A Few Very Good Notes from Jay

People should be ready to start at 6 pm, we have the space until 11 pm.

Your goal tonight should be to have practised (and more or less perfected) any or all of the following:
- scene changes
- lighting cues
- sound cues and sound volume
- slideshow quality and timing
- sight lines
- quick costume changes (if applicable)
- and striking of sets

It's also probably best for casts and crews to wait in the green room if they feel they can't keep the noise down in the theatre while the tech is being worked out.

On another note, I watched the four shows last night and found them to be entertaining. As I mentioned last night, I'll just make a couple of small suggestions, but you can take them or ignore them for what they're worth: either way I won't be offended!

- at times the lines are on auto-pilot, the actors must tell a story as if it's the very first time each of these characters are hearing and seeing what they are hearing and seeing. In places, there's some anticipation and rushing of lines where the pronunciation and diction get garbled. In a set of shows where the audience is hearing for the first time about such unusual things as space whales and laser beams, self-fertilization kits, and extinct fishes at the city market, we can't afford to lose them and currently we risk that without clear communication coming through.

- heads up acting (both physically and metaphorically), some saggy line cues, i.e. line (pause) line (pause) line. We just need to trim those pauses. Characters should enter and exit with purpose, greater sense of urgency could be beneficial in all four shows.

- wait for the laugh to subside before resuming script dialogue (BUT remember not to anticipate a laugh, if it doesn't happen, just keep going!)

But like I say, these are all just tweaks that struck me last night. By that same token, you have all done a great job in leading the troops into battle. They all seem to be having a great time.

See you all tonight!

Jaybird