Workshop Overview

Thank you for those of you who were able to attend our workshop on Saturday early afternoon. Noel and Allan were both on hand with myself to work with individuals on monologues and Noel took us through some exercises for about 45 minutes before doing individual work. For those of you who were unable to make it, we missed you and are looking forward to seeing you on Friday! I am also happy to report that Sue A. has recovered and will be joining us on Friday as well. Wahoo!!!

Trust: Noel lead us through several trust exercises with partners as well as with the entire group. One of the reasons behind this is that we are a team and we have to know and remember that when we are all on stage, we are there for each other. Basically, "we've got your back." This is important to remember if when you are standing on stage in the spotlight and suddenly you don't know what you are doing there. We are there for you.

Accepting Applause: We also had more practice with accepting applause, as many of us are new to the stage. We practiced keeping in character as well while accepting the applause and moving back into the circle. Remember, you deserve the applause. You are wonderful!

Voice: We also did voice exercises and Noel reminded us about the Tai-Chi breathing that we practiced at our first rehearsal. This is important to remember when we are projecting our voice. We did some humming, beginning with humming in our chest, up to our neck, to our mouth and even to our nose. Feeling the vibrations of the humming and the changes in tone as well. He then lead us in a beautiful song with the sign language. We made an attempt to learn the song and get some voice practice in.

Monologue Work: We then worked in partners and small groups to practice our monologues and share costume ideas. I tried to speak individually to everyone there, but as always, we ran short on time! Marisa, Mags and Erin were able to get one on one coaching since they hadn't been able to perform their monologues during the second rehearsal.

Vagina Entrance Notes: Marisa arrived towards the end of the workshop and we discussed the vagina entrance; it's going to be beautiful! She will arrive around 11am or 12pm on Saturday to put it in place. We have decided that the second entrance will be wheel chair accessible, as the vagina entrance will not be wide enough for this. The second entrance will be surrounded by fairy lights and the doors will be propped open to create an open entrance feeling for both entrances and the doors leading to the wheel chair accessible entrance as well.

Ticket Sales: I've emailed Hannah to get the word on ticket sales. Will let you all know the response and how ticket sales are going. Be sure to contact her directly if you have any ticket queries.

Only 5 more days before our show!

More notes in regards to Friday's Final Dress Rehearsal forthcoming.

Have a gr-eat week!

Kara