NOVEMBER 29, 2010 - DECEMBER 3, 2010

WEEKLY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE FOR ORPHEUS and EURYDICE

Monday, November 29th:

6th Period:

Work: pages 16-19: Eurydice and Serafina

pages 56 - 58: Eurydice Serafina, and Chico

3:00 - 7:00: Run-through of play with props and costumes

7:00 - 8:00: Work on selected scenes

Tuesday, November 30th:

6th Period:

Work: page 26: Orpheus; and pages 30 - 32: Orpheus

3:00 - 7:00: Run-through of play with props and costumes

7:00 - 8:00: Work on selected scenes

Wednesday, December 1st:

Period 6:

Work: pages 61 - 62: Serafina, Eurydice, Chico; page 51: Serafina and Chico

3:00 - 7:00: Run-through of play with props and costumes

7:00 - 8:00: Work on selected scenes

Thursday, December 2nd:

Period 6:

Work: page 70: Orpheus, Hermes, Apollo, Hector and Doctor

pages 43-44: Serafina and Chico

3:00 - 7:00: Run-through of play with props and costumes

7:00 - 8:00: Work on selected scenes

Friday, December 3rd:

Period 6:

Work: pages 26 - 28: Orpheus, Apollo and Hector

pages 30 - 31: Orpheus and Eurydice

3:00 - 7:00: Run-through of play with props and costumes

Saturday, December 4th:

Rehearsal:

9 am - 4 pm: Two run-throughs of play with props and costumes

NOVEMBER 15, 2010 - NOVEMBER 19, 2010

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR ORPHEUS and EURYDICE REHEARSAL

Monday, November 15th:

6th Period:

Work on all scenes with Eurydice, Orpheus, Chico and Serafina

3 - 5 p.m.:

Cafeteria

Ms. Goldschein will work with dancers

Mr. Itkin and I will work with following actors:

Pages 43 - 45; Serafina's house: Chico, Eurydice and Serafina

Pages 60 - 64; Serafina's house and outside her house: Serafina, Eurydice, Chico, Mira, Hecate, Hecuba, Apollo, Hector and Orpheus

6:00 p.m.:

Work on: pages 26 - 29; Orpheus' house; Orpheus, Apollo, Hector, Mira, Neighbor's Sister-in-Law's Cousin

Tuesday, November 16th:

Shortened Day

6th Period:

Work on all scenes with Orpheus, Eurydice, Serafina and Chico

3 - 6 pm:

Cafeteria

Run-through of entire play

Wednesday, November 17th:

6th Period:

Work on all scenes with Orpheus, Eurydice, Serafina and Chico

3 - 5 pm:

Cafeteria

Run-through of Act 1

6 pm:

Work on: pages 26 - 28; Orpheus's house; Orpheus, Apollo, Hector, Mira, Neighbor's Sister-in-Law's Cousin

Work on: pages 54 - 58; Serafina's house; Serafina, Mira, Helena, Portia, Eurydice; Orpheus and Chico.

Thursday, November 18th:

6th Period:

Work on all scenes with Orpheus, Eurydice, Serafina and Chico

3 - 5 pm:

Cafeteria

Run-through of Act 2

6 pm:

Work on: pages 70 - 80

The Hospital: Orpheus, Hermes, Doctors, Apollo, Hector, Dying Woman, Sick Girl

The Office of Missing People: the Guide, Orpheus

The Cemetery: the Guide, Orpheus, Eurydice, Priestess, the celebrants

Friday, November 19th:

6th Period:

Work on all scenes with Orpheus, Eurydice, Serafina and Chico

3 - 6 pm:

Theatre!

Run-through of entire play, Act 1 and 2

Saturday, November 20th:

9 - 4 pm

Theatre

Costume Parade

Run-through with props and costumes

Remember! Rehearsals on Monday, November 22, and Tuesday, November 23 in theatre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We need props for BLACK ORPHEUS - recently rechristened ORPHEUS and EURYDICE:

The setting is timeless but we don’t want anything too new or too modern:

a victrola

Other items people would pawn:

cameras

radios

lamps

old watches,

costume jewelry in jewelry boxes

musical instruments

old fashioned typewriter

brush

hand mirror

a scarf with astrological signs on it

two glasses

a wine bottle - sans wine

a beer bottle - sans beer

bolts of cloth

an old fashioned peddle sewing machine

a barrel

odds and ends that one might find in an old fashioned 5 & Dime:

sewing utensils:

bolts of cloth

packets of yarns

small decorative boxes

small boxes of food

clipboard

pencils

manila folders

3 stethoscopes

Costumes:

Old cast off clothes:

The characters are all impoverished and the street clothes they wear should reflect that.

