Tonight's rehearsal for 'Now and Then a Hero' was a big step forward, but we still have so far to go! We attempted to run our 90 minutes, but still had two scenes left when we did. So, committed to making the reading 90 minutes come hell or high water, we cut two songs (which still might not be enough.) What we left in is looking and sounding pretty good. In fact, there were some flashes of brilliance. But it's so hard to see past the fact that everyone is still pretty unsure of what they are doing. (With the exception of Elise, who could do the show tonight if we asked her to.)
I took about a page of notes, and emailed the cast with them at midnight tonight. I think that's pretty minimal, all things considered.
Hopefully, after tonight, everyone has the tools they need to learn their parts. Tomorrow, unfortunately, will be a challenge because there are conflicts which keep us from having the full cast until 8:30. Hopefully, we can get another run in, and hopefully it's closer to 90 minutes! I'm going to remain positive, and 'trust the process.' Today, we stumble, tomorrow we walk, Wednesday we run.