REHEARSAL JOURNAL

Wednesday June 10th

DEAR SARA JANE: This was Victor’s last day to work with us. He will return for Work-Thru rehearsals in July. We read thru the second half of the play. Today we will review the first 28 pages and begin to stage the first Lynnie scene.

FIFTY WORDS: Michael Weller worked with us at the table. We read thru the play…taking time for questions. Michael encouraged the actors to explore and discover the characters “habits”,  “routines, and rituals. “People who have lived together develop routines and habits.” The characters: Adam and Jan are “hyper-sensitive” to each other.” It is very important that we like Adam and Jan. They love each other…even though their marriage is going through a “bad-patch.” FIFTY WORDS is a love story… it is painful…passionate etc. This is a powerful story about intimacy…or the search for intimacy.

         JAN:“When it’s working, family’s a nice thing, but when it’s not, It’s hell, and that’s how it stays until it gets good again.Tonight’s a down. This month, this year is a down. There’ll be worse to come, I promise you. And we’ll get through it if you allow things to be difficult...”

FARRAGUT NORTH: We table worked our way thru the script. We discussed lust for power…that power is addictive. We discussed “hubris” and the contrast between loyalty and friendship.

     TOM: “Thing you gotta know about Paul-he’s big on loyalty.”

We had a productive day #2

Ed Herendeen