Shrdlu, Rehearsal, The Adding Machine

Rehearsal @ Ron's appartment, Ocean Parkway

Rehearsal Technique: General/Specific Insights/Principles

Problem: Anticipation! Just before the scene, I anticipated/imagined the ‘relationship’ or type of interaction I was going to have with “Mr. Zero,” and Dan gave me something completely different, and my attention went to that, i.e., I was not in the moment. Classic mistake

Solution/habit: get in the habit of approaching each scene ‘clean,’ i.e., anticipate nothing; take in everything, and don’t think, just respond.

First priority in rehearsal: commit fully to what is going on in the moment. Don’t play it safe – fuck it: if what I’m doing is alive and spontaneous, that’ll trump anything I’m trying or was planning to do.

Shrdlu

Daily workout:
1. Go through each scene twice, taking-it-off-the-page.
2. Each evening, just before bed, try to memorize 25% of each scene (or 12.5% of all my text), and start at the end (the part that’s usually under rehearsed, memory-wise).

One time: Let Shrdlu talk when he’s ready, about whatever he wants. This will probably be a monologue.