...for far too long, Disorientation Blog. Hell, I never even said that the show went up, how it went, how proud I am of the cast and crew, or even where you can see it online (take a wild guess). That will all be rectified in time. In fact, there's even more to come out of this experience. But more on that later (and yes, I promise there will be a later).
For now, I just want to apologize to any poor souls still trafficking this site. For you, here's your "stick-to-it-tive-ness" merit badge: Disorientation, draft 6, grammar checked, locked, and loaded. It's about 18 pages shorter and 11 characters lighter, so it's a biiiit different. Oh, and Will is a lesbian.
Leave comments or blah-de-blah.
It begins again....
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Keeping A Promise....
A while ago I said that I'd release all of the cut Vicky lines that were too vulgar and over the line in the first draft. Well, instead of putting it up on here, I'll be dropping all of you guys a download link for it as a thank you gift. Huzzah.
I'll have a write-up about the whole experience later on this week. Tomorrow, post-mortem...whatever the hell that means.
I'll have a write-up about the whole experience later on this week. Tomorrow, post-mortem...whatever the hell that means.
Friday, April 24, 2009
It's Here
Today's the day, folks!
PVHS's Disorientation opens for it's one-night-only grand premiere at Pascack Valley High School tomorrow, Saturday April 25th at 7 pm. Here's a little taste of what's to come....
PVHS's Disorientation opens for it's one-night-only grand premiere at Pascack Valley High School tomorrow, Saturday April 25th at 7 pm. Here's a little taste of what's to come....
Monday, April 20, 2009
Mixdown
Well, I tried to make an iMix, but they don't have three songs (damn you, Apple! or damn you, Ramones and Talking Heads!) so I figured I would just list them. There will be songs for the pre-set and intermission, I think, so this is just what is locked down now:
Preshow: Vampire Weekend - Campus
Act I
After Sc 1: Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
After Sc 3: Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
After Sc 4: Beck - Orphans
After Sc 5: The White Stripes - I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman Everyday
After Sc 6: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
After Sc 8: Gnarls Barkley - Going On
After Sc 9: Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
After Sc 10: The Whigs - Right Hand On My Heart
After Sc 12: Radiohead - Optimistic
Act II
After Sc 1: Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
After Sc 3: Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
After Sc 4: Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop
After Sc 5: Interpol - Slow Hands
After Sc 6: The Cool Kids - Bassment Party
During Sc 10: The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop and Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
After Sc 11: The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Encore: The Eagles of Death Metal - Don't Speak (I Came To Make A Bang!)
There's a longer playlist (one song per every in between scene) but this is the one that we'll be using. So yeah, there ya go.
Preshow: Vampire Weekend - Campus
Act I
After Sc 1: Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
After Sc 3: Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
After Sc 4: Beck - Orphans
After Sc 5: The White Stripes - I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman Everyday
After Sc 6: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
After Sc 8: Gnarls Barkley - Going On
After Sc 9: Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
After Sc 10: The Whigs - Right Hand On My Heart
After Sc 12: Radiohead - Optimistic
Act II
After Sc 1: Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
After Sc 3: Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
After Sc 4: Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop
After Sc 5: Interpol - Slow Hands
After Sc 6: The Cool Kids - Bassment Party
During Sc 10: The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop and Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
After Sc 11: The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Encore: The Eagles of Death Metal - Don't Speak (I Came To Make A Bang!)
There's a longer playlist (one song per every in between scene) but this is the one that we'll be using. So yeah, there ya go.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Birthday Post!
So what do I do on my birthday? I don't get a gift. No, in return, on this day of days, I decide to give you a gift instead. The greatest gift of all!
A BLOG POST! HURRAH!!!
Well actually that's not entirely true. I was able to watch a partial run of the play and, as per the advice of the directors, I have some notes and some script corrections. I'll get the latter out of the way first....
SCRIPT CORRECTIONS:
- WILL: Since the "set-up for a really bad joke" has been cut, there's a gap of time where you don't say anything before Eric launches into "Well I have this cat named Alison." So now, after you're asked if you've "been around any cats," you will try to contribute by saying, "I have a dog...?" before Eric realizes he doesn't care what your answer is and goes "Well I have this cat named Alison."
