Last night was our first tech rehearsal--it actually went pretty well, regardless of the fact we didn't start doing anything until about 7 because the director wanted to warm the actors up fully as if it was a regular performance. Now, I can respect that, but I've got a 5-act show to tech and you're eating up my time! anyway, we got through 31/91 pages which is pretty good...we've got this evening 6-10:30 and then our 10 out of 12 is Sunday...we're hoping to get a run in on Sunday...that'd be fantastic.
I was particularly proud of the one major scene change in the show which happens from Act One to Act Two. The actors have to move 4 cubes, bring on 4 chairs, a harp, a table, a bed, and a chaise lounge. For this we paused in tech, I assigned people roles one-by-one, hoping that I was not going to screw it up, then we took it slowly in regular scene light to check the traffic patterns. Then we ran it in transition light which happens to be blue which is FANTASTIC because I just happen to be using neon yellow spike tape which (obviously) glows in the blue light. It went well, so we tried it with the music/singing that has to happen in the transition and the timing was perfect. I-in the words of my director-single-handedly choreographed the one major problem of the show.
Sorry. I had to boast a little. I'm kinda proud *sniff*
