For each scene, please share:
1) What did you find interesting/evocative/effective? What prompted a reaction in you? What worked?
2) What questions do you have for the performer?
3) Could you consistently hear and see the actors for most of the performance? Did it feel like they were really listening and responding to each other? Did they give themselves places to go and things to do? (Please note that you are not offering suggestions for fixing these if they weren't present, you're only sharing your experience as a viewer.)
1) Selby and Kayy both used a good mix of emotions. This is clearly a stressful situations and people respond to stress in different ways. There is laughter, sadness, anger, and uncertainty which is a realistic response.
2) Do the characters end up getting married?
3) I could hear and see them the whole performance, it seemed like a realistic conversation, and they used the space well.
2) Do the characters end up getting married?
3) I could hear and see them the whole performance, it seemed like a realistic conversation, and they used the space well.
1. Both of their movements and voice changes/tone were very effective. You could tell their relationship was very comical but also serious. They just had a good connection to each other and seemed to work very well together.
2. N/A
3. I could hear both of them, even when they had their serious talk and they "whispered" but it was still very vocal.
2. N/A
3. I could hear both of them, even when they had their serious talk and they "whispered" but it was still very vocal.
They portrayed they’re characters amazingly. They fit their actual personalities great. They used the space really well but there were instances where their backs faced the audience but that’s the only thing that I could say needed any work
K and Selby
Really good chemistry, they feed off each other well, use of tone
What would the characters do in a different part of the house?
I felt like the actors were really listening to each other and I could see them the whole time.
Really good chemistry, they feed off each other well, use of tone
What would the characters do in a different part of the house?
I felt like the actors were really listening to each other and I could see them the whole time.
Looking out of the window picturing the dogwood tree made me feel like there was a tree right outside
Smiling while performing was really effective
Outlining a sign - she is wrong
Changing movement and positions kept it really interesting and engaging
Playing really well off of each other
Could picture the bedroom and doors and windows
Blanket / jacket was really effective
Small anxious gestures were really good
Smiling while performing was really effective
Outlining a sign - she is wrong
Changing movement and positions kept it really interesting and engaging
Playing really well off of each other
Could picture the bedroom and doors and windows
Blanket / jacket was really effective
Small anxious gestures were really good
The Cake
What is prompting “are you okay?” What just happened?
I’m enjoying Macey pulling Jenn out of the mood with the closet bit.
Did Jen plan on telling Macey she wants to live here?
It would be helpful to get a little more visual context for the room so we can understand the boundaries of the space.
What is Macey wanting to accomplish by pointing out that having their family watch them get married is making them think about it?
Is this part of their usual dynamic, the thing where Jenn talks around an issue until Macey calls it out?
You all are listening to each other really nicely.
Kayy, I LOVE that you’re playing with volume! Can the neutral volume be loud enough that the quiet version is still audible?
Where does “does she really have to change?” come from?
What are their fights usually like?
What of this is a discovery in the moment? What of this is stuff they’ve been holding onto and deliberately not saying, and what of THAT is being chosen to say now and what’s popping out?
Where does Macey get the idea to write the article?
What is prompting “are you okay?” What just happened?
I’m enjoying Macey pulling Jenn out of the mood with the closet bit.
Did Jen plan on telling Macey she wants to live here?
It would be helpful to get a little more visual context for the room so we can understand the boundaries of the space.
What is Macey wanting to accomplish by pointing out that having their family watch them get married is making them think about it?
Is this part of their usual dynamic, the thing where Jenn talks around an issue until Macey calls it out?
You all are listening to each other really nicely.
Kayy, I LOVE that you’re playing with volume! Can the neutral volume be loud enough that the quiet version is still audible?
Where does “does she really have to change?” come from?
What are their fights usually like?
What of this is a discovery in the moment? What of this is stuff they’ve been holding onto and deliberately not saying, and what of THAT is being chosen to say now and what’s popping out?
Where does Macey get the idea to write the article?
