This past Saturday was my first experience with an ASP Open Rehearsal. What a great idea! We had about forty people show up to watch an hour of rehearsal, where we presented about twenty minutes of the show and then had a question/answer session. It was very illuminating for us as we had some specific questions about sightlines/comprehension of our 'frame', etc. Plus, we got to eat some great snacks!
No one mentioned any problems with sightlines and Melia is continually sitting in different places to see how the staging works for all audience members, so it seems we are on the right track with the staging. There was an inspiring discussing about how we use the induction in our production. Some audience members remained unsure how they felt about our choice of frame for the 'play within the play' and some were enthusiastically encouraging us to go 'as crazy as we could' with it because it is a part of the play as William Shakespeare wrote it and without it, we wouldn't be doing William Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'. A dynamic discussion to be sure and well worth having.
Hopefully all those who came today will return to see the full production. It would be great if we could then have another question/answer session with them as well to get their thoughts after seeing the full production post opening!
Kristen
Assistant Director
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