Longhorn Tonight!

Bring friends and family.  It's gonna be yummy

Longhorn on Tuesday

Just a reminder...

Our Camelot cast party will be at 8250 West 86th St Longhorn Steakhouse at Traders Point in Indianapolis 
PH : 317-704-0024 on Tuesday 10/11/2011 at 7:00 pm . 


The menu will be a limited banquet style menu but OH! so delicious. We will cover meal, NA beverage and gratuity,no need for money.YEA!! We will have one long table for cast members and reserve surrounding booths for your guests. 


Guests pay full price but 10% of their check goes back to the Milk Theatre as a way for Longhorn to give back to the community and support the Arts.Hope to see all you there. 


- Jim Parsons Manager and fellow cast member.




Better see you there!  ;)


-Kayla

OPENING NIGHT!!!

Falicia - I need that cheat sheet back so that I can call the cues tonight.  I have a sheet for you and you need to follow it and keep everyone on schedule tonight...including me.  Giving calls like "5 minutes till house opens" ETC.  

Falicia - More ice in the tubes

SCENE 1 - Tempo Tempo Tempo

Abbie- during Simple Joys - Sit earlier on the bench it's a great moment but you sit and then almost immediately stand up again... just an idea.

Larry - maybe play with being more exposed and almost "giddy" (that's not the right word) after your sword and stone speech - you say until my eyes beheld you...and then I wanted to be the best king ever, etc.  Right now it's reading very cerebral and I think you could go more emotional because it is such a revealing moment to Guenevere.  Play with it...

Jim Lucas - Cue 31 went too early... Arthur has to get his cape and then go get set at the bench in the black out... the fanfare plays to fill that time... Don't do lights up until Cest Moi Track Begins.

Falicia - The water flask needs to be emptied each night as well... it leaks so I don't want water kept in it all weekend.  So make sure you fill it each night preshow...  

Ben - Sorry your prop wasn't ready last night I forgot that I sprayed it...

Andy - Arthur says "You know Merlyn...."  Pick up your cue on your next line...

Ben - Pick up your feet when walking behind the audience.  your slippers are noisy.  Thanks.  The cheating out was MUCH better so thanks for that!

Andy - Skipping to 2nd act.  When you have the sword at Drew's neck... Don't Bobble.  It's going to be 2 steps back so that he is in posistion to be thrown on the bed.  Step back with your Right...Step back with you left.  (while saying your lines... duh) and then throw on bed.  DREW AND ANDY PRACTICE THIS 3 TIMES BEFORE TONIGHT's SHOW!

ALL - Your arms in Lusty were correct again!!!! YAY!    

Knights - Quick step it up those stairs... don't worry about walking quietly... Manly steps!

ALL - after you've exited from the knighting ceremony and you get to a spot where you can no longer be seen by the audience FREEZE.  If I hear any noise backstage during Arthur's Vengence Speech I WILL STOP THE SHOW.   That monologue is 3 minutes tops and then we are at Intermission and you can move all you want.  QUIET BACKSTAGE - your show is really stunning so don't ruin it by talking backstage.

ALL - you shaved 10 minutes off the first act last night so YAY!!  keep up the tempo.  Second act was longer than usual...so clean up those cues tighten it up.  

Mary Piper - Your solo is coming along nicely I can hear you much better... work on more diction, consonants so that I can understand the lyrics better..  Now on your spoken dialogue..needs to be MUCH louder

Abbie and Larry - You used to have a laugh moment where you laughed that neither one of your whistle very well... can I get that back?  (Simple Folk)

Hailey - on the dance break of simple folk ... it's your heel that hits the ground and your knee is bent... think Ho-down...country dancing.  SARAH AND HAILEY PRACTICE THIS DANCE 3 TIMES  BEFORE THE SHOW TONIGHT

Jim Lucas - I think I want to cut the "blinks" in the forest scenes in act 2.    They just aren't reading the way I wanted them to.    This is around Cue #73 and so on... I won't have time to reprogram them... can you skip over them tonight and manually put in the number for the black out and then you should be back on track with the order of the cues?  Ask Rebecca on this tonight when you get there if you have questions about how to do this.  

Jim Parsons - Run off with Mike after "Arthur you're inviting a massacre"  Like you are going to go fight.

ALL - You are dragging tempo during Guenevere (singing too slowly) - Listen to the track and sing with more DICTION (fronts and backs of words)  SING THIS SONG WITH YOUR REHEARSAL TRACK TONIGHT BEFORE YOU COME TO THE SHOW

Breh - Don't forget your CD player for us.  Thanks

ALL - During Lusty month of may... Thank you for listening and sitting when Guen talks to Pellinore... she says "You're in Camelot" and then she invites you to sit... You went too early last night... but I do appreciate you taking the note.  Let her tell you to sit.  

