Rehearsal began with a run of act 1. I'm extremely pleased with how much has been accomplished in less than one week. Jason wanted us to think of a goal we wanted to achieve for the run, and that the focus wasn't on impressing him, but just making sure we've got the blocking and the lines down. My personal goal was to focus on the shape of the scene. I had noticed after the last rehearsal that I had a hard time transitioning between the Abigail sequence and the dealing with Parris and Putnum. I discovered I had forgotten to take into account how Proctor feels about whats going on, and Betty's "sportin'". I focused on keeping in mind the fact that he knows this is fake and he's waiting to see how far Abigail is going to take it. This helped me keep his mood light and the tempo moving, two things I was concerned about.
The second half of rehearsal was on the first 3 pages of Act 1 Scene 2, the scene between Elizabeth and I. It was a really great rehearsal environment. Kayla and I ran lines together before hand and we were both decently off book, which really allowed us to make the best use of our time with rehearsal. I can already tell that the john/liz scenes are going to end up really nicely; theres really good communication between the two of us and I think we're on the same page on whats going on between the two of them. I realized all this when Jason told us to forget that his was "The Crucible" and just do the scene as if we were married and dealing with the same issues that the proctors are dealing with. The scene really lived and there was great responding and reacting to each other. We worked to find a balance of those truthful moments while restricting anything that looks too contemporary.
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