dim sum diaries

Oh boy, am I tired. We just finished a long day. I think the actors worked in a run. The rest of the rehearsal was spent cleaning up bits and working in microphone levels. Lots of technical elements had to be fiddled with. We used the evening to sort out the act one summary, which I am narrating. At least that went quickly. I'm pretty sure the actors' heads are pretty full.

The second act looks okay. The only scene that I'm not entirely happy about is the Iron Dragon scene. It's a jury-rigged scene that has a lot of movement, but the story isn't a hundred percent clear. The music is not the right piece for what the actors are doing but to be fair, this isn't an easy scene to nail down, and I suspect I'll be rewriting it from now until production, because the scene will entirely rely on what the Iron Dragon looks like. Without any of us knowing the final creature creation, we're all doing guess work.

Still, having just one scene to rework out of an entire play is not bad. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's reading, but I'm really looking forward to the book launch. Hope everyone can drop by to one or the other.

Have a great weekend.