The Queen's Women Play Group (Romeo and Juliet)

I feel like we really accomplished a lot on Monday when we went to the CFA to practice with other students who are MUCH more experienced than we are. They were extremely helpful and provided many tips regarding where to stand, how angled to stand, when to speak to the other actors, when to speak to the audience, how exaggerated to perform, ect... Therefore, Monday's play day not only gave us a change to further discuss our performance, but also a chance to practice/rehearse while receiving helpful tips on how to better portray the story to the audience. Not only did we practice, we also picked out our props on Monday. They helped us decide on what and how to use props (for example during the balcony scene), so we can now begin to finalize our blocking ideas because we know exactly what props we have and their sizes. We now can visualize exactly what the stage will look like with the props in place and where the actors will enter and move around. All in all, i fell that Monday was very productive given the short amount of time we spent practicing. We are now many steps ahead in the preparation of our performance, yet there is still so far to go.