March 12 Rehearsal

First order of business, the fancy layout with the pirate ship is the product of our stage manager Ashley White. Thank you for helping with the great new background!
Second, today, the design team of TWELFTH NIGHT met with Alison for a production meeting in the lovely new gazebos just across from the Center for the Arts on campus. Alison and the designers sat down for some discussion of our play's set, sound, costumes, props, and more. Alison said she was “thrilled to death” to work with all of the designers, and will be available to her designers any time they want to discuss the show. Kathleen Ludwig will be designing costumes, Phil Johnson will be designing the set, Jacob Henry is sound designer, Sarah Thomas will be designing makeup and hair, and Cody Lindley is our properties designer. Everyone is working hard and is ready to make Illyria come to life! Phil, our set designer brought in a model of the set, and Kathleen our costume designer brought some rough sketches! Take a look…

Alison's goal for the play is to make TWELFTH NIGHT like a sitcom (Think FRIENDS set in the 1600s). This evening, I sat and watched the development of Sebastian, Sir Andrew, and Sir Toby's sword fight scene. The actors spent a portion of rehearsal practicing their fencing moves, and choreographing this comical duel in the play. Tonight, we also worked on Olivia's first scene with Sebastian. Since there is little interaction with Olivia and Sebastian in between Act 2 and Act 5, Alison is working to make the romance as juicy as possible in their two scenes. With this nice mix of action, and romance, there's not much missing from our epic play.
After tonight, our cast won't be rehearsing until after Spring Break. It will be a nice break for everyone, and we are prepared to hit the ground running when we get back.