I'm so proud of all of you!!! 💚

I've been doin a happy crock dance all weekend and hope you have too.

Now, we're not going to get over confident or lazy, we're going to continue to strive and reach and grow. So, here are a couple thoughts-

Darlings: “Tender Shepard's” is beautiful.

Peter p 11: Shadow section is great, thank you. Put soap down after you sit so that it doesn’t bounce. 😆

Peter “I’m Flying”: Great job flying around.

Wendy + Michael + Peter “I’m Flying”: Much better when you fly, keep it up!

Lost Boys p 24: The sound cue has been fixed. It will be fine next time. Thanks for rolling with it.

Pirates p 24: Great job being ready.

Peter “I won’t grow up”: Pick some lines to be the mean teacher.

Peter p 58: “Ahoy there you lubbers!” Your voice has to change here. Sound like Hook

Lost Boys p 70: Are you staying open here? I haven’t been able to see you in a while.

Peter: Your scene with Tink is beautiful.

Pirates + Lost Boys p 87: The criss-cross has to happen MUCH more quickly. Vocalize! Pirates, you can tease them.

Pirates + Lost Boys p 90: Don’t yell out “There’s something behind you!”. It destroys the joke.

Hook: Open out for your last line.

Cast:   After bows:

• Friday- exit and get changed.
• Saturday- we will allow you to get pictures with your family, ONLY IN THE HOUSE, not on the stage, not in the hall

• Pick up Rehearsal tomorrow TUESDAY - May 14, 2019

Students are to report to the cafeteria at 2:30 - 4:15/4:30 release in front of Toll

If we start before 3:00 PM we should be able to get everyone out between 4:15/4:30.  

Parents of those students in the orchestra concert, please be outside and ready for pickup at 4:10 PM in case we are ahead of schedule.  

• Call time for this weekend:

Friday - May 17th         5:30 PM

Saturday - May 18th     5:00 PM - we will be doing a cast picture prior to the opening of the house.

Fabulous Dress Rehearsal on Thursday everyone!!

This is why we love the theater 💕🎭 Congratulations! 
Let's continue to grow our individual performances and our production.

Today, Friday the 10th
Everyone enter the front doors of Toll and go directly to the auditorium.
Bring a water bottle with your name on it. 

Mrs. G & Elise- 4:00
All tech crew-  4:30
All actors-        5:00
  *note, miced actors dressing first so that they can go to Mr. De La Graza & Tigran 

a song for you

REMINDER

Good job on Saturday folks! Thank you!!

Here's a look ahead ⇨

Monday, April 6
2:30-5:00 - release in front of Toll
costume parade
pick up show with Scene 6 and run to the end
stage bows

Tuesday, April 7
2:30-5:00 - release in front of Toll
run show twice

Wednesday, April 8 
🌟WEAR GREEN PETER PAN SHIRTS
🌟BRING DANCE SHOES
Keppel Teasers 8:15-lunch

Thursday, April 9
community outreach dress rehearsal 8:15-lunch

Notes from the 5/2 run thru

 ✨Our techies are our pixie dust ✨


Notes from the 5/2 run thru

☆ Everyone: Be careful not to mouth the other actors’ lines!

Prologue:

Peter: Push the windows open all the way. Don’t stick your fingers through the "glass"

Lost Boys: On your entrance, be inviting to the audience. Check your stage positions (they were ugly).

Darling Family: Great Entrance.

Natalie & Nicole: Sit up one step higher.

Scene One:

Mama: Don’t cross in so far.

John: Bow to Mama on her entrance.

Nana: Start your cross to papa for the bath exit sooner.

Nana: Enter sooner on your second entrance.

Papa: Look at your “Good Nana” lines. You're skipping some.

Wendy: Volume, volume, volume

Mama: You need to turn the night-lights on.

Mama: When you’re standing by Wendy, you need to put your hand on her shoulder, her hair, touch her like you’re fond of her.

Wendy: Show shock on waking up to see Peter sitting there.

Wendy: You need to get your sewing kit from the chair.

Peter: Look at the kiss. Be curious about it.

Wendy & Peter: Stay open when you’re looking at the dresser.

Wendy & Peter: Look each other in the eyes when you’re talking

*Wendy + Peter: This is a change. On page 13, on Peter’s line, “I don’t know…” Peter should cross up to the window. Wendy, follow him on your cross.

Wendy or John: The lights have to be turned out before Liza comes in.

Wendy: Move the chair.

Micheal, John & Wendy: “Lovely thoughts...” Fix your stage positions, they were ugly.

Neverland:

Pirates: Start moving into the theater earlier on the Pirate March.

Lost Boys: Do not scream like girls when the Pirates are coming.

Hook: We can’t understand your first line. Slow down, think about what you’re saying.

