Run-Through

We rehearsed for the first time today without our scripts. It was a completely different experience not having my lines to depend on. It was different having to be able to recite my lines at the correct time and portray these lines with the intended emotions whether it may be anger, excitement, or irritation. Because I was not reading off from my script, the dialogue seemed to flow more naturally as if it were a real conversation. In a sense, the words weren't as mechanical when I didn't have the script in front of me. Now that we were all more comfortable with our lines after having two weeks to familiarize ourselves with them, we were finally able to have what I thought to be a real rehearsal today. It was then that I realized how large the stage actually was. When we rehearsed in the hallway, we were in such close quarters that all of us were standing shoulder-to-shoulder. But now that we were in the theatre, I realized that I had to really utilize my space rather than just remaining solitude in one spot. To do so, I tried to make my movements larger and more exaggerated and I also tried to move around the stage. I'm not sure if this is what I'm actually supposed to do so I'll have to ask the director at our next rehearsal.