Day Eighteen

Our third week of rehearsal is done!  The time has flown by up here and I'm trying not to think about having to return to regular life in a week...

Rehearsal began with one final run of the show in the rehearsal room.  Knowing that we had our sitzprobe a few hours later, there was some vocal marking going on - but nothing else was held back.  Now that we're a few runs in, the show has really settled into a larger arc that was exciting to watch.  The wonderful moments that were already there get more specific and more amazing each time we pass them by.  There were some designers and assistants there watching the run to prepare for tech - trying to track the moving set pieces and figure out the quick changes and all those things that are about to be thrown into the mix.  I'm so happy that the show is on such solid footing and can easily withstand everything new that's on its way!

We moved our rehearsal to the Playhouse living room to sing through the score with the full band for the first time.  The musicians are wonderful and have jumped in feet first over this weekend.  It was exciting for me to get to hear the score all the way through again - including a few new moments that were written for this incarnation that I've never heard with full orchestration.  It makes me re-appreciate just how wonderful Julia is all the more in situations like that!  I think (I hope) it was just as exciting for the cast to get the full effect of the score for the first time.  I can't wait for the music to color all of the amazing work they've already been doing when we move into the theater!

The girls singing a nice open vowel...

Cello, violin & bass!

As the sitz went on, we got to peek in on all the work they're doing in the theater.  So far we've only seen the portals in the set design, but it's already beyond exciting.  I can't wait to stop by on our day off to keep checking it out!

Next time you read a rehearsal report, tech will be in full-swing...  Crazy.