Thursday: Pick-up rehearsal for Green Cast von Trapp kids, Max, Maria, Captain, Rolf
We will run every scene that has the children in it.
Rehearsal will run from 7:00 pm until about 9:30 pm, possibly closer to 9:00 pm. No costumes or makeup or mics. I can run Rolf's two scenes with Liesl back-to-back later in the evening, so Matt can show up about 8:30 pm. Shaun Furter and Ms Teri will be involved in a Flat Stanley performance from about 7-8pm.
Friday, Call is 6:00 for those with mics, 6:30 for others. Vocal warm-ups are at 6:45.
Before the show, I would like to see Frau Schmidt & Franz, Frau Schmidt & Maria, and run the opening sequence with the nuns.
Saturday, Call is 6:00 for those with mics, 6:30 for others.
Sunday, Call is at 1:00 for those with mics, and 1:30 for everyone else.
After the show, we need parents, spouses, cast members to help with costumes, props, and tearing down the set (please bring power tools!!) and taking some pieces over to our storage on Woodedge. The show runs from 3-6, and we'll have some light snacks (like cookies) available immediately after, but we really need to WORK quickly and hard for about 1 1/2 hours and then head over to the cast party. I will need HELP during the day on Monday from anyone that is available, because we need to finish getting all set pieces and furniture pieces off the Garza stage and out of the building.
Thanks for making this a FABULOUS RUN that you can all be very proud of! Thanks for making it both excellent and fun.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Scripts
Blue cast- please turn in your scripts on Sunday. Make sure you have erased all your notes. Thanks!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
This Week
We have several people who are unable to be at rehearsal on Thursday for significant reasons.
THEREFORE we will not be recording the show on Thursday, NOR will we be taking the cast photo.
Thursday's rehearsal: no nuns or nazi's called
7:00-8:00: Maria and Von Trapp Children (both casts) We need to correct some choreography that has gotten a little bit sloppy. Also, to fix some blocking on a couple scenes.
Friday:
Call 5:30 for Max and Elsa
Call 6:00 for those needing mics
Call 7:00 for those not needing mics - This doesn't mean you are entering the building at 7:00. Vocal warmups are AT 7:00
Saturday:
Call 6:00 for everyone. Get into costumes quickly and prepare for cast photo. Blue Cast in opening costume. Green cast in Festival costumes. We will be taking cast photo at 6:15 pm.
Sunday:
Call is 1:00 for those with mics; 2:00 for those without mics. Vocal warmups will be at 2:00. Please park across the street to allow space for one audience to begin to arrive while the afternoon audience is still here.
We will provide dinner between the shows. I will order an additional sandwich platter, and 2 more bags of chips. There will also be salad and dressing to accompany the meal.
We have a large group of Girl Scouts coming Sunday. They will be doing a backstage tour before the show, and we will do a bit of a short talk-back after the matinee show. We will need our leads to be able to stay on stage (we will provide a lunch plate for you) and answer some questions for about 15 min.
Here are two YouTube videos about the Anschluss:
VIDEO ONE
VIDEO TWO
THEREFORE we will not be recording the show on Thursday, NOR will we be taking the cast photo.
Thursday's rehearsal: no nuns or nazi's called
7:00-8:00: Maria and Von Trapp Children (both casts) We need to correct some choreography that has gotten a little bit sloppy. Also, to fix some blocking on a couple scenes.
Friday:
Call 5:30 for Max and Elsa
Call 6:00 for those needing mics
Call 7:00 for those not needing mics - This doesn't mean you are entering the building at 7:00. Vocal warmups are AT 7:00
Saturday:
Call 6:00 for everyone. Get into costumes quickly and prepare for cast photo. Blue Cast in opening costume. Green cast in Festival costumes. We will be taking cast photo at 6:15 pm.
Sunday:
Call is 1:00 for those with mics; 2:00 for those without mics. Vocal warmups will be at 2:00. Please park across the street to allow space for one audience to begin to arrive while the afternoon audience is still here.
We will provide dinner between the shows. I will order an additional sandwich platter, and 2 more bags of chips. There will also be salad and dressing to accompany the meal.
We have a large group of Girl Scouts coming Sunday. They will be doing a backstage tour before the show, and we will do a bit of a short talk-back after the matinee show. We will need our leads to be able to stay on stage (we will provide a lunch plate for you) and answer some questions for about 15 min.
