Natalie Souders

And there I was, at Fred Meyer, holding six bottles of various assortments of sparking juice, all of which could pass for champagne bottles, looking like a lonely alcoholic. I, then, without appearing suspicious in the slightest, stuffed all of the juice into my backpack, got on the Pio Shuttle, and then walked past my RA with the bottles jingling.

When Julien and I were rehearsing, it was amazing how much of a difference some props and a finalized set made. Using a couch instead of a chair automatically grounded Catherine, and actually having a door for Hal to enter from made it more realistic. Holding a bottle of "champagne" and drinking directly from the bottle is awkward. I've managed to spill it up my nose more times  than I would like to admit.

Because it is so hard to be able to use the black box, we ended up rehearsing in the Copeland lounge (multiple times) and in a random lecture hall (once again, multiple times). We made charts about our characters' feelings and, after every run through, we picked out things we need to work on. Our major goals were to work on specificity and grounding.