Love Bombing – Start of Week 3

I felt 4 things during the final rehearsal last week:

1.) That we had a very effective Psychological Thriller on our hands.

2.) That we were in a good place. Scenes were coming together nicely and blocking was starting to be crystalized. The story’s development was building and discoveries of actions, moments, and characters were layering the play. It was the first time I began feeling that the end product would be effective.

3.) That I still new more than the actors did. Rehearsing piecemeal, with actors being called at different times and days, it dawned on all of them that they hadn’t seen the play yet. This was nice for me on certain levels because I still felt like a painter at work. It was frustrating, however, during one moment, when an actor felt that one choice would be stronger than another. However, have a pretty good understanding of not only the script, but also the climaxes and levels of each scene as it relates to the play as a whole, I let the actor try it, but then went with my original choice. The actor still felt strongly about it, but this is where I wanted to tell something different.

4.) Apprehension. A bit of anxiety set in realizing that we only had one week of rehearsal before tech week. I don’t usually find myself anxious during a process until opening night. However, because I’m also the playwright, I feel it a bit more this time as the play is now set, with no more revisions planned.

The plan for the next four days is this:

Monday – 2 pm to 9 pm: Concentration of interrogation scenes between Norman (Andy Huff) and Tomas (Kevin Young). The main focus will be to solidify the blocking and actions of scenes 2, 4, and 6, and then to flush out the beats in scenes 8 and 9. Rehearsals will be finished at 7, with a production meeting to follow to make sure we’re all on the same page going into the week.

2. Tuesday – 6 pm to 11 pm: Fight call for the first hour. Then solidify blocking and actions of scenes 8 and 9. A run through of scenes 2, 4 and 6 if time allows.

3. Day off. Finish collecting my share of props. Val is responsible for the rest.

4. Thusday – Hang and focus will happen during the day with a dry tech scheduled for the evening.