GPBE Rehearsal #1

Wow, what a productive rehearsal!

We started with some warm-ups so we could get to know each other a bit. We've got 5 new people in this show, so some introductions were in order. Everyone dived right in though. We had a very good round of the Joshua Bordy Name Game and then some hilarious I Am a Tree (and that can be a painful game if you're not all on the same page.)

Then we picked up the puppets and practiced some non-verbal work with them, making them show different emotions and playing some scenes where they weren't allowed to talk. It really is amazing how emotive they can be without any facial muscles.

Then we did some short 2 person scenes. When the scene got to the point wherein a musical one would sing, whoever would have sung talked about what they would sing about.

Finally, we started building up our Bollywood dance vocabulary. It's not that much different than the dance vocabulary we did for Let It Snow or the Great Puppet Musical, just with different accents. Man, what a workout, but everyone picked it up quickly.

This show seemed so daunting just yesterday, but now I'm so excited. The cast is strong and learning fast. This show is gonna rock!

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We had a new puppet audition to be in the show last night (pictured above and below). Stanley did quite well, especially in this scene where Christian, as Stanley, played a hard-boiled detective interrogating a witness. We've decided to cast him. Then I discovered his blog and his audition video for Real World Sydney. He's not exactly MTV material, but I do think he'll work out fine for our show. We're committed to him at this point anyway.