Garrett- When you escort Pellinore.  Quicker Faster Louder.  "Yes your majesty!"  Jump up and be excited to escort him off!

Mike - You are still stuck in that awkward triangle between guen and pellinore.  When you let your gaurd down... turn and walk and go back to stand with Amanda in that clump you were in.  

Andy - Bow/Kneel on "You're Majesty" when you meet the Queen.  Like when you met the King

Abbie - "never found chivalry tedious...so far"  ... he's annoying you with Chivalry...  That's not quite reading so give it more weight... ask me if you don't know what this means.

Andy - Yes on Second cross that you made to the stairs... not the first..  I think you knew the first one didn't work and then you corrected it on the second.  Thank you for taking that note and making it work.  The second lean looked nice too.  THEN stay there... you don't have to lean the whole time and you can maybe take 1 step in.... but I put you out there to add some space to the scene so don't close it off again by going back to Abbie.  

Abbie - Take a step toward Andy maybe somewhere around "achieved perfection?"  This will open the scene up and also allow your annoyed look back to arthur to be more apparent.  

ALL - Make the move to get your blankets at the end of Lusty scene more organic... meaning not everyone go back there at once...stagger it

Abbie- Maybe roll your eyes or be more annoyed when you run into Lancelot in the Kings room... maybe you haven't been able to steal a moment alone with Arthur since they met...he's always around!  blah blah... then you can cover and paint on the politeness and it will read more detest...  ask if you are confused...

Abbie - Yes on Fight moment... that's all looking really good.  keep it up

ALL - WE WILL GO OVER THIS BEFORE THE SHOW TONIGHT>>>> so be prepared at 7:15ish to at least mark through this in the space before house opens... ( I don't need royalty just ensemble and Lancelot)  during "dramatic Joust Moment"  the girls I told to run off with Drew (breh and someone) cut that.  Then the EXIT I told the ensemble to make after you bow... cut that.  I want to see everyone do their quick bow to lancelot and then just slowly and dramatically move to that far right side of the stage clumped up by the top of the stairs...   wait for the blackout on the king just like you USED to... then grab your bench and exit like you used to.  No need to run... go directly and quietly but no need to run.  

Garrett - do not hold the scroll in front of your face when you are announcing the Knights' names

Breh - "Crack Him"  go WAY over the top... be silly with it maybe it will get a laugh... think boy yelling at the tv during a football game... you are a jousting fanatic. 

Andy - When you come into the final scene... have your good real sword again.

ALL - RUN out to get into your lines for curtain call ... It's way too slow.  Tighten it up... quicker.  (my 4 individual bows ignore this)

ALL - very general note... DONT TOUCH STUFF!  I don't know how to explain this but if it isn't your prop or your costume...as an actor you shouldn't deal with it.  (not yelling at anyone in particular but for example... concession area, tables, ticket booth, programs, curtains, parachute, blue audience chairs, the airport rope things, etc.  We need to be respectful of Scott and the Theatre because he has graciously opened his doors for us. 

ALL - you should never been seen by the audience when you are prepping to enter the stage... kiddos... if you can see the audience...the audience can see you.  When STRIKING THE BENCHES... put them Right next to the Audience... don't have them sticking out in no man's land for the audience to trip over during intemission etc.   TURN OFF BATHROOM LIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED ( this turns on a really annoying fan and it's loud during the show)

ALL - Don't forget to park in grass by shed. 

OPENING NIGHT!!!! YAY!!!!! See you in a few hours.  

For Tonights Performance:

I completely forgot to announce this!  Hair and Makeup tonight, please!

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From 7-7:55 you'll have to:

1. get into costume
2. check the set make sure everything is preset correctly
3. Check your props
4. Hair and Makeup
5. Vocal Warm ups (John will be there to lead)

Can't wait for rehearsal.  Please take the time to go over notes and changes that we've made.  You'll all be great.  Break a leg!

Tonight's Rehearsal

I'm excited to clean.  I've very excited that the run throughs have been going so well that we can go back in and fine tune.  With that being said... last minute changes are a thing of theatre so please be patient and adapt quickly.

