednesday
Buddy	In the diner, go to the window first, then see the storm, then say your lines. Do not be late for entrances. He has to find her – DO NOT SCREAM.  Be more lost. Do not scream after worm scene. 1. We can’t understand you 2. It seems fake.
Basil, Dewey	Go in the hardware store.  Buy something and it’s heavy, so Dewey sets it down to rest and you both have your conversation. Basil, you might help him carry it the rest of the way.
Norma	See if Elmer Gantry or the biography of Aimee Semple McPherson is on Netflix.   You need to be softer and committed to saving everyone. Varying speech cadence might help. React to leave me alone
Darlene	DICTION especially with the new lines. The worm scene is feeling robotic.  Change it up a little.
Jaden	Good job in the worm scene.
Abi	Great job filling in for Kate Munson. You are every director’s dream of an understudy.  You knew every line.