As we began our third week, Aaron and Camille had a conversation in rehearsal yesterday about styles of communicating. It just took a moment out of our rehearsal day but it was so valuable, in terms of the understanding it brought to the work. (Aaron says that theater artists are professional communicators. Or should be.) They have a great working relationship, and a lot of respect for one another.

We worked through the first 10 pages of the play, with Aaron giving lots of notes and then with Camille going back and incorporating them in a larger run. Their goal was to have Camille connecting with the text strongly. Our blocking skeleton is mostly holding up under this more intense work.

As for the characters, we are experimenting with Camille using less of a defined national accent and more of a character’s personality. We’re dropping many of the one-liner voices. It seems to be working well.