Notes 4/14

Act 1

Judas: review your blocking and lyrics

What’s the Buzz: late on your entry, and near the end remember to spread out more and take more space as you do your poses.

ALL: remember to sing as you move/dance

PRIESTS: review your movement for This Jesus Must Die. In general, Lila and Robyn seemed the most confident with it and the most accurate.

Hosanna: The people who bring on Jesus, after the freeze, need to fill up the stage a little more stage left so that there’s room for the people coming on stage right.

Temple: Reminder—we blocked with without the extension. Everyone should be coming down further on the stage, even onto the extension. The people gambling should not look isolated.

Lepers: Remember to keep a strong sense of bursting through as you do your forward movement over two counts of 7. Also, when Jesus says, “Heal yourself” you fall and then scamper off stage.

Act 2

Apostles: I want to see more of a connection between you all as he accuses you of betraying him.

Jesus: take your time, connect more with them as you circle the “table” and let us see you reassuring people it’s not them/caught up in the moment.

Apostles: As Jesus and Judas have their stare down, we need to see the movement continued further. I like the image of Francie curled up in a ball, but we need to see more people creating the chaos/concern that is inside your minds.

Herod/soul girls: You were late for your song. The second they sing that last night in Pilate/Christ you have to enter if you want to be ready on time.

Herod/soul girls: You take Herod off way too early. He should be leaving the stage as he says “Get out of my life”

ALL: we’re not going to use the shapes for Could We Start Again other than the trapezoid for Mary and a block for Peter. Apostles just cross down to roughly the same position, and priests can be setting up the Pope-mobile while the song is going. I’ll let you know at the next run through how that looks.