Work:

Lusty Set Up
Positions in the Dance

Lusty Playoff/Exit
(Lusty Scene?)
Transition from Bedroom to "Guenevere"
Follow Me (boys into armor)

Joust Set Up and Scene before...in armor with costume help
Drew's "Death"/Cues... in armor

Queen's Corination (boys out of armor)
Knighting
Exits after Knighting
Opening Scene - Merlyn, knights, and ladies, and arthur in tower.
Curtain Call

Whenever you are NOT working in a scene...just keep the noise back stage to a dull roar.  Running lines would be a good idea, specially speed throughs now that we are going to work on tempo.... just an idea.

Larry - I don't need you until 8:00.  Tristan I don't need you until 8:00.  Everyone else 7:00.

Call me if you need anything.

Notes 9/22

All - Sorry you aren't getting these until now... Make sure you also read all the way to the bottom.

Larry- Volume the whole show and especially on your songs.

Abbie- in Simple Joys... seemed like you were off with the music, dragging tempo some.  

Larry and Abbie - Thank you for adjusting your blocking.  It looks much better.  Just keep getting comfortable with each other and really Listen to each other... more discoveries in that opening scene.

Abbie - Slow down the line "Don't stare it's rude"  I couldn't quite understand it... and lock eyes with him while you say it.

Larry - Same moment "Don't stare it's rude"  Lock eyes for a brief moment and then embarrassingly turn away like you have been. 

Larry - Be careful moving too far Stg. Left of the bench... that weird oval light looks like you have more room but your face will actually be out of the light before your feet are.  I've tried to get that light changed out and unfortunately it's not to going to happen.  The oval light is on only when the lights are lower and its just the little "love area" that's lit.  

Larry - I think you two have extra music under your dialogue in the middle of "Camelot" so take that time to get all the way off the ramp... cut the jump off.  

Abbie and Larry - I had "Good Moment"  not sure which one...but the love is really coming along.  

Larry - during the sword in the stone speech... this is being real picky but I was thinking that "and lo it moved in my hand" happened about when the underscoring first played the "camelot" theme.  when the music becomes jubilant and more excited... this is kind of hard to explain via email.   And you're looking at the floor a bit too much during this speech, and volume.  :)

Kids in Corination:  you have props to present to the queen... ask felisha... start using them please.

Courtney - You sound lovely I WILL have a mic for you on Sunday... 

Abbie - in thinking up the round table scene... on you say "I think it is!"  he has just taken a step back.  grab his arm and pull him one step forward.

Abbie- the second moment of you behind his chair is awkward and I can't hear you cuz you are talking down too much.  Do something to him that pulls you more upright... 

Abbie - the last touch where you pull him out of his chair... it's not working to go between his chair and the table so go around the other side or something... 

Hailey - Perfect entrance in first scene... Everything is great but you can be excited about the proclamation! :)  smile.  And Be Louder

Andy - For Cest Moi  play with having the shield and a sword... You can put them down at some point. but I think you would have them if you were just galavanting across the land.  You should have a belt to sheath the sword into your costume.  

Andy - "For all that I am"  - Couldn't hear you.  much better on line memorization...keep working.

All - Keep working on the timing of those arms up and down as the kids run though, etc during "Lusty"  looks messy... but the big circle looked Much better so thank you for remembering those spread out positions.  

Tristan - Voice is getting much easier to understand...sometimes you just get to talking a little to quickly...

Abbie - "You're in Camelot"  Don't forget to invite everyone to be seated again on the blankets.

Larry - Acknowledge the ensemble bowing when you enter Lusty. Take a tiny pause so that they can relax again onto the blankets. 

Abbie and Larry - your crowns are on the prop tables... try to work with how to keep them on your head :)

Abbie - When you come in to "pick on Lance"... you have to come ALL the way into the room... there will be a curtain on the front of that entrance to the Kings room.

Abbie - "And yours will graciously obey"  walk towards door... turn back to him to check if he is going to command you...(yeah, that's what I thought - internal monologue) then exit.

Larry - How to Handle sounds GREAT.  bump the volume up a notch when you were singing very soft like on "love her...love her..." I really couldn't hear it.  but its really very sweet.

Courtney - Much Louder in scene with Drew and Andy... before joust

Drew - More time being "dead"  

Tristan - I need you off of the hill during the dramatic part of Joust, "dead drew part"  Not sure if you can come down the stairs behind Guenevere?  and be on the floor?  

Abbie - Beautiful "Before I Gaze at you"  I could use a little more of a break down right before... you seem to have plenty of intro music.  

Andy - Your line "sorry I didn't mean to disturb you" is the cue for the lights to come up.  So don't wait for the lights.

Abbie - Don't move upstage to Arthur's chair... isn't working. so just stay on the same plane with Lance.

