Yesterday was our Open Rehearsal at The Garage. We do these for every production and to be honest - they're awesome! We invite the public into the rehearsal process for an hour to glimpse at the production while still in its raw form. It isn't just exciting and eye-opening for the audience but for the actors and production staff as well.
To work through scenes at rehearsal with audience reactions for the first time is interesting to observe. It gives the actors an energy boost of sorts. To hear laughter or gasps from people that haven't seen it 20 times before is both reaffirming and intimidating. What are they reacting to? What are did I do differently? As an actor you definitely enter a new "place" after the open rehearsal. It answers a lot of questions that you may have and at the same time keep starts some fresh ones.
For the audience it is an intimate look into our "world". One that not too many audience members get to see and no doubt they'll see something take place that they've never seen before - how the play comes to life. It also gives them a unique perspective on the actual performance when they see it all together. They can say "Oh, that has changed" or "I remember when they discovered that moment." It's quite rewarding as an audience member to have that knowledge.
'Til next time,
Laura
Marketing Manager
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ASP believes Shakespeare’s words are urgently relevant to our times. Working as an ensemble of resident company members, we bring these words into the voices, bodies, and imaginations of our actors, audiences and neighborhoods. We do this through creative projects, including intimate productions and outreach. These projects inspire civic dialogue, build relationships between people, strengthen communities, and reveal something about what it means to be human here and now.
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