Mikayla Lopez

Up to this week when we had our rehearsal, we really tried to work blocking and listening and responding. We tried to fill in awkward gaps with movement to make it less awkward. We also think that our rehearsal times may have hindered our practice because we only had super early times in the black box that were available. With this in mind, we may not have been fully awake, and therefore we may not have fully dropped in.

This week we had our rehearsal, and we felt as though we again struggled with dropping in right away within our scene. We feel as though our monologues need to be slowed down, and voice articulation needs to be amplified. With this in mind, our voices need to be more dynamic, and the pace of our scene needs to be more regulated in rehearsal.

For next week, we will do the exercises of dramatically slowing down our scene, and we want to practice the scene over the top so we can practice getting out of our shells. We think the more ridiculous we practice it, the easier it will be for us to be more animated and dynamic on stage.