- ERIC: Cut the Fett joke after the Friend Zone/Inescapable Abyss section. It's tacked on as a plus-one and it doesn't work as anything more than "OH HAY ITZ A STAR WARZ REFERENCE IVE SEEN THAT MOVIE 2!!!!" and it makes me vomit in my mouth every time I hear it. Shouldn't have put it in in the first place, so pardon.
Now, for the run notes, this is my first time really seeing, oh, any of this on its feet, so I couldn't pay as close attention to everyone on stage. Please be advised that if I don't have a note for you, it doesn't mean that you're not doing well or aren't going to be precious to people in the audience. I'll have a better sense of that tomorrow with a full run and one session under my belt. Huzzah! Onto the notes....
- Crew: Those tiny four foot ladders are simply adorable.
- JJ: Your posing before meeting Will is wonderful, especially your positioning in relation to the group.
- General: Just so you all know, the "Or maybe it's a D" joke was not intended to be a joke about breasts. So my note is to get your heads out of the gutter. Thank you kindly. (...And keep it.)
- Frank: Perfect read and reaction on "I have to get my money back."
- Liz: I never had you in the middle of Alison/Will scene, but I'll be damned if it didn't make everything much more interesting. Also, have you seen Persepolis? As you were rockin' out you looked just like a section when the main character is rocking out. If you haven't seen it, see it ASAP - that goes for all of you.
- Ali K: Originally you'd be giving The Finger to Will, but the point and stare is better in character and much, much funnier. Also, don't stare at people and clap like you're a wind-up toy. It's a bit disconcerting.
- Katherine: I could listen to you say "LOL!" all day. Actually, after a while that might turn me into Alison. Once every hour, like a Grandfather clock.
- Maja: I only got a scene of you, but I loved the eye contact bit, your big laugh for Alison, the OTHER eye contact bit later on, and the final "aay" on "R.A." So yeah, enjoyed most of the things you did.
- Tara: It seems like the bathroom stalls are ready, so I'm quite excited to see what you will be doing with Jen. This run was also barren of Barron, good Rachel bits, and I haven't seen Jen M. yet. Mmmm Monday.
- Brandon: Your "EDEN!??!" and the "woooow" after "mantis" made me giggle like an idiot.
- Sam: Enjoy the reaction to "me Jane!" Slow, slow burn....
- Frank: I pictured Eric more like Damone in Fast Times, slower, lower register. And while you do have to slow down in sections, I enjoy how you're making Eric into a more excited, energetic freak. It's a different kind of take, and it makes the character more interesting.
- Christine: Very much enjoy your freakouts, but where is the squeal bit with Alison! Eeeee!!
- JJ: Like when you point the three or four "no's" at the improperly-dressed ladies. It was odd to re-write (add) to that scene then hear the old version.
- Katherine: You're such an asshole to Will and it's great. The "ew, no" made my heart grow three times that day.
- Madison: Your character voice for Lauren is great. A slightly sarcastic tone. It's an odd note, but it jumped out at me while I was writing a note (and then had to write this one, "so wonderfully sardonic").
- Liz: Welp, I can hear you loud and clear.
- Ali B: Congratulations on learning how to laugh. We all know you could do it !
- Sam: Your "huhmuhmuh" while getting the DVDs out during the "burst" line made me giggle heartily.
- Alyssa: You have a very tiny "no!" in response to Meg trying to burn down the house, and I noticed it and was a fan (especially with the book gripped in your arms into your chest).
- Jacky: You get me every time when you grab/hug Alison and put your head on her shoulder as you enter. It's great.
Oh yeah, and
Kelsey: You have a complicated part with a lot of subtle beat changes and little jokes that take time to tinker with, and you're making it look effortless. Great, great work.
Ok, time for some birfday bagels. If you haven't gotten an invite yet, the facebook invite for the show can be found here.
See y'all tomorrow!
A BLOG POST! HURRAH!!!
Well actually that's not entirely true. I was able to watch a partial run of the play and, as per the advice of the directors, I have some notes and some script corrections. I'll get the latter out of the way first....
SCRIPT CORRECTIONS:
- WILL: Since the "set-up for a really bad joke" has been cut, there's a gap of time where you don't say anything before Eric launches into "Well I have this cat named Alison." So now, after you're asked if you've "been around any cats," you will try to contribute by saying, "I have a dog...?" before Eric realizes he doesn't care what your answer is and goes "Well I have this cat named Alison."