Larry - YES that monologue is Lovely.  And when you bring that sword up it looks awesome.  Keep the sword being your trigger for "I am a king blah blah"  and no longer need to sit in the throne so cut that.  And yes, I agree the underscoring was silly...hopefully what John has made will button the scene perfectly to take us to intermission.

Mary - LOUDER  you are adorable but the audience wants to hear what you are saying.  You can simply hand Guen her cape don't need to put it on her.  And just know you will be wearing a cape yourself when you enter that scene... Linda will have that for you.

Andy and Abbie- Thank you... I'm feeling the "love" during "If Ever"  but one of you would start transitioning from one pose/position to another and it would be awkward and then when you settled into a new pose it was good again... ask me if this doesn't make sense.  

Drew - don't hug too close to the corner of the tower when you are in the king's room because there isn't any light over there.  

Abbie - I had "good step forward with Arthur"   idk but yay!  And your monologue in the bedroom was much better.  ty

Courtney - Much Louder in your forest scene... and stop laughing... if you don't buy it the audience is certainly not going to.

Ensemble - Where are you looking during Guenevere?  Your focus is all over the place.  Pick a spot to look at above the audience and keep looking there.

Hailey - Stand completely still and look at your spot over the audience when Courtney is singing her solo.  You have to stay in character at all times.

Andy and Abbie - I need you to sing like crazy back behind the kings room during Guenevere. 

Ensemble - Better Volume tonight on Guenevere... keep working though... I'll always need more volume!  

Larry - Good hug...very believable with Guen at the end... now can you initiate it?

Garrett - Smile more... you've run away and now your on this new adventure!  Don't look at me or anyone out in the audience.  I want to Cut you going around and jumping on the bench...don't need it.  Then when you exit...hug the side of the audience and sneak around behind the audience to get backstage.  

Ensemble/ALL - 1. Backstage should be completely set up for you today... so start moving your stuff in...makeup, under clothes, hair stuff... but you have to keep your stuff organized...either keep it in a bag and store it somewhere out of the way or put it in the lockers... something so that things don't get lost or thrown away.  

2. Clean up after yourself each night.  Throw away bottles of water, hang up costumes, put away props, etc.  If food or water is left lying around it will get thrown away. If you want to bring a waterbottle to keep there...put it in a locker.  

3. No eating food or drinks when you are in costume, except water, in a closed container.  No open containers of food or drink should be left out as they can get spilled. 

4. No tours.  Cast and Crew of Camelot are the ONLY ones to be backstage.  before, during and after the shows for the remainder of this process.  Also, no audience members are allowed on the set.  Someone will hopefully be monitoring this but don't think that you can take your grandpa up in the tower and take a picture...For example  :)

5. If you aren't blocked to be in certain areas of the set...you shouldn't be there ever.   For example, if you don't act in the bedroom set you shouldn't ever be up there.  Same thing with the tower and forest, etc.  This is for your safety and I apologize if I didn't make that clear before but I'm saying it now.  

That's all I can think of for now...

I felt kind of bad after the last rehearsal because I was trying to release you right at 10:00 and I only focused on the note about being quiet backstage.  Which IS SO SO important.  However, I didn't give enough credit... the run through was quite pleasant and all of you are making progress. So please keep up your hard work and we'll have a great show.  

We will start at 6:00 tonight and run through the show in costume.  I'm sure we will get started late as everyone will have to change so we will go until 10:00.  

Thanks 

Kayla

Tonight...

Sorry I haven't been posting like I should...

Tonight we have John... he is there to do the FINAL fix on anything that needs it... Tempos, notes, VOLUME.  I know Lusty is a must to go over... we are probably going to show it to him on it's feet (with the blocking) and then he'll fix.

Larry and Abbie - I need to fix some scenes and some blocking...now that we are off book I think we can finally work details.  I'm not sure when but I want to do it before Thursday so that we can try to run on Thursday with Lancelot.  :)   I do want you to be able to work with John though before he is out of the picture.  So have a list of things you need to work with him and we will just try to knock it all out.  (Larry I have the one note of the tempo in beginning of "How to Handle"  I'm not sure when but I want to do it before Thursday so that we can try to run on Thursday with Lancelot.  :)

I appreciate everyone's patience on Sunday and the mess that it was.  This will pull together!

****Newspapers and a small invited audience will be attending our run through next Tuesday.  Just wanted to give ya'll a heads up.  They know it is simply a rehearsal so not too much pressure but I want you to have some reactions before we open on Friday.