Today, we had our third practice with the OSHER participants. At the beginning of practice we needed to print our scripts because a few people didn’t have them. Technology was not on my side today. The printer ran out of paper and the computer was being slow. Thankfully the participants were patient while the scripts were bring printed!
We had a new participant join our group today which was exciting. We had casted last week though so it required us to do new casting today. I was impressed how everyone was willing to be accommodating. I feel as though I am getting a glimpse into theater on how there are always moving parts and you cannot expect things not to change. We have not had a week where participants having changed so I am excited to see if this is our final cast.
Today, we did a run through with everyone playing their parts. I was very impressed with their ability to get into character and put emotion into their parts. Many of them got very into their part and started working on their acting. Next time, we will start blocking. We gave them the homework of familiarizing themselves with their lines and thinking about what kind of emotion they want to put into their part.
At the end of practice, we started to discuss what kinds of props and costumes we would like to use. This will be an ongoing conversation we have as we keep on working with the script. Right now, we have decided on capes, drums, and trumpet among a few other things. Everyone always has lots of questions and it is great to see them excited about the project! I am looking forward to starting to block our act.