- ERIC: Cut the Fett joke after the Friend Zone/Inescapable Abyss section. It's tacked on as a plus-one and it doesn't work as anything more than "OH HAY ITZ A STAR WARZ REFERENCE IVE SEEN THAT MOVIE 2!!!!" and it makes me vomit in my mouth every time I hear it. Shouldn't have put it in in the first place, so pardon.
Now, for the run notes, this is my first time really seeing, oh, any of this on its feet, so I couldn't pay as close attention to everyone on stage. Please be advised that if I don't have a note for you, it doesn't mean that you're not doing well or aren't going to be precious to people in the audience. I'll have a better sense of that tomorrow with a full run and one session under my belt. Huzzah! Onto the notes....
- Crew: Those tiny four foot ladders are simply adorable.
- JJ: Your posing before meeting Will is wonderful, especially your positioning in relation to the group.
- General: Just so you all know, the "Or maybe it's a D" joke was not intended to be a joke about breasts. So my note is to get your heads out of the gutter. Thank you kindly. (...And keep it.)
- Frank: Perfect read and reaction on "I have to get my money back."
- Liz: I never had you in the middle of Alison/Will scene, but I'll be damned if it didn't make everything much more interesting. Also, have you seen Persepolis? As you were rockin' out you looked just like a section when the main character is rocking out. If you haven't seen it, see it ASAP - that goes for all of you.
- Ali K: Originally you'd be giving The Finger to Will, but the point and stare is better in character and much, much funnier. Also, don't stare at people and clap like you're a wind-up toy. It's a bit disconcerting.
- Katherine: I could listen to you say "LOL!" all day. Actually, after a while that might turn me into Alison. Once every hour, like a Grandfather clock.
- Maja: I only got a scene of you, but I loved the eye contact bit, your big laugh for Alison, the OTHER eye contact bit later on, and the final "aay" on "R.A." So yeah, enjoyed most of the things you did.
- Tara: It seems like the bathroom stalls are ready, so I'm quite excited to see what you will be doing with Jen. This run was also barren of Barron, good Rachel bits, and I haven't seen Jen M. yet. Mmmm Monday.
- Brandon: Your "EDEN!??!" and the "woooow" after "mantis" made me giggle like an idiot.
- Sam: Enjoy the reaction to "me Jane!" Slow, slow burn....
- Frank: I pictured Eric more like Damone in Fast Times, slower, lower register. And while you do have to slow down in sections, I enjoy how you're making Eric into a more excited, energetic freak. It's a different kind of take, and it makes the character more interesting.
- Christine: Very much enjoy your freakouts, but where is the squeal bit with Alison! Eeeee!!
- JJ: Like when you point the three or four "no's" at the improperly-dressed ladies. It was odd to re-write (add) to that scene then hear the old version.
- Katherine: You're such an asshole to Will and it's great. The "ew, no" made my heart grow three times that day.
- Madison: Your character voice for Lauren is great. A slightly sarcastic tone. It's an odd note, but it jumped out at me while I was writing a note (and then had to write this one, "so wonderfully sardonic").
- Liz: Welp, I can hear you loud and clear.
- Ali B: Congratulations on learning how to laugh. We all know you could do it !
- Sam: Your "huhmuhmuh" while getting the DVDs out during the "burst" line made me giggle heartily.
- Alyssa: You have a very tiny "no!" in response to Meg trying to burn down the house, and I noticed it and was a fan (especially with the book gripped in your arms into your chest).
- Jacky: You get me every time when you grab/hug Alison and put your head on her shoulder as you enter. It's great.
Oh yeah, and
Kelsey: You have a complicated part with a lot of subtle beat changes and little jokes that take time to tinker with, and you're making it look effortless. Great, great work.
Ok, time for some birfday bagels. If you haven't gotten an invite yet, the facebook invite for the show can be found here.
See y'all tomorrow!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Thoughts From The Day
Man you guys have a lot to do, but it was very reassuring that you guys have done your homework and know your lines. It sounds like a very good base that you can add to in the coming week. Considering the amount of time you have (and have left), I'm impressed by your work.
Now the last thing I want to do is hear that you guys slacked off after hearing that. Please don't stop working.
