05/06/07

Today we practiced my scene with Maria again. Apparently one of our constructively criticizing directors thinks the scene is "the worst in the play", even though it is not that bad, Maria just giggles too much, and we look a little bit too uncomfortable. The director in question is just too stressed, as she makes a habit of becoming, and so i choose to not take her exaggerations as badly as i might. i admit that we need to improve it quite a bit, but i think she needs to think about what she is saying. Basically, we need to:
1. increase the sexual tension! (both)
2.speak up (mostly me)
3.look less awkward (mostly maria)
4.know our lines better so the scene would flow better (mostly maria)

I also made a suggestion about the flashback scene where Joe and his mom are driving through the country with Joe's dad. I feel it could be improved if all the lights were off, except for one spotlight at center stage, where nick would be. At the moment you can see Ezgi sitting in the chair saying her lines, and it looks like she is delirious, and nick is narrating, but if my idea were to be implemented, then he would narrate, and the audience would theoretically not see Ezgi, so it would seem like the voice was inside his head instead, which i feel is the way it should be. This idea was immediately dismissed, because Taylor felt it would "complicate things because its so late" but it is only one lighting change, nothing radical, so i now feel the directors are putting the quality of the play second to practicality/their fear of confusion, and i dont think that is the way to go, because both the tech crew and actors i talked to liked the idea. but, it is the director's call in the end.