Originally was bulletpoints
A lot of the time I couldn’t see Kayy’s face. Could hear
Really good chemistry
Y’all have really good comedic timing
The serious moments are really powerful and I feel like y’all add a lot of subtext in such tiny ways
Kayy, brilliant job getting right back into character
A lot of the time I couldn’t see Kayy’s face. Could hear
Really good chemistry
Y’all have really good comedic timing
The serious moments are really powerful and I feel like y’all add a lot of subtext in such tiny ways
Kayy, brilliant job getting right back into character
The Cake: Selby & Kayy
Selby, your imagining the life here part at the beginning, I could tell that’s what you wanted. “Doesn’t mean they like it!” that face and tone were good. Kayy, your “You’re not cute” and the part about Delia after was very expressive and it was really good. “You’re a normal size piece of shit” was so funny.
Do y’all often fight or is this rare for you two?
I could always hear you guys, but there were times I couldn’t see Kayy just because your back was to me at times, but from your body language and lines, I could still tell what you were doing and saying. Same with Selby once or twice.
Selby, your imagining the life here part at the beginning, I could tell that’s what you wanted. “Doesn’t mean they like it!” that face and tone were good. Kayy, your “You’re not cute” and the part about Delia after was very expressive and it was really good. “You’re a normal size piece of shit” was so funny.
Do y’all often fight or is this rare for you two?
I could always hear you guys, but there were times I couldn’t see Kayy just because your back was to me at times, but from your body language and lines, I could still tell what you were doing and saying. Same with Selby once or twice.
1) Selby immediately grabbed my attention as they started the scene walking across stage. The jacket was so well used, Kayy's positioning on the "bed" was evocative in picturing the set, handle fiddling, and Selby's mumbling all worked.
2) What can you place behind the chairs to remind the characters not to walk "behind/through the bed"?
3) The line Kayy whispered about sex on the couch was a bit too quiet to hear because she was facing Selby, but because I had seen them practice, I knew the context! The humorous lines were well heard and very well done.
2) What can you place behind the chairs to remind the characters not to walk "behind/through the bed"?
3) The line Kayy whispered about sex on the couch was a bit too quiet to hear because she was facing Selby, but because I had seen them practice, I knew the context! The humorous lines were well heard and very well done.
1) What did you find interesting/evocative/effective? What prompted a reaction in you? What worked?
Good comedic timing and dynamic. The characters are very realistic.
2) What questions do you have for the performer?
What is the moment before and how can that energy be carried into the top of the scene?
3) Could you consistently hear and see the actors for most of the performance? Did it feel like they were really listening and responding to each other? Did they give themselves places to go and things to do? (Please note that you are not offering suggestions for fixing these if they weren't present, you're only sharing your experience as a viewer.)
Volume is good.
Sitting on the right, I was kind of closed off because Kayy’s back was to me. Especially at the top of the scene.
There were moments where there were pauses. Most were effective but sometimes it interrupted possible comedic lines and flow of the scene.
Good comedic timing and dynamic. The characters are very realistic.
2) What questions do you have for the performer?
What is the moment before and how can that energy be carried into the top of the scene?
3) Could you consistently hear and see the actors for most of the performance? Did it feel like they were really listening and responding to each other? Did they give themselves places to go and things to do? (Please note that you are not offering suggestions for fixing these if they weren't present, you're only sharing your experience as a viewer.)
Volume is good.
Sitting on the right, I was kind of closed off because Kayy’s back was to me. Especially at the top of the scene.
There were moments where there were pauses. Most were effective but sometimes it interrupted possible comedic lines and flow of the scene.
1. the use of the space - tonality and delivery - walking around - humor - switching between different attitudes - the back and forth - really well-played characters - random physical gestures - really smooth & good flow
2. No
3. I could hear them clearly but couldn’t see them constantly. They listened and responded to each other and used the space well.
2. No
3. I could hear them clearly but couldn’t see them constantly. They listened and responded to each other and used the space well.
1.I liked how both actors used the space. What prompted a reaction out of me was when certain lines where more emphasized then others. I also though that when there were beats of pauses those were really effective.
2.n/a
3.I could hear then even when the character was talking quietly. They were responding to each other. A little weird movements at times.
2.n/a
3.I could hear then even when the character was talking quietly. They were responding to each other. A little weird movements at times.