Iris Arnold

Reminder we're doing scene 2 from proof.

this is what we're imagining the setting of the scene is.

We focused mainly on blocking with this rehearsal as it pertains to beat changes that we've observed. We confirmed that my (Claire) passive action will be veggie prepping (will need knife and cutting board prop) and that Johanna (Catherine) will be eating/ playing with food thats on the table in front of the couch and I will be talking to her from the kitchen counter initially. Both of us will use our passive actions to fill empty space or 'awkwardness'  between Claire and Katherine that results from the intensity and the passive aggressive nature of their interaction.  When Claire confronts Katie about the police coming by last night she will step out from behind the counter top to face Katherine in the living room. At a later point in the confrontation after Harold Dobs comes up, Claire will pick up a champagne bottle laying sideways on the floor a few feet away form the couch. Things come to a head when Claire exclaims "YOU called THEM" then a little more fighting then Catherine says "well people are nicer to you" and that line triggers Claire's sympathy/ protective older sister persona to come out and with that she sits next to Catherine on the couch and asks her if she wants to come to New York. With her second to last line "I'm PERFECTLY OKAY", Catherine stands up to face Claire (still sitting) and that's the blocking skeleton! I feel like every time we run the scene, we gain even more insight into each character's internal attitudes towards themselves and each other and as a result the delivery of the lines, the space between the lines and the action that goes with the lines becomes more like a reflex or a reaction to the context. Happy with the progress!