First days of rehearsals seem to be a time when people are finding their feet. Actors are moving through the writers imagination. Understanding the story, circumstances and then piecing together their character. With the writer still in the room making cuts and changes the piece feels like it's still forming. Nothing is concrete. It's exciting; watching the actors work with the script, improvising at times and being able to adjust quickly as new additions of scenes come at them and suggestions from both the director and writer.
Having the dramaturge present in the room is invaluable to the nurturing of the structure of the piece. Who are these characters? What is the main story? Who is driving what moments and why?
Sometimes it is posed that it is in direction, or acting that moments can be made stronger other times it feels a re-write of a moment or cutting of lines is more appropriate.
A basic shape of the set is up, three large felt drapes hanging from the ceiling to the ground. It is the only staple, a boundary in which the world is forming.
One word to describe today "sensing"
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