It's been a long time since I've worked on a show of my own creation. Granted, it's an adaptation, but I was pretty much given a mandate by Neil (name dropper) to change it.
What was originally going to be Scene 1 is now going to be Scene 2. That came from the actors. And it's a good idea. I'm just annoyed and I didn't think of it first.
It's amazing what comes out of hearing people read things out loud. Granted, you get feedback from another set of brains, which is almost always helpful. But just hearing it myself, out loud, I begin to realize that oh, that's not working out as I thought it was or huh, that line's taking on a completely different meaning. Cool.
I doubt I'll be typing very much about the actual rehearsal here. Rehearsals are private. The actors have to have the security there to not play it safe. To try things that can fail, just to see what happens. I don't even like to have people at the dress rehearsals.
Speaking of which, I have to get props, etc. in line. Minimalist set--we have to load it into and out of the space in ten minutes, with no on-site storage. Reed and Inanna both change characters about four times apeice, so I have something that suggests all of the characters which can be changed easily. And then there's sounds. S'pose I should go check out our SFX CD's right now while I'm thinking about it.
Advertising: Sent off a press release to The Dreaming, a Neil fansite which is staggering in the amount of stuff they manages to collect about it. But then, if you're a Gaiman fan who's on the internet, you probably know about that anyway. Posted the press release to alt.fan.neil-gaiman. So far the only response is from someone who thought it was "directed by William Shatner." Alas, no.
This is all terribly frightening. Here I am, directing and adapting a show based on a story by a writer I greatly admire. Wow.
What was originally going to be Scene 1 is now going to be Scene 2. That came from the actors. And it's a good idea. I'm just annoyed and I didn't think of it first.
It's amazing what comes out of hearing people read things out loud. Granted, you get feedback from another set of brains, which is almost always helpful. But just hearing it myself, out loud, I begin to realize that oh, that's not working out as I thought it was or huh, that line's taking on a completely different meaning. Cool.
I doubt I'll be typing very much about the actual rehearsal here. Rehearsals are private. The actors have to have the security there to not play it safe. To try things that can fail, just to see what happens. I don't even like to have people at the dress rehearsals.
Speaking of which, I have to get props, etc. in line. Minimalist set--we have to load it into and out of the space in ten minutes, with no on-site storage. Reed and Inanna both change characters about four times apeice, so I have something that suggests all of the characters which can be changed easily. And then there's sounds. S'pose I should go check out our SFX CD's right now while I'm thinking about it.
Advertising: Sent off a press release to The Dreaming, a Neil fansite which is staggering in the amount of stuff they manages to collect about it. But then, if you're a Gaiman fan who's on the internet, you probably know about that anyway. Posted the press release to alt.fan.neil-gaiman. So far the only response is from someone who thought it was "directed by William Shatner." Alas, no.
This is all terribly frightening. Here I am, directing and adapting a show based on a story by a writer I greatly admire. Wow.
posted by Bill at
10:55 AM
