Well, today has been a big day with a lot of good progress made, particularly in setting up all of our vineblogs and communicating ideas. My congratulations to those members of the team who have so quickly and wholeheartedly embraced the process and the challenges ahead. Everything now seems to be set well and truly in place. Here is a comprehensive breakdown of who is doing what:
Production Roles:
Scott: Direction & Dramaturgy
Yaniv: Acting and Dramaturgy
Kim: Set design and Publicity/Promotion
Naomi: Acting and Costumes
Jonathan: Lighting design and Acting
Daniel: Acting and Sound Design
Elise: Acting and Make-up
Melinda: Acting and Properties
Scotty (me): Stage Manager
Acting Roles :
Paula - Elise
Dympie - Melinda
Monika - Naomi
Gordon - Yaniv
Stephen - Daniel
Waiter - Jonathan
Maitre’d - Kim
For the actors, it is important even now to begin developing your understanding of these characters by researching the era the play is set in, and the circumstances. Give your character a “backstory” (history) that will inform your performance. Make detailed notes about the interesting positive and negative character traits you observe and discover in these characters. Remember, it is easy to play these characters as caricature (over-exaggerated send-up) but in actuality, they are based on real people, in a real place at a real time! There will be a special reward for the first person who finds out which Melbourne pub (still existing) was the inspiration for the basis of the story of “After Dinner”.
Scotty
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