After being told from the other casts that their 4:30pm show was their worst, we were all feeling pretty nervous about the show - especially after not doing it for an entire week.
Firstly, no glasses, props or any pieces of set were broken - this is obviously a major success and relief for the entire cast after the first's performance's diabolical over the broken glass. Not only did this mean that the commune argument scene (where the glass broke) ran smoothly but it also meant Lay Me Low was not affected. However, I definitely feel that Lay Me Low was possibly weaker this time than it was the first performance - I'm unsure why but it didn't feel like everyone was singing, or at least singing loud enough. Though the timing worked out well and the reattaching of the legs happened without fault, the entire scene was definitely hindered by the singing.
Disappointingly I did manage to get one line incorrect, though it wasn't obvious, it did sort of throw the next line off. Next performance I'm going to put extra work into nailing every single one of my lines - even if they're just as simple as 'boo!'. Other than that, I personally believe that my performance was relatively successful. I attempted to ramp up Su-Lin's physicality a little more, really exploring how she acts when she's bored or hot - as she says multiple times at the lunch table.
Perhaps more so than our first performance, I think the comedic moments were responded to more enthusiastically - perhaps this is due to the audience being filled with more of our peers. Afterwards many of the audience members who have seen the other shows said that it was nice to have a show that had more of a comedic side to it after three pretty dark shows in the rest of the season. In particular I feel the 'Stone' commune scene worked very, very well. The cast members in the scene have worked hard at being able to bounce off of one another to allow the dialogue to really flow and I feel like the effort they put in was extremely evident in this performance.
One thing that I picked up on - it may have just been me, I'm not sure - was that it felt like a few of the transitions dragged out a little too long. I think it was the transition after Lay Me Low into Lauren and Will's last scene that felt particularly long - it would be a lot more effective if we could make it more snappy with the timing but it works as it is. However, I'm not sure if it just felt too long to me rather than it actually being too long.
A challenge I had to work around during Part 3 Scene 1 was that a pink bowl hadn't been passed down to me from the 2013 scene prior therefore with the entire situation with the ribs, I had to improvise by taking Will's bowl and using it as my own. Usually I have my own pink bowl to use so this is something we all need to work on by the next performance - utilizing the props as much as possible and making sure we all have them at the correct time.
Overall, I definitely feel this performance was as successful as our first one for a myriad of reasons - though some things went wrong, they were compensated for by the moments that worked really well. I know that we, as a cast, were all very relieved that our 4:30pm performance ran without very few errors after not performing it for 11 days. Bring on the final show!
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