Leo’s backstory

5 Yrs old: My Mum and Dad I remember being a football match for the Cleveland Browns. The memory is not of the games though, but of looking across at my parents. My Dad is sitting next to me. He is clean shaven, and his hair is neat as it pokes out from underneath a [...]

SAMI’S INTERNAL MONOLOGUE

SCENE. STELLA AND SAMI FIRST MEET. SAMI: Internal Monologue You are here. I can’t believe it but you are. I am standing here right now looking at you. Feeling you, smelling you, tasting you taking you in. Everything  inside is buzzing. But it’s a hard buzz, it is light and strong as hell. It tickles [...]

Alan’s backstory for Ray

What was it like being with her at first, this whirling dancer? Everyone was after her, this freest of spirits. Then there was one night, late when we were all pretty cut when she said ‘Well, are we going? I said, “I think everyone is happy to stay for a while?” she said “ no [...]

Next scene breakdowns:

These are the scenes we’ll be building from monday: Sam bring Isabelle back into the living room He introduces her Where’s your father? Leo asks, should we go? Sam says, no, stay.  You entertain her while I fix the bedrooms Sam leaves Is and Leo alone Is and Leo This is a coincidence Leo gives [...]

Scene four draft 2:Rich

Ray and Sam are playing a card game on the floor. They have been drinking. The game has peaks and troughs followed by more drinking. After a while, Leo comes in with the guitar case.  He stands in the doorway.  Leo: Dad? Ray: Hey, Leo! Leo: What are you doing? Ray: Sam, meet my beautiful [...]

Richard’s first week notes

The first week has been a week of acclimatizing and discovering.  Day 1: We started with the exploration of the original script by Geothe; discussing it’s themes of love, completion, balance, and God. We then went into detailed analogy of the characters and how they tick. Some interesting things that struck me with the original: [...]

More general rehearsal notes, week 1 cont… (Liz)

Thursday am: physical warm up followed by specific scene work. Alan and Richard worked on Leo and Ray’s arrival in town and their journey to Sam’s house. Durassie and I worked on Sam’s dream of Isabelle returning and Isabelle’s inner monologue as she comes into town. Using my homework piece: “I think I’m going to [...]

Leo & Is in cafe: Georgia Draft 1 (Liz)

First draft created through 3 impros + material from story station and Goethe script: Isabelle is sitting at a table in a café. Leo enters and buys a coffee. He then moves to a table near to Isabelle and sits down aggressively. He starts pouring in copious amounts of sugar. Is: Would you like some [...]

Scene One: first draft

Ray is sitting on the bumper of his van playing guitar and singing. After a short while, Leo enters from the audience eating some fried pickles. He paces past Ray, giving him the fried pickles as he passes, then  to the bonnet of the van, inspecting it. Leo: The guy in Zaxby’s said that we [...]

Durassie’s homework.

STELLA’S GONE That afternoon when I got home from work (I was covering for one of the tutors that day) Well at first it just seemed like any other tiring day where I first go to the fridge to get some snack and then head to the showers. When I passed our bedroom I noticed [...]

Ray, Sam & Leo – bullet points (Liz)

- Sam and Ray play a game – Leo enters tentatively, he needs to get Ray to leave soon to get to the Salvation Army before 7pm – Ray teases Leo about what he found/didn’t find in town (song) – Sam offers them a place to stay, Ray reveals to Leo his plan to play [...]

Macon Georgia, days 1-3: Liz’s notes

Day 1 – am: physical warm-up at the Indian mounds followed by viewpoints work related to depth of field and following instincts. pm: reading the original Goethe script. Very useful. Things I took from the original which I think will help inform my character – Fernando’s confidence; he was just passing through town on his [...]

Liz’s pre-USA homework

Pre-US homework