'Our House' Show Day One

'Our House' Show Day One

Afternoon Show:
During the first show, we discovered any flaws in the prop organisation back stage, costume changes that are unnecessary, musical queues missed, etc. One of my most missed queues was my musical queues for my duet song 'All I Wanted' with Joe's Dad. The way I combat this issue was to continuously have the introduction played to me and I would start singing when I believe I was meant to enter. Once I got this correct, I would have the introduction played to me and then I would sing in the correct place to hammer the chord progression into my brain to insure that I would always come in on time from then on. As well as this, we also found out is the story was easy to follow and understand, whether the actors line deliver was loud and clear enough for the audience to hear and understand clearly. This also went for song delivery, if the chorus sections were loud and clear.

Evening Show:
During this show, we paid close attention to our downfalls in the previous show, making sure lines of dialogue and lyrics were loud and clear to better communicate the story and meaning to the audience. During both shows, I forgot about the adjustment made during the dress run regarding the house fire scene; I am supposed to enter the scene from the stairs between the audience, whereas, during both shows, I remembered the original blocking and entered the Good Joe scene through the Bad Joe scene which may have caused some confusion in regards to the audiences understanding of the overall story. The rest of the scene went smoothly however.