Rehearsals for Ranyevskaya

Today we introduced the idea of given circumstance more and discussed where my character had just come in from. She had previously been out having lunch squandering her money and probably drinking, so therefore she may have been slightly tipsy and so her characteristics may be heightened, and more flirty. This is due to the fact that she had men throughout the previous part of her life, and at that moment no man was present and that probably gave the impression that she was in desperate need for masculine affection and attention. So Sarah directed me to perform in that way more, and so I have thought even more thoroughly about how my character may be in that particular scene and how I can present that with how I know where they have been previously. We also decided the lay out of the scene and blocked it, so that we collectively bring on chairs and lower them simultaneously, taking the place of the people who were previously performing as our character so that it will be clearer for the audience, this is called a motif, as it will run throughout the play.

In today's rehearsal we went through the entire play and wrote down any constructive feedback to our fellow peers.