Here are two YouTube videos about the Anschluss:
VIDEO ONE
VIDEO TWO
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Sunday Double-header
Sunday, Call is at 1:00, unless you have called Cary or Teri to tell us otherwise. Teri's number is 832-630-2185.
We will be providing lunch (sandwiches, salad, chips, lemonade) between the shows for cast and crew.
You will not be able to visit with audience after the matinee show.
Please park across the street. Men, please plan to walk our ladies to their cars after the evening performance.
We will be providing lunch (sandwiches, salad, chips, lemonade) between the shows for cast and crew.
You will not be able to visit with audience after the matinee show.
Please park across the street. Men, please plan to walk our ladies to their cars after the evening performance.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Saturday, December 3
Call is at 6:00 for anyone with mics and in need of vocal warm-ups. 7:00 if you do not sing and do not wear a mic. We will NOT be taking a cast photo today (see Carla's note below). There is just an awful lot going on today with auditions and everything. We will not need both casts of children there tonight.
Note regarding intermission: Bob will not do an intermission speech. However, we will play the 3-min entra' acte, followed by house lights off, and then right into the next song, during which the curtain opens.
Guys in the green room: Audience members are permitted to use the bathrooms near your dressing room, so during that 15 min, we recommend you stay in the dressing room. However, you have much of the rest of the show that you are not stuck in that room and are free to roam a bit...
Tonight, we are making a couple changes regarding nuns:
1) The song immediately after the party and as the new postulant enters just isn't working. It hasn't been great, but last night was the worst it's been. It also requires a frantic costume change after the party. Instead, after the party guests exit stage right, circle around behind the stage to stage left. The song will be sung from behind Mother Abbess' office (unseen). This allows us to have access to every available nun, without the frantic change. You can circle up, or get in whatever formation allows you to hear each other well. You'll also be closer to a monitor, which will have the mic'd voices in it. We will try this before tonight's show. Sister Sophia will still enter with postulant from stage right.
2) The finale of "Climb Every Mountain" in the cemetery/prayer garden - The "ahhs" will be started by Sister Sophia on the upstage raised platform. Sister Margaretta can join in from the stage. This has a more natural sound than starting on the stage and then having the rest of the nuns join in.
When you arrive today, you may find parking to be very full. Please park across the street by the park, so that we don't take every available space away from the businesses in the center . Men in the cast, please be available after tonight's show to walk our female cast members across the street to their cars after the show. Tomorrow, it will be necessary to park across the street as well.
Note regarding intermission: Bob will not do an intermission speech. However, we will play the 3-min entra' acte, followed by house lights off, and then right into the next song, during which the curtain opens.
Guys in the green room: Audience members are permitted to use the bathrooms near your dressing room, so during that 15 min, we recommend you stay in the dressing room. However, you have much of the rest of the show that you are not stuck in that room and are free to roam a bit...
Tonight, we are making a couple changes regarding nuns:
1) The song immediately after the party and as the new postulant enters just isn't working. It hasn't been great, but last night was the worst it's been. It also requires a frantic costume change after the party. Instead, after the party guests exit stage right, circle around behind the stage to stage left. The song will be sung from behind Mother Abbess' office (unseen). This allows us to have access to every available nun, without the frantic change. You can circle up, or get in whatever formation allows you to hear each other well. You'll also be closer to a monitor, which will have the mic'd voices in it. We will try this before tonight's show. Sister Sophia will still enter with postulant from stage right.
2) The finale of "Climb Every Mountain" in the cemetery/prayer garden - The "ahhs" will be started by Sister Sophia on the upstage raised platform. Sister Margaretta can join in from the stage. This has a more natural sound than starting on the stage and then having the rest of the nuns join in.
When you arrive today, you may find parking to be very full. Please park across the street by the park, so that we don't take every available space away from the businesses in the center . Men in the cast, please be available after tonight's show to walk our female cast members across the street to their cars after the show. Tomorrow, it will be necessary to park across the street as well.
Anyone?
I need someone to lobby guard tonight.( Sat. 12/3) I will make sure you will get a comp for any nother night, even though it might be next to tech booth since there are very few seats left.
I will be in Seusical auditions all day , so please text me. 281-682-9424.
I will be in Seusical auditions all day , so please text me. 281-682-9424.
