Zach Forster

We've added many more props! I brought in some more T-shirts, button downs, a Pikachu, and some underwear (it's clean I swear!) Adding objects to interact with- or just in general having their presence- makes the scene feel more real, more lifelike. Last week (forgot to mention this) we cut the scene since we had both memorized to around the same place in the lines and that was around 5 and a half minutes. Additionally, we wanted to focus on making the scene really about our characters and the relationship dynamic and not about trying to remember all the lines (especially with those long monologues) so we found a section to stop at that would keep the same meaning as the end of the scene. Anywho, this rehearsal is the most grounded we have felt yet- not perfect by any means, but a lot better than previously. We're finding our characters a lot more and ever had a 15-20 minute talk about subtext, our power dynamic/statuses, and internal conflict. The main focus is whether or not Adam still loves Evelyn and if Evelyn ever actually loved Adam. Keeping all these internal dialogues in mind during the scene has led to very cool new tension and allowed us to explore our characters a lot more. The final is keeping up soon, but we feel pretty confident in where we are, so now it's a matter of fine-tuning and finding the right power dynamic flows. Upwards and onwards!