Notes 07/21/2014

Good morning everyone! 

Thank you for your hard work and patience. I especially want to thank those of you who stayed until the bitter end. I know it wasn't easy but things needed to be done. 

I really can't wait to see how things go tomorrow night, with an audience. They're going to LOVE this show!  

Tomorrow night, get there as soon as you can and get in costume. Lots of things need to happen before we start tomorrow night. The theatre will be open as early as 6:30 pm, although it is entirely possible that It'll be open before that. I plan to head down there at some point and get some more things accomplished. We need to go over curtain call, which won't be difficult (need to keep it fairly simple because of the water). Then, those who have mics will need to do mic check. Then we need to run through some things with the orchestra. If we can, I'd like to run the tug-of-war at least once or twice. We can go over a few other things. If we can be finished by 7:30 pm great, but if we need to hold the house a little longer, we can do that too. Regardless, we MUST start no later than 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. 

Reminder: If you haven't brought money for lunch Sunday and/or your t-shirt, be sure to bring that tomorrow (or let me know why you need to play later-although, try to not do this if you can).  

And now...your notes (read and reply letting me know that you've received and read the notes: 

LIGHTS: (@ preshow) Can we set the house to be a fade? We can time it tomorrow night to be sure, but I the song (as it is on the CD) is 4:26. Also, can the sun effect remain brighter and be the last thing we see or do they all have to fade at the same time?

TOBY: When you come on and check your watch and stuff (other stage business), that looks great. 

TO DO: Need lock latch on the tank

SARA: Melissa, you have great stage presence.

SNOOKIE: Great facial expressions

GESHY: Don't move your flask down on the brief unfreeze to sing, just away from your mouth.

STAGE CREW: Close traveler sooner. 

LIZZIE: Give me a lump of sugar I'll whinny: Eat a small piece of chocolate? Just a suggestion.

TO DO: Straighten the home sweet home sign

LIGHTS: (@ 1-1-9) Lights don't dim until Lizzie is alone. Wait until the guys rush off. 

TO DO: Fix the green curtain in the curry house

STAGE CREW: Practice the change after "Love Don't Turn Away."

YOUNG FOLK: Practice/Work on the tug of war

NOAH/H. C.: Come on a second sooner

JIMMY: Don't look back to see

JIMMY: Get up and slowly cross over the hc when you start talking about larking around

JIMMY: On "She didn't go to buy nothing turn out to the audience." Stay that way until after "I guess you're right pop." That way the audience sees your facial expressions.

NOAH: I guess you knew what happened to your line :)

FILE/NOAH/H. C./JIMMY: All of your numbers are looking great.

JIMMY: "He might even be at the picnic grounds," don't say that soft or the audience won't hear it.

JIMMY/FILE: The fight is looking better but please practice it over and over to get the fluidity right.

STAGE CREW/ANYONE: Anyone In a position to, please be sure the curtains in the house and files office are tight and closed and no red is showing.

STAGE CREW/EVERYONE: Make sure the legs aren't in front of the periaktois.

THE BAKER SISTERS: Try to be on either side of Lizzie and try not to turn upstage.

DOC BROWN: Your lines have to be faster and/or come faster.

COSTUMES: Can Ellie have a hat like Sara?  Maybe swap? Not sure.

LIZZIE: Can you wear your hat during the beginning of the picnic? Take it off before you start getting things ready at the table. 

JIMMY: Careful not to get too soft when you tell Lizzie how to act

STARBUCK: Don't take your hat off too soon.

STARBUCK: On "Nice shiner" ... Pause ... Then talk about the cattle

ANNA: Samantha, when Starbuck takes his hat off and acknowledges you, giggle before young back to SNOOKIE.

STARBUCK: "Comes from the sky," don't point up til you say sky

STARBUCK/MUSIC: Work the part after cumulonimbo. The ahhs

TO DO: Need a brake for the table one doesn't work.

EVERYONE: Until you dance, don't stand in front/block of Starbuck

STARBUCK: It looks more powerful as the end of a song if you don't take your hat off until the last note of the song.

STAGE CREW: What was wrong with the traveler after the rain song?