If you have clothes you’ve been meaning to donate to Goodwill, let us use them first ;-)

If you have old clothes your children have outgrown please feel free to donate to us.

The Mardi Gras scenes are colorful and the characters are in costume. The actors will be given material to help construct their costumes, but if you have old costumes PLEASE let us have them. Or if you have bolts of fabric or other types of material - ribbons, feathers, etc. please feel free to bring them in. Also, if you have expertise in sewing or building costumes, please feel free to come down and help. We have a wonderful costumer - a former student, Julius Bronola - but there are a lot of actors and we could use some help in building, and guiding the students in making their own costumes.

We are looking for clothes that are colorful and not too specific to a particular time period:

white shirts

white blouses

white skirts/dresses

white pants

colorful shirts and blouses

bright colorful skirts and dresses

sandals

white slip-on Ked tennis shoes

Please: no jeans or anything that is too modern

Also, the costumes should be generic: pirates, soldiers, princesses - but nothing that is easily categorized as “Disney”. We do not want to jar the audience out of the sense that this is a timeless place far removed from the modern world of corporate products.

Masks:

I bought material for the actors to make their own masks. If you would like to add some interesting material to the inventory please do so - it would be greatly appreciated. And if you have some expertise in masking-making, your input would be greatly appreciated.

Starting after Thanksgiving week we will be staying late and food would be nice.

We also really need ad sales. So far we only have one sale and that was from Jordan Mantor’s mother who graciously bought an ad for our program Thank you so much, Mrs. Mantor! We really appreciate your generosity!

Thank you all for your help!

Kate Bridges

November 8, 2010 - November 12, 2010

Weekly Agenda for ORPHEUS and EURYDICE

Monday, November 8th:

6th Period:

Work with Serafina and Chico: pages 48 - 52;

Orpheus and Eurydice run scenes

3:00 - 5:00: Cafeteria

Run through Act 2: Everyone

5:00 - 6:00:

Work on pages 30 - 32: Orpheus, Eurydice, Hector and Apollo;

pages 48 - 52: Orpheus, Eurydice, Serafina, and Chico

Tuesday, November 9th:

6th Period:

Work on pages 3 - 7: Orpheus, Eurydice; Hermes, Bruno, Louis

Work on pages 70 - 72: Orpheus, Hermes, Hector, Apollo

Work on pages 77: Orpheus, Hermes, Hector, Apollo

3:00 - 5:00: Cafeteria

Run through dances in Act 1

Ms. Bridges and Mr. Itkin will work with selected actors

5:00 - 6:00:

Work on pages 53 - 54: Orpheus, Eurydice, Apollo, Hector

Work on pages 54 - 58: Serafina, Mira, Helena, Portia, Eurydice, Orpheus and Chico

Work on pages 58 - 60: Mira, Orpheus, Hector, Apollo

Wednesday, November 10th:

6th Period:

Work on pages 43 - 45: Serafina, Eurydice, Chico

3:00 - 5:00: Work on pages 21 - 23: “The Grocer”: Grocer, Shoppers 1, 2, and 3, Serafina, Eurydice, other shoppers, Mira, Neighbor’s Sister-in-Law’s Cousin.

Work on pages 36 - 42: “Lady D’Arc’s Costume Shop”; Lady D’Arc, Portia, Helene, Women, Eurydice, Orpheus, Serafina, Apollo, Death

5:00 - 6:00:

Work on pages 70 - 74: Orpheus, Hermes, Dr. Albert, Hector, Apollo, Two Doctors, Two Nurses, Sick Woman

Work on page 78: The Bureaucrat, Orpheus, Eurydice

Thursday, November 11th

Veterans’ Day

No School

Friday, November 12th:

6th Period:

Work on pages 43 - 45; Serafina, Eurydice, Chico

Work on pages 60 - 63: Serafina, Eurydice, Chico

3:00 - 6:00:

Run through of entire play

Saturday, November 13th:

9:00 - 4:00:

Run through of entire play with costumes and props.