Well, I missed Lydia rehearsal, Week 2, days 1 and 2, because I was sick – but I did manage to set up a visit to a rehab clinic for patients with traumatic brain injury. We’re visiting them tomorrow.

And today we did finish blocking the entire play in the fourth day of doing it. The director stuck to her plan of moving through one small section at a time, letting the actors improv through, giving notes, then doing it again. And we now have a shape for the whole thing.

Today’s exercise was for the actors to tell the story of the play in their own words. It was a “homework” exercise, where the actors worked on it the night before. Some had outlines, some improvised. Some told the story of the play by referring to events exclusively outside of it. One told it as a fairy tale.