Notes - 4/23

Act I




Pre-show: Remember you’re a semi-professional troupe of actors setting up for your performance, listening respectfully to your directors etc. Also, make sure lines you say can be heard by the audience, not just those on stage.


Connor: you’ll have to ask the audience to be quiet for the mic check too.


 Ensemble: late on your entrance notes


 Apostles: keep a pulse going through your body on the runner’s pose in WTB


 Judas: work the apostles more during STM


 Apostles: use your hoods when you’re coming in from the streets


 Judas: stronger reaction to Mary touching your hand/arm


 Mary: give Judas a look when you’re taking Christ away from him.


 Ensemble: slower entrance with JC on Hosannah. Hit your mark just as you finish singing that first verse.


 Judas: give Jesus a gesture of “look what you’ve created” during Simon Zealotes


 Ensemble: take your cue off Andi for “Forever amen” bow.


 Temple: some of you are lacking purpose/passion/fervor—commit.


 Temple: what are you saying? We can’t understand most of your words. Spit out the consonants.


 Lepers: the “Ah’s” are overpowering other parts.


 Lepers: perfect timing on the pancake flip.






Act II


 Apostles: need a stronger start to your singing.


 Apostles: Keep working on creating changes of duration and tempo as you question each other, and lament your trials and tribulations. It will run counter to what you think you should do, as the music is mellow, but that’s ok.


 Diamond: good example of mixing it up with tempo when you make a strong, quick cross up stage with the shape.


 Judas: it looks like you kiss Jesus because your director told you to.


 Mob: be scarier, more menacing.


 Peter’s Denial: stay in you UL light.


 Herod: cross to JC as the girls begin the wave behind you.


 Soldiers: take off JC’s t-shirt and attach the board to him when the mob sings “Crucify him”. One of you will have to bring the board on with you as you wheel him on.


 JC: Make sure we hear and understand “forgive them…”


 Ensemble: be prepared if the audience claps as you’re le