Alec Ballweg

This week was super busy for both of us so it has mostly involved squeezing in rehearsal time whenever we could. While we have very similar schedules, I don’t think either of us anticipated how hard it would be to block out time for rehearsing.

We had a tournament this weekend so we tried to be a bit creative with our rehearsals. On the trip to Puyallup, I drove and Kaia and I ran lines (much to the confusion of our other passengers). We also performed our scene for our team in the hotel room after our games were over for the day on Saturday. We initially saw it as a fun and goofy activity to do with our teammates, more of something to keep us entertained rather than actual rehearsal. But I actually found it to be very useful. It forced me to get into and stay in character in a more difficult circumstance than in class or closed rehearsals. It also felt surprisingly high stakes. I really wanted to impress them so it forced me to really get in the zone, so to speak.

This week, I’m really focusing on the motivation behind my lines. I feel like I know the lines well enough now to really go beyond just the words and focus on the intention of what I’m saying.