Dress Rehearsal Photos

For anyone who's interested, here's a link to all of the dress rehearsals that were taken.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5q4fa5dvu5zyfa3/AAC8emyfTtDLQiBydJPFNX4ua?dl=0

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3/2/16 Director's Notes

ACT ONE 7:10-8:00 P.M.

1.1

--Great energy

1.2

--Articulation all

--Sonny: bag lunch?

--Sandy: knees together when sitting at cafeteria table

--Danny/Sonny head push—ask me how so it looks right

--Sandy: “Danny Zuko?” don’t look SR; relate to the ladies SL

--Jan/Danny: lunch bag needs weight so it’ll fly and not sound like an empty bag

1.3

--Doody: don’t take too long one chord to the next

--Doody: keep guitar until after lights change/CCCC etc. then transform into rock star with ladies chorus singing CCCC etc. as guitar “disappears” from your hands

--Doody: missed opportunity to sing to actual audience members! You have time. It’s built into the song. Made it so that you got on stage too soon. You are supposed still to be in the HOUSE RIGHT on Ai-yai-yai BEFORE you go back onto the stage.

--Doody: you repeat the same final pose so that Kenickie can hand you your guitar and transform back to reality

--Ask Jo to watch inspiration video; methinks it’ll help

1.4

--Rizzo: careful with how much bedspread is showing; just enough to get to the wine bottle

--Lines, lines, lines

--Pre-set robe so sleeves make it easy to put on

--Ladies: Come to Marty to see the ring; don’t make her work US to show you otherwise her back is to the audience

--Marty: throw pillows up, not out, if you can (thanks Frenchy/Jan for getting it)

1.5

--Doody: cheat out ¼ not profile; share with the audience

--Roger: posture; does your stomach hurt?

1.6

--Sandy: Red ribbon? Doesn’t match gold/black cheer outfit; do you have time (or a ribbon) to change it for that scene? If not, maybe no ribbon?

--I like the interplay between Patty/Sandy during Fight Song; I’d like that applied to both casts

--Sandy: If you drop your pompon, pick it up during the scene itself. It’s what your character would do in that moment.

1.7

--Need a bag for lunch so you can put sandwich inside

--I like the hug at the end of “Mooning”

--Jan/Roger: You must take Coke/sandwich with you; it’s in the way

ACT TWO 8:10-9:00

2.1

--Jan actually lead the dance to justify the line “I’m used to leading”

--Kenickie: be careful not to cover Jan’s line about getting punch

--Cha-Cha: Do you want to dance with Danny Zuko? Show us

--Ms. L: missed cocoanuts line; make sure to let it happen

--VF: Win or lose, dancing shoes—take your time to emphasize this line (it’s on the t-shirts)

--Ms. L: you may not be able to X mid-House to get people out for Hand Jive; use aisles

--Cha-Cha/Danny: Lift?

--Johnny Casino: What’s your end pose of Hand Jive?

2.2

--I have candy cigarettes for Danny in the race; is there a place to put them in shorts?

--Purple wig—YES

--Frenchy—look at newspaper/Teen Angel/newspaper/TA as you are debating

--Wait to remove any headdresses until you are offstage

--Roger: why was your jacket ½ on?  Looks awkward

2.3

--Danny: don’t have arm up at top of scene; wait until you stretch and try to put your arm around her

--Danny: too long trying to get ring off first time; use grease in hair—part of the joke

--Anyone near car: careful of the “windows”

--Finn: you need to go to the end of the upper platform every time when the back up singers enter to make room for everyone behind you

--Ben: one arm at end “good as you”

2.4

--Finn: thank you for closing the doors!

--Sandy: knees together when sitting on stairs

--Jan: tell another T-bird not Sandy; she wouldn’t share the rumor??

--Pick up the pace a little

--Sandy: pants showing; is there another way to hide those?

--Sandy—sudden sit; take a moment & sit a little slower

--Sandy: better end moment

2.5

--Doody: instead of hanging jacket over shoulders, hold on one finger behind one shoulder

--Danny: entrance too soon

--Need to be a little quicker with when slap happens otherwise isn’t motivated

--T-birds: you may need to help each other into PL jackets

--Danny: lower register?