Hook & Smee: Eye contact during conversations.

Pirates: During search, some will exit to get their prop instruments. Some can sit and fall asleep, whittle, something like that.

Pirates: Let's fix the exit after the croc enters.

Ceci & Eeva: Great job choosing to use a different exit.

Brave Girls p 33: Look at the script. By not hitting your cues, you’re leaving the Lost Boys stranded.

1. “I do wish Peter were here”
2. Rustle rustle rustle
3. “What’s that?”
4. (A moment of silence)
5. “It’s so quiet.”
6. “Ugh!”
7. “Brave Girls!”

Small Brave Girl: React after they shush you. Do you think it’s funny? Are you embarrassed?

Lost Boys: Don’t go upstage to get bows and arrows. Wait ‘till they’re brought to you.

Wendy: On the hand move, lift your hand waaaay up, and swish it around like everyone’s annoying you and you just want to shush them.

Jayden & Sebastian: Great job when you were standing by the proscenium.

Curlies: Do the dance move of scooting backward with the Twins.

Lost Boys: Create the decorations. Act as if you’re tying together vines, flowers, etc.

Lanora & Seri Jane: Don’t cross downstage of Peter.

Lost Boys: Look at the lines for this scene.

Peter: Change your voice for Hook. Try to sound like him.

Tiger Lilly: On “Follow me!”, Make a big movement. This will help the audience understand what's going on.When you are on a mic the sound of your voice won't draw the audience's attention to you. The voice could be coming from any actor, it has no direction.

Burrow:

Twins: One on each side of Dad with slippers.

Lost Boys: During the song, not everyone can put their head down on their knees.

Wendy: Stand on “Yes, I suppose…”.

Lost Boys: Every time you enter to the Burrow, remember the audience. Remember that there are people sitting in the chairs against the walls to house left. OPEN UP. Actors who are the most downstage should choose a kneeling position.

Hook: When talking to Smee (with Wendy tied up), hold the poison bottle out to your right. Don’t hold it out in front of Wendy's face.

Rehearsal Notes April 16-29

1. Think on this → 
The audience is the most revered member of the theater.
Without an audience there is no theater.
Every technique learned by the actor, every curtain, every flat on the stage, every careful analysis by the director, every coordinated scene, is for the enjoyment of the audience.
They are our guests, our evaluators, and the last spoke in the wheel which can then begin to roll. They make the performance meaningful.
~Viola Spolin

Q: What is our goal? A: To tell a story to the audience.
The audience must be able to
see you
hear you
understand you
believe you
feel you

2. Also, think on this ⇉


















3. Notes from the last couple of weeks →

*No one, except Elijah, is loud enough*

Elijah- Take care of your voice, watch that video about breath support

John + Micheal p 5- When mama is crossing with the hat, verbalize a little bit.

Mama p 7- After papa exits, turn on night lights.

Lost Boys p 24- “Flying! Flying! Flying” held the excitement of “Mud. Mud. Mud.”

Smee p 28- Make your cross down center because of the way the captain gestures with his hook.

You want to get away from the hook.

Hook p 29- “Call back the band” - WAIT FOR SMEE’S WHISTLE - “They say that peter pan…”

Pirates p 27- 75% too much movement on searching for lost boys. Last warning.

Lost Boys p 32- Entrance much better, thanks.

MAYA + Smee + Stage Right Pirates+ Lost Boys-

Use a piece of rope to take the lost boys across as if they’re all tied to it.

Lost Boys + Wendy p 36- Wendy is going to need to be dragged in from the most downstage wing

(closest to the audience) So, Lost Boys who are at the edge of the actual stage

(Charlot and Leona?) are going to need to move upstage in their kneeling positions.

We will have to go back and fix this.

Lost Boys p 37- When Wendy is dragged on, you think she’s a giant bird.

Look at her in excitement and awe. This doesn’t happen every day.

Lost Boys p 37- React when Peter tells you that It’s not a bird, it’s a lady.

Lost Boys + Peter + Micheal + John p 38- “I didn’t get to see Wendy” How did it go?

Remember for the line “and be our mother…” lean toward center stage first, lean toward offstage second.

Hook p 44- Slow down your line “The game is up…”

Pirates p 57- Vocalize on entrance.

Tiger Lilly p 57- Show your defiance physically. You are better than they are. You are very proud.

Pirates p 58- Great job with confusion and looking for Hook.

Tiger Lilly p 58- When you cross away from the Pirates, you know that Peter is playing a trick on them.

When you depart, make some type of physical action or gesture to the Pirates on your exit.

(let’s talk about it) When you get to the Lost Boys, go all the way stage right

before talking to them to avoid having your back to the audience.

