David Furman

This past week we have spent the majority of our time working on specifics. We went through our entire scene and looked at the places where our tone of voice seemed to be random and not match up with the rest of the scene. An example of this is where I ask Torin about where his girlfriend is, even though she has not been mentioned yet in the scene. We worked this part so that my line sounded less random and less like I don't care. Previously, I was saying the line with a very laid back attitude. This approach just wasn't fitting with the scene. We have thus played with different tones of voice to try and capture the reason as to why Warren is asking where Dennis's girlfriend is.  We have taken this approach to many parts of the scene. We are really getting into the tone of voice that the characters are using at different times. In some instances, we realized that we had overdone what we felt the characters behavior to be. We realized that Warren should not be totally making a fool of himself up on the stage. We realized that warren does care about the situation and he is not as laid back as we once thought. We have tried to work bits of depression and anxiety into Warren's voice in order to convey that Warren still cares about the situation. Torin has also become a lot more physical with me while rehearsing. I guess we are becoming more comfortable with one another. When his character is getting angry or serious, he often comes over to me and either pushes me or throws something at me. This has created a much freer environment for us to work in and more aware of how our bodies relate to the space.