The entire crew was around for a day full of running through sketches and blocking them on stage. We began with an extensive set of run throughs for Shane's sketch. It's my policy to not give away too much, but the sketch does have the Devil in it. Andy is cast as the Prince of Darkness, and he has an entire posse with him. We writers were treated to some richly amusing singing and dancing antics on stage by all of the actors. The cast continues to amaze us with the way that they can make us laugh at sketches that we've read through several times and, in some instances, we have lived with for almost an entire year.
We then moved onto another sketch that involves the entire cast, Laura's "The Real Version." This particular sketch was one that I had the chance to run through last week in absence. Well, Andy put on a clinic with his treatment of the same character. He had slightly different mannerism each run through, and he had us in stitches. It was also fun to see the physicality of the scene from the seats this week as opposed to being in the thick of it. (Know this: Brigid is a very flexible human being.)
Another highlight of the week was seeing dudes kiss on stage again. Wow, David really gets around. The particular scene that involves this roMANce was the one that also ends in a gyrating braid of femininity at center stage. Again, very funny stuff. Poor Janna wasn't feeling well and tapped out during the first run through of the lady-knot, but she made it through the second time around without incident. (Pretty impressive she made it to rehearsal, actually. When she wasn't on stage she looked as if she was going to pass out.) (And another thing: Michelle is also a very flexible human being.) The rehearsals for this sketch are also intriguing because we get to see and hear Sam's extensive knowledge of show tunes lyrics. He could make serious bank as a singing male stripper in San Francisco or West Hollywood.
One of Ben's awesome sketches finally got a run through yesterday. God-damn, that boy can write. He has one sketch set in the Old West and one that involves a superhero. The Old West sketch got a run through yesterday. We had Sam as a Latino lover, Andy as modern day Slim Pickens, and Janna as a tough-as-nails saloon keeper. This should be made into a feature film. Or an Original Lifetime Movie (TM). We ended the day with Brian's sketch involving the last rites. (If he's Catholic he is SO excommunicated.) David treated us to his Bronx accent as the perverted padre.
On the whole, it feels as if the show is coming together. Some of the actors are already getting off book, and we kicked around ideas for a poster as well. It's hard to believe that we are already halfway through our eight weeks of rehearsals.
Limited footage from yesterday. The battery on my camera died.
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| More musical amusements. |
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| Lucifer himself with his phalanx of females. |
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