I re-wrote a line for Beth earlier today, I have to look at something for Barron still, and all the lovely ladies in Act 2 Sc 4 can toss away your pages cause you have new lines to learn! Before you lose your minds, I only added about a line each per character (Meg now says "Us!" for example, and that's the add). It was needed. That scene was boring and didn't have any conflict. Now, hopefully, the conflict is more clear and works better as a set-up for the "sitting outside the party" scene before Alison uses her powers for evil.
Strengthen!!!!!!
Clearly you guys have questions, and that's what the internet and/or The Lupfers and me are for. If you have a question, ask us, we'll let you know. Christina didn't know what a NARC was, (or its verb, "to narc") and it's an easy fix. Now that line has meaning, she can say it the way it properly, and the line will (hopefully) work! It's a wonderful process.
You know where you can find me on facebook or through email at antonmichaelp [@] gmail.com if you have any questions or issues, or leave them here in the comments. There's nothing more infuriating and wasteful when someone doesn't get the reference and refuses to ask, so the line reading suffers, then they're told how to say it and the actor goes "oh, THAT'S what that means!" Just ask! It's what we're here for!
Keep up the good work. Well, I can be the judge of that on Saturday.
Now the last thing I want to do is hear that you guys slacked off after hearing that. Please don't stop working.
I re-wrote a line for Beth earlier today, I have to look at something for Barron still, and all the lovely ladies in Act 2 Sc 4 can toss away your pages cause you have new lines to learn! Before you lose your minds, I only added about a line each per character (Meg now says "Us!" for example, and that's the add). It was needed. That scene was boring and didn't have any conflict. Now, hopefully, the conflict is more clear and works better as a set-up for the "sitting outside the party" scene before Alison uses her powers for evil.
Strengthen!!!!!!
Clearly you guys have questions, and that's what the internet and/or The Lupfers and me are for. If you have a question, ask us, we'll let you know. Christina didn't know what a NARC was, (or its verb, "to narc") and it's an easy fix. Now that line has meaning, she can say it the way it properly, and the line will (hopefully) work! It's a wonderful process.
You know where you can find me on facebook or through email at antonmichaelp [@] gmail.com if you have any questions or issues, or leave them here in the comments. There's nothing more infuriating and wasteful when someone doesn't get the reference and refuses to ask, so the line reading suffers, then they're told how to say it and the actor goes "oh, THAT'S what that means!" Just ask! It's what we're here for!
Keep up the good work. Well, I can be the judge of that on Saturday.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
New Schedule Up
If you check on the google site for Disorientation you'll find a better breakdown of the schedule for reheasrsals. This way, if you're Frank, you're not unknowingly rolling in to a bathroom scene and your afternoon of doing nothing takes a serious 40 minute hit out of it (not to say Frank doesn't use his time effectively or not, but merely as an example). I'd copy and paste the address of the site or merely the schedule itself, but Im iPhone-ing from DC here, so go to the only other site for the play you know of that many of you go to first before coming here anyway thereby rendering this meaning worthless to most of you.
But it's the thought that counts, isn't it?
To further one point that the Lups brought up, please attend all mandatory rehearsals. I had to completely cut one character out already and I adore this cast and want this to be the original cast of my first (only?) play. And there's no way in hell we have the luxury of cutting someone, re-writing, possibly re-casting, and then memorizing. We have exactly enough time now and not a minute less.
Hope you're all enjoying the memorization process while on break - hopefully it's more fun then memorizing the salient points of the Magna Carta or whatever you normally do in school. My apologies to Sam and Kelsey for the amount of verbage. No sympathy for Tara, Liz or Gabby. Christine, you're on the fence.
See you when I see you
But it's the thought that counts, isn't it?
To further one point that the Lups brought up, please attend all mandatory rehearsals. I had to completely cut one character out already and I adore this cast and want this to be the original cast of my first (only?) play. And there's no way in hell we have the luxury of cutting someone, re-writing, possibly re-casting, and then memorizing. We have exactly enough time now and not a minute less.
Hope you're all enjoying the memorization process while on break - hopefully it's more fun then memorizing the salient points of the Magna Carta or whatever you normally do in school. My apologies to Sam and Kelsey for the amount of verbage. No sympathy for Tara, Liz or Gabby. Christine, you're on the fence.
See you when I see you
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