GENERAL

--Fri. snacks/Sat. snacks in between shows

--Does the band want dress ‘50s?

--Reminder: Both casts should be doing fight call, even if it’s not your performance week; ensures safety and muscle memory

* REITERATE Curtain call adjustment: Gesture to orchestra; Crew SL; Crew Balcony; Crew HL (That’s House Left, i.e. the booth with light/sound); NO gesture to SR

--Overall just needs to tighten up transitions/telescope lines

CREW

Act One

--Molly: no jacket please, only white tee

--Remaining crew: white tee, jeans, ked-like shoes (still had crew in other attire)

--Curtain speech: need to rehearse timing

--Once wagon is in place, quick exit SR! Looks like you are sauntering

--Why is Molly the only crew doing the 1.7 transition from picnic to “We Go Tog.”? Awkward

Act Two

--Top of Act Two will be another curtain speech with winners of two tickets to Twilight Theater Company

--Top of Act Two has to be quicker (after winner announcement). Once House is out, immediately and simultaneously should be lights up as curtain opens as band starts; even 2 seconds is too long for the audience and it was closer to 10 seconds which slows down the pace

--Mics need to be ON for 2.1; missed T-birds lines and some of Cha-Cha (when with Eugene—use his mic) so audience didn’t know where to look and can’t hear over the band even if they are quieter

--Drive-in doors (top of scene 2.3): if you open them and aren’t going to close them, then exit; otherwise if you stand there, you should close them and exit; decide and be consistent

--Drive-in doors (bottom of scene 2.3): who closes them? They were left open & Sonny had to close them

MORE NOTES!

Rizzo's hair does not look period.

Frenchy:  don't get ahead on SN when girls do the "ballet arms"

Doody:  relate to audience members when you go into the audience, and look more happy to be interacting with the ladies on stage.

Sound:  is there anything we can do to make the voice overs more understandable ?

Sandy:  you should not have earrings on, since there's a line asking if you've ever worn them.

What happened to the hood ornament on Greased Lightening? (Should be there)

Doody:  keep your focus off the floor on GL.

Roger:  don't pretend to drink the soda since you won't be able to open it .

Sonny:  take a little more time on your dance solo til you exit

Where was Coltrane for "Shakin' ATHSH"?

Hard to understand most dialogue during the dance.  Are actors projecting/articulating as if the don't have a mic?

Vince needs to talk into Marty's mic to be heard.

I can't understand what Johnny casino is saying as he sings

We should have some of the dancers dancing to the last minute before the dance solo for Danny and Cha Cha.

Danny and Cha Cha:  did you practice your dance break before the show?  This should happen every night before the show.

I can barely hear Sandy on HD unless she was belting in her upper register.

We could use more projection of the background voices for beauty school dropout on the top

BSD:  it looked like we were missing several girls, but I only know of two who would not be here tonight. 

Ladies on the "bridge" don't forget to be in place on time for your head wags in your totem pole

Danny and Sandy in the center at the end of you're the one that I want

T-Bird Tattoo's

On Thursday Ranger Cast T-Bird people will get their tattoo's touched up at 5:45

3/1/16 Director's Notes

1.1
* Grand drape--follow your cue--operator should be the same every night
* Ensemble--more audience interaction on entrance--interact with each other
* Choir in front of the apron or on stage? If on stage, will be hit by actors/curtain if exit SR

1.2
* Pink Ladies--quicker entrance once we transition to that scene
* Rock/Paper/Scissors--only play when T-Birds are talking; otherwise pulls focus from Pink Ladies dialogue
* After seeing Sandy first time, Danny don't take quite so long recognizing her or trying to act cool in front of T-birds; pace is slow and needs to be regular/fast on that moment; not lines quicker, time in between

1.2-->1.3
* Scene shift--actors need to exit UL stairs so crew can get table/chairs from DL
* traffic jam w/crew if exit SL

1.3
* Jackson show Tristan chords C, A minor, F, G7

1.3-->1.4
* Scene shift run crew--is this the same 4 person team as last time?
* Bed unit was 2 feet too far SL
* looked like each person did not have an assigned corner to move wagon unit; should be same shift choreography

