Great Wednesday

We got through a lot today. Thanks for your hard work.
Since we were so productive, I am making the following change to the schedule (sorry):

THURSDAY we will block THE CAFE SONG and THE EPILOGUE. THE CAFE SONG includes everyone who died in the FINAL BATTLE, but you were all planning to be here anyway since it was on the schedule for Thursday. THE EPILOGUE will include EVERYONE, but if you already have plans to be somwhere else, that's fine, just let me know (I realize this is late notice). We will block THE EPILOGUE first, and I promise to not take more than 30 minutes for it.

FRIDAY we will run from THE SEWERS to THE EPILOGUE.

Don't forget about SATURDAY. 10am - 4pm. I will have a great lunch for you.

Sign up for 5 minute conferences.

Notes for today:

ESTEP & CHRIS - You can step down stage a little further at the top of THE BARRICADE: Two (2) more steps down stage.

TYLER - Bring out the crate and place it where it was when you enter at the top of Eponine's lonely song.

ASHBURN & BRAD - Be a little flirtier during Eponine's lonely song. ASHBURN, poke him or do something playful like that, but don't do it until ESTEP is sitting down looking at you. She will mimic your playful behavior.

STUDENTS - Be preparing your weapons when the Army Officer is threatening you.

TYLER - Stand on the crate on "Damn their warnings..."

ANDY, JASMINE, TAYLOR - Keep looking out across the barricade when Eponine is climbing it.

CHRIS & ESTEP - Much better death. I especially like clutching his arm. CHRIS, stay engaged with her.

STUDENTS - When you bring Javert forward, do not get so distracted you forget to talk to Valjean. Also, be clear when you speak to him. Right now it's just a jumbled mess, and you are all too fixated on Javert. Some need to focus on Javert, others on Valjean. Your lines will guide you as to which you are.

STUDENTS - We need to work on building some relationships between you. When people die - Eponine, Gavroche - you can console each other. You can encourage each other and get one another pumped up. Remember, you probably expect to die very, very soon. The person next to you is special and may be the last person to whom you ever speak. You might be the last person to whom he or she ever speaks. You are depending on them to keep you alive by maintaining their posts and fighting hard, and they depend on you to do your job as well. However, I do not want you getting overly emotional; there's no time for that. But sometimes a look or a hand on the shoulder can be enough to let the other person know he or she is not alone.

EVERYONE - Do not ever yawn on stage. I know you may be getting ready to sleep in a scene, but yawns of a way of spreading into the audience, and we do not want that.

ASHBURN - Say "Marius" a little louder.

ALEX - See if you can get closer to Marius a little sooner. I want the audience to know you're singing about him. It's possible this will look too obvious. I do not want to beat the audience over the head with this point, so this may change later.

JASMINE - Don't forget to take JAKE off at the end of THE NIGHT.

ALEX - Think about what kind of a wound you get during THE FINAL BATTLE. It needs to be something that will slowly kill you without incapacitating you.