Liam Beveridge

After our last rehearsal Kim and I were feeling pretty stuck in our scene.  Having learned our lines and gotten comfortable with the beats we became unsure what else the scene was missing.  Rebecca advised us to try various exercises such as rehearsing the scene speaking the subtext of the characters lines instead of the actual lines and rehearsing the scene with completely melodramatic acting.  The former exercise helped me figure out which aspects of the character's subtext were missing when we delivered the actual lines.  Rehearsing the scene with ridiculous melodramatic acting helped Kim and I find more humor in the scene.  The melodramatic acting also made the shift in tone when Jessica starts asking about Warren's sister much more drastic and striking.  I would recommend both of these exercises to other groups.