The challenge in directing and rehearsing is deciding on the approach. Do we rehearse all the monologues by character, allowing the actors to create full fleshed portraits? Do we rehearse them as scenes, to let them interact and get a sense of the full moment?
Our answer was, let's do both!
We're starting out, these first few weeks, going through the script by character. The actors are finding some great things, and are really making every single character a full person, not just a caricature.
Later on, we will be putting all the pieces together. The actors will get to bounce their fully realized characters off each other (I am SO looking forward to that day) and we'll start to see the full arc of the piece.
Difficult? Yes.
Exciting? HECK YES!
Stay tuned.
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Hey there,
My name is Rebecca Bradshaw, and I am currently a student at Emerson. I actually had the opportunity to be a part of a production of The Laramie Project over my winter break last year. Myself and 8 other actors directed and staged the show together with a collaborative approach, which not only made it a lot different than anything I have ever done before, but it produced this really interesting dynamic. The one thing we had difficulty with was how to rehearse the "moments"; as scenes or as monologues? What we found interesting was how we intertwined our monologues and referenced to other people on stage even if they were frozen. We sort of made ourselves into set pieces to add an interesting twist. I am really interested in this piece, and found it truly enlightening working on it. If you need any help with the production I would love to give you some of my time. If not, I would love to come and see it, so keep me updated! Hope all goes well!
Cheers,
Rebecca
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