Notes - This is lengthy RED... read carefully

Cast members: Friday: If we don't have problem spots to work out on Friday, then we are going to run the whole show. Please be prepared to stay for the whole run, which might go past 6:30. Thank you!

You need to be prepared for your scene at least one scene beforehand, not just the moment before.

Notes starting from where we started today:

THE NAMES OF ALL CHARACTERS/ACTORS ARE IN CAPS, SO YOU CAN EASILY SKIM TO FIND COMMENTS DIRECTED AT YOU. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO GENERAL NOTES FOR PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN SCENE. SINCE THIS IS ALSO ORGANIZED IN ORDER OF THE SCRIPT, I WOULD READ THROUGH THE SCENES YOU ARE IN TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY NOTES THAT CONCERN YOU. I HAVE TRIED TO PROVIDE PAGE NUMBERS AND SONG NAMES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FOLLOW WHERE I AM. IT WILL BE VERY APPARENT IN THE NEXT REHEARSAL TO SEE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE READ THESE NOTES VERSUS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T...THANKS!

ROOSTER: Project your voice. Learn the line "one the other hand...country." (pg 123)

WARBUCKS: Wrong line "Yes you wouldn't mind...check"

DRAKE: when everyone leaves, you are supposed to "unplug" the Christmas tree. I don't think there is a real plug, but pantomime it.

p127: Blocking WARBUCKS and GRACE: are you supposed to enter up SL, or down SL?

p130: GRACE: do not stand in front of FDR

HANNIGAN: when you are on the stage, pushing past all the little kids up the stage, you are trying to look like you are polite, but in reality, you are pushing them away. Somehow incorporate that thought.

DRAKE: the message from the FBI is going to be offstage, so when you get the message, go offstage for a second then, come back.

GRACE: you are supposed to be by WARBUCK's side, so that when WARBUCKS is handing ROOSTER the check, you can intercept it.

p136: ANNIE: cross around behind FDR, not in front of him

DRAKE: when you are pushing HANNIGAN away, make sure to ROOSTER and LILY too.

GRACE: make sure you can be seen

p139: WARBUCKS: the line is "bringing" new deal, not "getting"

SEAN TEMPLIN: learn blocking

ACT ONE NOTES:

STREET PEOPLE: you can take more time with the opening (walking around). there is no rush

JULY: instead of saying "quit 'shoving' the poor kid" substitute it for something like "quit 'bothering' the poor kid", since there is no physical action.

ANNIE: be more intimidating when you first come in to stop the fight.

MOLLY: needs to be louder

Hard knock life:

ORPHANS: whoever is supposed to bring the laundry cart on stage, please remember!

SOLOISTS in Hard Knock: project your voices. we can't hear you.

p12: FRONT ROW (In dance) needs to be down center more

BUNDLES' line: louder please

ORPHANS: reminder: when you are putting the sheets/blankets/pillowcases in the laundry cart for BUNDLES, please leave the mattresses behind. those stay where they are because in the next part, you are fluffing mattresses/pillows, etc...

MOLLY: during "yes it is" in the song, you are in the bucket. and after that is when you get stuck.

p20: WARD: be louder

HOOVERVILLE dance: review the part where you are in partners back to back with foot movement.

Little girls:

ORPHANS: remember that when you are walking to the door to HANNIGAN's office, the audience can see you, so remember that and act like you are creeping down the hallway to the door.

HANNIGAN: you can set the thermos down on the desk as soon as you enter

p38, when GRACE and ORPHANS exit through the door, the ORPHANS should go first and we should see GRACE and the last one to leave

HANNIGAN: shortly before you start singing Little Girls, look to one of the orphans and portray the thought of "why am I the one that is stuck here?!"

Ending pose of "I think I'm gonna like it here". needs to be lines on both sides of the staircase.

WARBUCKS: be louder and p53 missed the ling of "What is it child? you don't want to go to the Roxy?"

Drake: p54: you are supposed to come from upstage, not down

NYC:

STREET PERSON THAT IS READING NEWSPAPER: is it possible for you to stop by a new stand and get a copy of the New York Times? Thanks!

HANNIGAN scene: p60

LILY: looking through the drawers of HANNIGAN's desk=good

p66: ROOSTER: the line is "aw aggie" not "aw lil".

ROOSTER HANNIGAN LILY: the dip for ROOSTER (during easy street) today was at a good height!

HANNIGAN: p68: when you are saying your lines about Annie in the middle of Easy street, scoot more SL, so you look more like you are in the room.

WARBUCKS: p76: Enunciate the line of "I'll get her a brandy". it's only funny if we can hear what you are saying

p77: You won't be an orphan for long: louder please. we can't hear you and...SMILE!!!

p79: ANNIE: when you first enter, just bring your journal and leave it on the stairs so you don't have to go offstage and get it again when you "write to the kids back at the orphanage".

ACT TWO NOTES:

p85: BERT HEALY: there are 5 BOYLAN SISTERS. you only said four names.

BERT HEALY: please see Jim tomorrow at flex to get tips on how to move while singing the song. -thanks!

BERT HEALY: remember to flirt with the page so the SOUND EFFECTS MAN has an excuse to throw his shoe at you. And speak louder. and p87. please review the last line. you forgot some languages of good night's.

IAN ANDERSON: When you are transitioning offstage, just put the chair on top of the desk and move the whole thing off so you won't have to make two trips.

MOLLY: when doing orphan version of fully dressed, good job looking like a mannequin!

NOTE TO ORPHANS: keep practicing the dance to fully dressed. it's getting better...

p90: ORPHANS: at HANNIGAN'S line of "clean up this mess", some of the orphans should leave the room, so there is not a big clump of you at the door when you leave the room.

FDR and cabinet scene:

p103: SEAN TEMPLIN: you missed your entrance

CABINET MEMBERS: when ANNIE leaves and says goodbye, reply with a goodbye that shows the transformation. make the change from before ANNIE got there and afterward more apparent

p105: when you are saying right after each other: "new vision, approach, concept, dedication, horizon, spirit attitude," say them quicker after each other. there should be no gaps.

LOOK HAPPIER: FRANCIS PERKINS was the only one who looked happy. come on, you just found your solution to the depression. act like it.

warbucks mansion:

p106: SERVANTS: please be on time

ANNIE: when you first enter the scene: look around as if you are looking for your parents, expecting there to be a lot of people, instead of just running straight to GRACE, knowing that there aren't any people there.

DRAKE: p111: when you call JUDGE BRANDEIS, it is through the phone. then go off SR.

p111: just to confirm, we are not doing the waltz between GRACE and WARBUCKS

BRAZIL and NICK: during the song, move the settee off.

WARBUCKS: is supposed to enter from stairs.

SERVANTS: remember to take off the chairs and tables on either side of the stairs and remember to put on the Christmas Tree. this has to happen fairly fast.

GRACE: just to put this on your radar, there is a point in the script where you point up, and magically, the Christmas tree lights come on. this is not going to happen until Sunday, but just remember that it is there

SERVANTS: when you are lined up on the stairs, take a point from the person in front of you so you are in a line. also, remember to unify arm motions as well.

That is as far as we got for the day. Thank you everyone!