Natalie Rich

Emma and I worked mostly on the notes you gave us. We ran through the scene a few times, with her focusing on playing higher status and me focusing on building up to anger as opposed to starting with it. I think that we both improved with the notes, but we'll have to keep rehearsing in order to make the scene even better. We also worked with the possibility of an additional couch on stage, and it definitely opened up the blocking. We will most likely incorporate it into the final scene. Now that we're offbook, the runthroughs are much smoother and we're both able to focus more on the specificity of moments/characters. We hope to work in the Black Box when we return from break because I think it'll help the scene feel more grounded in the space if we rehearse in it. We've been working in a small Copeland lounge (pictured below), and while it has been sufficient, I think working in the larger space would be good. Overall, the rehearsal process has been going well.