1.4
* Bottle needs water; actors actually look like you are drinking
* Do not leave bottle on top of shelf **Danger**; put it back under the bed
* Find your light
* Rizzo--must put on pants & shirt OVER pajamas; once exit SL, use the time to do costume change since you have Greased L to change

1.5
* No velociraptor arms during Greased Lightning

1.6
* Band-air on ear? If so, needs to be large so audience can see it
* Pacing was slow; needs to be faster
* COSTUME: Patty needs a longer skirt, if possible

1.7
* Picnic move SR more
* Find your light
* Coke/burger--Roger/Jan take it with you; weird it's still there for the fight, etc. (Thank you Frenchy for moving it)
* Sandy--make sure you have underskirt coverage for the fight tumble
* Rizzo/Danny--sit on the blanket
* "We Go Tog." 1st group could be bigger; movement felt half energy

2.1
* Too slow to start Act Two once House lights were out; needs to be immediate
* Raining soloists--Be as far US as poss. (find your light) & practice your choreo
* Vince--hand out of pocket; good energy
* Spot Ops--add for all lines as rehearsed after run through; need to help audience focus on who is speaking
* Vince--stand close to Marty
* SOUND--make sure Marty's mic is on when Vince speaks next to her
* ChaCha/Eugene--same as Vince/Marty re: mic
* Ms. Lynch music intro missing
* Spot Ops--Hit mirror ball; look at where barrel is pointing; practice that effect
* Slow dance couples at end--slower to exit; plenty of song; don't rush exit
* Sandy--wait a verse before you take off robe and start to walk to steps; plenty of song; don't rush it

2.2
* Danny--very late entrance; what happened?
* T-birds--good cover, but that shouldn't happen again
* Danny--relay baton? cig? where were the props?
* Coltraine--turn on mic? SOUND--new batteries?
* T-birds--do NOT pull shirt over Roger's head since we have pants; only de-pants

2.3
* Go in for Kiss not rough her up; trying to make out not other
* Back up--begin step touch on "Tear drops"
* Back up--Exit SR unless you are a T-bird; T-birds exit SL X DL into basement scene for quicker transition

2.4
* Records for record player? Use the props
* Spot Q--Rizzo/Marty on steps
* Sandy--project line to Frenchy "Can you come over...."; spoken US so was lost; Frenchy come down farther so Sandy faces DS not US

2.5
* Slap of Patty HAS TO BE COVERED; must face US/DS so we don't see the set up/nap
* Males--react to being stripped of leather and "forced" to wear pink jackets then okay w/it
* Sandy/Danny--Go CS once Patty XSL so we see Sandy ask Patty to come w/them

ACTORS:
* FIND YOUR LIGHT; the light doesn't move; it's set for where you are supposed to be; bodies move; these lights do not; find your light
* Project--mic can only increase what volume you give it so project
* Curtain call adjustment: Gesture to orchestra; Crew SL;  Crew Balcony; Crew HL
* Keep doors closed after Beauty School; Green Room doors closed too OR no more G.R. = silent hall
* Head dresses need to be moved to the auditorium after the show, even if you aren't in that number that night; ones left behind: Sophie, Silver, Sam, Sam + Katie (why are there 2?), Teyah, Rory, Olivia F, Karolina, Liz, Audrey + 6 w/no names inside (if you don't have one, put your name on the ones that are blank)

CREW:
* See notes above for specifics
* White t-shirt, jeans, ked-like shoes
* You must check in/out w/SM; if your job isn't done, you must stay to do it (ex: costume crew didn't stay & remaining racks/head pieces weren't put away)

STAGE MANAGERS:
* Tape pulling down on apron; fix it
* sweep/mop stage daily
* check everything before you leave
* you are the first to arrive; last to leave
* need to have ALL crew check in and out with you
* all crew checking out must not leave until their job is done/area is clean
* Need SM kit list--what's missing

3/1 Dance Notes

3/1 dance notes

Don't talk during a freeze 
Doody :  enjoy working the crowd 

W GT:  the jazz squares are still off

Cha Cha and Danny were still alone on stage before their solo a little too soon.

YTOTIW:  pink ladies when Sandy crosses up to you, your arms should be more serpent like and upwards.  Right now it looks like you're lathering up in the shower.