Hook p 59- In the script it says “Shreeks”, but don’t hurt your throat.

All p 70- After Tiger Lilly’s line “We’ll keep guard and look for pirates”

there will be a scene change with a new sound cue. (Sound cue 27.5)

Wendy p 70- Enter as lights go up.

MAYA + Twins + Nibs p 70- There is fabric to be slippers and tree bark for the newspaper.

Wendy + Peter + Twin 1 p 71- We need to fix the stool thing.

Wendy p 75- On your line “Peter, how I wish I could take you and squeeze you”,

you need to reach out to him and try to hug him so that he can pull away from you.

Peter p 77- You’ve got this scene. Relax and trust yourself. It has to be honest.

Hook p 79- Go over your speech. Remind yourself of exactly what you say and where the mood changes.

Peter- in the duel, Hook must catch you and "push" you down with his Hook. You have to sell this.

4. Rehearsal for April 30th, May 2nd, May 4th

Tuesday the 30th

All called 2:30-5:00 - students released from the front of Toll

Thursday the 2nd

All called 2:30-5:00 - students released from the front of Toll

Saturday the 4th
Techies called 8:30-5:30
Actors called 10:30-5:30
-everyone dropped off & released from the front of Toll
-everyone, wear closed toed shoes
-everyone bring:
extra healthy snacks if you'd like
a water bottle marked with your name
a book
your patience



It's mandatory. We're all sacrificing. 

5.

          Fairy Dust Award
      Antonia, Lilit Y & Lilit V
super rehearsal etiquette, great job taking notes and always being ready when you're needed

Rehearsal Notes, 4/9

1. We had a really productive rehearsal. 
    When you guys are engaged- you are truly moving. (Meaning, you move the audience, you affect us, you cause us to feel.)


2. This upcoming Tuesday's Rehearsal
            Full Cast 2:30-5:00
  
   You will be released in front of Toll

   

We will be stumbling through the first 1/2 of the show. 
Prologue  ->  Hook's Tarantella 

Know when and where your entrances are, 
and be ready!








3. Think on this-

4.

            Fairy Dust Award

             Twin #1 & Twin #2

               Michael & John

~Both of these teams are making great strides in working together 

and developing relationships between their characters.

Rehearsal Notes 4/2 and dances

4/2 Great rehearsal actors!



1. Notes from Rehearsal 4/2

Lost Boys p87 - When you are brought in, be scared. Look around.

Pirates p87 - When the Lost Boys are brought in, “threaten” them.

Twin 1,2, Slightly, and Nibs p87 - Are you really considering his question,

or are you being snotty?

Wendy p88 - Wendy is afraid, but is doing her best to not seem so.

Wendy p88 - How do you react when Hook says they’re all going to die?

Pirates p89 - Remember to not follow Hook downstage immediately.

Either be frozen with fear for a minute and then run or try to be brave for a minute,

and then give in to your desire to run.

Wendy and Lost Boys p89 - React to Peter and the Brave Girls’ entrance.

Noodlers p89 - When you say your line, look at each other,

and be really scared with the realization that there’s a ghost on board.

All p89 - When Peter says “It’s Peter Pan the avenger”-

react! Are you happy? Sad? Relieved? Mad? Surprised?

Lost Boys p90 - React to Peter on his line “I am youth…”

All p90 - React to Hook producing the bomb.

Lost Boys p90 - According to your lines, the children are obviously very scared.

Tiger Lily p90 - What are you thinking during all this?

Tiger Lily would be planning how to handle each turn in the situation.

All p90 - React to Hook’s exit.

Tiger Lily p91 - Tiger Lily is very stoic,

but put a lot of strength and conviction behind your line.

2. Everyone is now off book!

Call "line" if you are struggling and Elise or Sidda will be on book to feed you your line.

3. Rehearsals for this upcoming Tuesday & THURSDAY

Apr 9	ALL CAST 2:30-5:00 Prologue All Finale All I Gotta Crow All except Hook, Mama, Papa & Nana
Apt 11	ALL CAST 2:30-5:00 I’m Flying Wendy, Michael, John, Peter AND FULL CAST PHOTOGRAPHS & MUSIC REVIEW

                   ↑  👀 ↑ 

                   This is new

4. Think on this...

Listening is not merely hearing.

Listening is reacting.

Listening is being affected by what you hear.

Listening is active.

~ Michael Shurtleff

~When you (and by this I mean your character)

 is in the presence of someone who is speaking, 

you need to hear them for the first time. 

Every time is the first time you are hearing this.

5

         Fairy Dust Award

                 Elijah

You are doing such a great job taking direction!

And your enunciation is improving every rehearsal, which is quite an accomplishment considering all of Hook's crazy language!!
You are building a very strong character.