Daniel Koster

Our process is really moving along well! We are now basically off book for everything, even that big final speech at the end! We rehearsed in the blackbox on Wednesday with props and with water in the beer cans. Adding the water to the beer cans really transformed how I personally interacted with my character. Now I feel like I really am drinking and can use beer way more effectively to drive home certain feelings during the silences. For example, I can be sad or frustrated in how I drink my beer.

We continue to be more explosive and dynamic in our rehearsals. We try really hard to be more pinch ouch in how we react to each other. However, we still have issues on the blocking. We are kind of making up as we go along. This leads to a fairly authentic yet inconsistent blocking for us. That being said, the more explosive and reactive rehearsals are really successful.

One thing I am still trying to work on and figure out is how to deliver my speech at the end of the play. I am experimenting with slowing it down and speeding it up at different parts. I try to go serious for parts of it and then go back to being joyful and playful during other parts of the speech. The results are mixed so this is definitely something that I need to keep working on. As a whole though, we are moving well in the right direction!