The first run through...

Tonight, we made it through our first run-through: well done, all! It was a good way to throw us back into the swing of things after two evenings without rehearsal.
The Friday/Saturday load in seemed to have been extremely successful; the show has made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. We now have a chain link fence, some nasty dripping pipes, a hung-and-focused light plot, and one TON of rocks! Not to mention a cast that can make it through the show with no line or blocking prompts, 85% of the props, and nearly the whole wardrobe.
...and somehow, there's still not enough time in the day! (slash night.)

We officially lost one of our numbers today. It brings up a number of frustrating challenges for Dustin, the first challenge being to re-cast the role. Liz joined us in rehearsal today and read for the Captain, but the final verdict was that there is no getting around the fact that the role is for a male. The second challenge falls to Erik, who has stepped up to the plate and will be memorizing the Captain's lines in addition to his own. Then, part of the cast will start meeting for extra hours (either before or after the regularly scheduled rehearsals) so that we can re-block and rehearse not only normal blocking, but a large amount of stage combat.

This week will be the turn-over from cast-based rehearsals to tech-based rehearsals, beginning with Paper Tech on Halloween Night. (I will be in costume. I hope that all else present will join me in the festivities. :D)