Friday, December 2, 2011
cast picture
We will be taking the cast picture at the beginning of Thursday's pick up rehearsal. (This is a change from a previous blog.) After the picture the green cast may be dismissed. Blue cast wear sailor's uniforms, green cast in festival clothes. Everyone else in their costumes they wear at the beginning of Act 1.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Friday
On Friday, Call is at 6:00 pm. Everyone please come in and get mic'd up. I will set the table on the floor so that I can use the stage to position nuns for the opening number. I need to place Nevin in the formation, and I need to make sure it moves well to the wider formation on the bells. We need a couple of the nuns on stage right to move one step more. I'll show you on Friday.
"Maria" worked really well on Sunday. I'd like to run it once before the show to make sure we've cemented it. It looked so much less congested, and everyone looked more comfortable.
Party-goers, please remember to not all exit right after the Lendler. If you do, Max arrives in time for a non-party.
Party-goers, when the children come down to sing, group yourselves on the upstage platform or behind the Captain and Elsa. If you come too far downstage, you block part of the audience's view of the kids.
Max, we ran a scene with Captain, Admiral, and Herr Zeller after you left, and realized we need to change where you are when you talk to the Admiral. Please come downstage of the couch to tell him that the Captain has just been on his honeymoon. We'll try to run that scene Fri before the show, but you can walk through it with J, Shamus and Hannes
Frau Schmidt, remember to stay on solid ground for most of your conversation with Franz. After you say, "It's so humiliating," start up the stairs. Keep walking while Franz talks. Stop and turn just slightly, so you can say your line over your shoulder without having to do a complete turn on the stairs, then finish your ascent. This way, you're not twisting and turning half way up the staircase. Remember to do any turning on the balls of your feet so you don't stress the knee.
Nazi's, when you pull the curtains down, be careful not to twist the rod, or it shortens. Then, when you go to put it back up for bows, it might not stay up.
Scenes/songs to run preshow:
Opening sequence with nuns
Maria
Second Morning hymn (smaller group)
Edelweiss
Sound of Music Reprise
16 going on 17
"Maria" worked really well on Sunday. I'd like to run it once before the show to make sure we've cemented it. It looked so much less congested, and everyone looked more comfortable.
Party-goers, please remember to not all exit right after the Lendler. If you do, Max arrives in time for a non-party.
Party-goers, when the children come down to sing, group yourselves on the upstage platform or behind the Captain and Elsa. If you come too far downstage, you block part of the audience's view of the kids.
Max, we ran a scene with Captain, Admiral, and Herr Zeller after you left, and realized we need to change where you are when you talk to the Admiral. Please come downstage of the couch to tell him that the Captain has just been on his honeymoon. We'll try to run that scene Fri before the show, but you can walk through it with J, Shamus and Hannes
Frau Schmidt, remember to stay on solid ground for most of your conversation with Franz. After you say, "It's so humiliating," start up the stairs. Keep walking while Franz talks. Stop and turn just slightly, so you can say your line over your shoulder without having to do a complete turn on the stairs, then finish your ascent. This way, you're not twisting and turning half way up the staircase. Remember to do any turning on the balls of your feet so you don't stress the knee.
Nazi's, when you pull the curtains down, be careful not to twist the rod, or it shortens. Then, when you go to put it back up for bows, it might not stay up.
Scenes/songs to run preshow:
Opening sequence with nuns
Maria
Second Morning hymn (smaller group)
Edelweiss
Sound of Music Reprise
16 going on 17
Character award and cast party
Please be thinking about who you would like to nominate for HFAC's Character award. Nominations should be based on the actor (not production team member) that best demonstrates our core values -
FUN * FAMILY * EXCELLENCE * DIVERSITY
INTEGRITY * RESPECT * TEAMWORK * LOVE
And now for something really important.....
Who is up to hosting our cast party? Food will be provided- you just need to unlock the door. If you can't host but would like to help plan and organize please see me, Carla, or email me at pconover@entouch.net.
FUN * FAMILY * EXCELLENCE * DIVERSITY
INTEGRITY * RESPECT * TEAMWORK * LOVE
And now for something really important.....
Who is up to hosting our cast party? Food will be provided- you just need to unlock the door. If you can't host but would like to help plan and organize please see me, Carla, or email me at pconover@entouch.net.
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