RONALC: David Smith, when you get to the Starbuck's wagon scene, hang out upstage of and stage right of snookie

NOAH: We got a mule back at the house delivery and timing were great.

STARBUCK: Can the last "let the rain come" be more falsetto?

STAGE CREW/KIDS of CINDERELLA: Once Starbuck is offstage, kids can come on before the wagon goes off.

STAGE CREW: The change after Cinderella needs to go a hair faster. They all could be faster. Maybe run all scene changes and try to tighten them.

JIMMY: Bring the blanket on around your shoulder…it'll be easier to wear the drum. 

NOAH: Take a look at her ... Roam free ...the roam free half should be on stage left of Lizzie.

LIZZIE: Sigh before you ask H. C. if you can get lessons on being a woman

STAGE CREW/H. C.: Where is the folding chair?

LIZZIE: Faster on the jimmy hey jimmy.

FILE: Careful on widower. It sounded like widder

LIZZIE: The turn at the end of man and a woman was moving. Just a bit sooner during the end swell and it'll be perfect.

LIZZIE: Can you adjust yourself (for lack of better phrases at the moment) to help become Lilly Ann Beasley.

JIMMY: Hands out of your pockets

 NOAH:  Great on lines and exit before old maid

TO DO: Line wooden box with wax paper

EVERYONE: No tapping out the fire exit door please. We can hear you.

STAGE CREW: Curtain needs to open sooner while entracte is playing

LIGHTS: Can the star curtain be slightly dimmer throughout? With the exception of blackouts, I think it will be okay to leave the star curtain on throughout act 2. The Chinese lanterns can be done the same way. 

LIZZIE/FILE/STARBUCK: Shannon has some tape for your mics at her stand

TO DO: Get new batteries.

STAGE CREW: (yes I know you were short staffed) After Simple little things table should be behind traveler and people need to be there.

FILE: What happened to your flashlight?

LIGHTS: (by 2-3-13) Before little red hat scene, could it be a tad brighter (like it is when file comes on (@ 2-3-20))

H. C./NOAH/JIMMY: Scene before little red hat. Guys go over those lines and try to make them go quicker

SNOOKIE: When you come on, don't upstage jimmy, stand SR of him. 

JIMMY/SNOOKIE: Check your lyrics to little red hat; otherwise the number is really cute!!!

JIMMY/H. C.: Hold your lines for the applause after little red hat

LIGHTS: (@ 2-3-23) Scene after horsewhip line fast blackout

NOAH/H. C.: Please take your lanterns off when you exit?

STAGE CREW: When everyone is there I'm sure the table won't be there during that scene.

STARBUCK: "Are you plain, Lizzie?" Careful of that delivery

STARBUCK: It sounded like you said "Safe in my arm." Careful of the s at the end\

STARBUCK: No breath in the middle of beautiful.

STARBUCK/LIZZIE: Thought we settled on facing each other and intertwining fingers.

Jimmy don't let Noah upstage you. Everything that we went over the other day is looking AMAZING! Keep it up!

EVERYONE: If you're upstage, you really have to project.

LIZZIE: Make "I told you to run…if you hadn't been singing" faster

LIZZIE: Make "File let him go..." like a last effort of a lost cause.

STARBUCK: "Can't see anything past his badge" poke badge

NOAH: Noah you were fine with the swaying until the end; careful of the swaying. 

TO DO: Hang USL Leg

TO DO: Mask the area of the props closet that can be seen from the audience (SL)

TO DO: Mask the light fixtures that are visible from the audience (look up)

TO DO: Paint the SR stair case black

TO DO: Sweep and mop the floor in front of the stage and touch up any places that need to be painted black. 

TO DO: Paint the floor inside the doorway of The Curry House and File's Office

TO DO: Paint the third Periaktoi side

TO DO: Attach the scrim to the curtain and then hang it from the wire above and in back (near the bandstand)

TO DO: Finish cleaning the auditorium, to include vacuuming and so on. 

TO DO: Look around and see if we are missing anything. Let's make this as perfect as we can. :) 

That's it. Only one more night of notes from me and then the show is up and running. I'm so very excited about this! Let's do this!!!

THANK YOU!!! 

Jared