Tons of stuff has happened since the last entry. A few people cast have chosen to leave the show. We still need an FDR, Two Policemen, Two Dogcatchers and a Drake - where are all those tall handsome men??!!!??? I have a call in to someone to see if he'll accept FDR - should know by end of day. We spent the last two weekends blocking and choreographing. I now have the show 99.9% blocked - and then of course we'll have to fit in the guys when the empty roles are cast. I met with our Bert Healy last night and gave him his blocking - so we've got that covered.
I also went through the light plot, sound plot and fly cues with Jeff - so we have those in place. Jenny just needs to get her light cues for NYC in to him. The Empire doesn't have a fly loft, but we can utilize a traveler system over there for the backdrops. Jeff has been wonderful making calls to a couple of backdrop rental places. One rental establishment - Backdrops Beautiful, have a lot of wonderful, rich looking drops - the colors just pop when viewed online. We're trying to rent three from Backdrops Beautiful - a Back Alley, an NYC drop with theatre signs and a Warbucks Mansion with drapes. They said they would match competitors prices with a quote from the competitor. I'm hoping and praying we can get the three drops we want for $1500.00.
We have a couple of property mistresses pulling props for the show.
Amy has been pulling and building costumes - they are looking great!! The Hooverville folks have some wonderful coats - I'm loving the orange coat one of the ladies is wearing, I'll have to get a photo of her in it, she's so homeless looking - perfect!!
It looks like we may not have a pit, but use canned music for the show. The music has been ordered, so just waiting for that to be delivered to give a listen to.
Publicity photos are online to view the proofs at http://www.reevesphotography.com
I have a couple of student directors helping take notes, read lines and I think I'm going to have them type out the scenes and which actor is needed in each scene and what costume each actor is wearing in their scene. That would take some pressure off.
I'm meeting with Jenny tonight to try and finalize the rest of the rehearsal schedule and find time to finish the choreography. We'll also need time to go through the canned music with the actors once they have learned their songs.
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