Scheduled: Scenes 1, 5, and 6. Added: 3, 8, and 11

Sunday morning 10am-1pm.

We are making progress. Each reading of the scene gets stronger: we find the more subtle shifts and sharpen the arcs.

The scenes between Alex and Suzan are getting much stronger - Alex’s insecurity, dryness, and sensitivity is matched by Suzan’s charm, self-confidence/lack of boundaries, and frenetic energy.

The actor playing John is bringing deeper truth to his disarming anger. It’s unnerving and crazed and a total emotional release for him.

For the set, at this time I am torn between moving the furniture offstage in between or leaving it on. Since I have each section of the stage denoting a distinct location, it could be possible to just keep other sections in the dark with lighting. When we tried rehearsing with everything onstage today it wasn’t as distracting as I thought it would be. We also used two cubes (it was a journey into storage to find those- BUT WE DID) instead of chairs for the car and that makes it less imposing. We need a desk for Madeleine and Alex’s apartment, and possibly a bar for center stage that doubles as the Fulfillment Center. I really like the bar with stools for Madeleine and John’s date, but I don’t want it to be distracting for the Fulfillment Center.

The date I set for Off Book is January 7th when we return after the holiday.

Tomorrow I’m going to finish a table to organize my thoughts on sound and light ideas along with listed cues.