Sunday, May 3, 2015

Chicago Rehearsal Report 5.2.15

Hi team, thanks for a productive rehearsal yesterday! We got a lot done, and I appreciate your patience. Reminder: Actors + Production Team, Bios + Head shots (Actors only) are due TOMORROW! 

Rehearsal Report 016

Chicago          

May 2, 2015

Worked:

Dane Start: 1:03pm

Break: 2:54pm (10)

End: 4:19pm

 

Block/Run: Act 1 w/ vocals and dance.

Notes:

Cast in Attendance: Entire Cast

 

Conflict: Sarah H, Jesee, Pete

 

Rehearsal Pianist: Austin

Set:

-6 Chairs are needed for Cell Block Tango.

-Need a bed

-Center platform needs some attention

Costumes/ Props:

-Westin is Mary Sunshine sub when Jenn Tucker is out

-Red satin bed sheets and other sheets

-Mary Sunshine needs a standing old fashioned mic for Reach for Gun

-Kitty needs a tommy gun

-Need a newspaper w/ headline "ROXIE ROCKS CHICAGO"

-Fred needs a trench coat and wallet

-Piano needs to have wheels that lock  

-Cop #2 needs clipboard, paper, pencil

-Master of Ceremonies: Tux, mustache, hair parted down middle

-Gun

-Tamar, can you please pull the following:

Men's dress shirt, bow-tie that can pull united, suit jacket.

-In ALL I CARE @ IS LOVE, Billy's pants will need to be able to pull off easily, Velcro?

-Feather fans: don't want them to open and close, just stay open. Feathers were coming out and one fan broke, left everything in plastic bin.

-Mama's office: newspaper, box of liquor bottles

-Money

-Rosary beads for Roxie

Lights:

-Is it possible to put a round medium sized light underneath each Cell Block chair? 

-Mary Ellen and Dylan discussed lighting design for entire show

Sound/Music:

-Music interlude (play measure 71 from Funny Hunny) into Cell Block Tango scene, so we can strike bed and 6 ladies can enter for Cell Block

-Beginning of Cell Block, safety x 8

-Austin, please record "Tap Dance"

 

Blocking:

-Cell Block ladies enter with your chair

-Fogarty= Ethen

-2nd cop= Carl

-Tailor= Carl

-Reporters in Reach for Gun= All Men, expect Craig and Jake

-We will assign 2 ladies to fill in for reporters (p.43)

-Kitty= Nancy

-Harry= Ethen

Choreography:

- Ethen and Westin do not have spots for beginning of All That Jazz   

-Vincent: when during All That Jazz the

Overture do the dancers come onstage?

-Need to choreograph Tap Dance: who is in this?

Upcoming Rehearsals:

 

Monday, May 4 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room

@ 7pm, dance review, not mandatory 

(@7:30pm) Block/Run: Act 2 w/ vocals & dance. Called: ENTIRE CAST

*Jayson filling in for Michelle

*Phil excused 


Tuesday, May 5 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room

(7-7:30pm) Vocals: Men Ensemble songs. Called: ALL Men (except Jake)

(7:30pm) Vocals: BOTH REACHED FOR GUN, FINALE. Called: Everyone (except Jake)

(8:30pm-on) Vocals: ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE. Called: Kirk, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy

Vocals: CELL BLOCK TANGO. Called: Emily, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby (release Kirk)

*Phil excused 

 

Wednesday, May 6 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room

(7-7:30pm) Vocals: ROXIE. Called: Sheree, Westin, Sam, Pete, Sean, Phil, Carl, Ethen

(7:30-10pm) Dance: BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN. Called: Pete, Sam, Sean, Westin, Ethen, Phil, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Sarah B, Sarah H, Shelby, Nancy

*Jayson filling in for Michelle

*Phil & Kirk excused 

 

Thursday, May 7 @ 7-10pm in rehearsal room

Blocking: TBD

*Phil & Sarah B. excused 

 

Friday, May 8 @ 12-3pm Round Rock Repertory Dance Center

Dance: NOWADAYS AND HOT HONEY RAG. Called: Emily and Sheree


Saturday, May 9 @ 1-5pm in rehearsal room / PEPC

(1-3pm) Dance: ROXIE. Called: Sheree, Sam, Westin, Pete, Phil, Ethen, Sean

(1-2pm) Vocals: THE VERDICT, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE. Called: Kirk, Veronica, Katya, Jesee, Ann, Shelby, Nancy

(3-5pm) Dance Clean Up. Called: TBD 

*Sarah B. & Sarah H. excused 



 Important Notes:


-BIOS (80 words max!) and head shots (actors only) are due to jessie@georgetownpalace.com by Monday, May 4th! 


-Jesee Smart will add the dance rehearsal videos and notes to the Box folder. Go to Box.com and log in with this info: cast@georgetownpalace.com , castpassword123 


-Past rehearsal reports can be seen here: http://palacechicago2015.blogspot.com/


-Continue to check the online rehearsal schedule each day for updates. 


-Austin has recorded MANY of the songs from the show and will place them in the Cast Box Folder under "Choreography Rehearsal Tracks" 

 

THANKS!


Michelle Symons

Production Stage Manager

symonsmichelle@gmail.com

973.941.6146

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