The Crucible Notes – 2 February 2017
Act 1 Scene 1
Hayden:
- How would you actually tell someone to get out?
- When you tell Abagail to sit, why did you move the chair you sit in and not use it?
- Make sure your body language matches your lines.
- “Where is my wood” – throughout that entire section when you are yelling at Proctor, you are insulting him, NOT complaining, make sure it sounds like an insult.
- Vary your tactics
- In the end, (when Tituba is in the chair) your overlapping was good, but you can’t overlap so much that Tituba doesn’t even had time to answer.
Michaelann:
- Great posture!! Thank you!!
- Looking at Parris when he exits is really nice.
- When you say “I saw Indians smash my dear parents heads.” You are using your higher register and you can’t on that line. It needs to be lower and a bit more malicious.
- After Kylan enters, your beats and switches need to be more clear (around “Oh john give me a word”)
- Stay honest
- Good reactions and staying in character! (:
- “That frog jumped in there” that needs to be more of a realization.
Noah:
- Be even more comforting when Ann is talking about her “Dead babies” you started to, now just make it bigger.
- Don’t move awkwardly around the chair with Addie, move with confidence.
- Good looking at Hale’s books after he sets them on the dresser.
Heather:
- CHEAT OUT!!
- Looking after Parris when he leaves was really nice!
Kylan:
- Make your beats when you’re alone with Michaelann more clear.
- React more to Betty, when she freaks out.
- You can’t leave until Giles is completely finished with his line. “No – no John, I think not. I have some few queer questions.” You have a line after that.
Jordan:
- Cheat out!!
- Slow down your lines, you are talking to fast.
- Don’t stand in front of people
- Have reactions
Addie:
- Don’t move awkwardly around the chair with Noah, move with confidence.
- Slow down your lines a bit, we can’t understand you when you go fast.
- Good looking at Hale’s books when he puts them on the dresser.
- Isn’t Ann supposed to get Tituba?
Emma:
- Slow down your lines! (Especially “I fear it”)
- Watch your body language, you have a tendency to straighten up and go back and forth between straight and old.
Jezory:
- Don’t stand in the wing, we can see you.
- Isn’t Ann supposed to get Tituba?
Sophie:
- You can’t wear socks
- You have to have diction when you’re screaming, we can’t understand you at all.
Everyone in that scene:
- Pacing
- DICTION
- Males – Don’t open your legs so wide when you’re sitting, it isn’t time period
- POSTURE – EVERYONE
- DICTION
- If you are old, you HAVE TO SLOW YOUR LINES
- DICTION AND PROJECTION
Act 1 Scene 2
Cassie:
- “Raise her chin like a prince” that whole line was to strong.
- Going to the stairs to leave was a great choice, thank you for making him make you stay
- Be honest with double lines
- Don’t use cry voice
- You had a weird cross – you can’t sit before Kylan tells you too.
- STOP TOUCHING YOUR NECK!
- Beautiful word endowment
- Nice reaction to “Rebecca’s Charged”
- STOP CROSSING ARMS!
- Nice overlapping
- Make sure your lines with Mary aren’t to strong.
Kylan:
- Are you trying? Where are you, and where are you not? Clear switches.
- “What see you?” double line was great!!
- Don’t yell too much
- Good job with double lines today
- “I follow the notion” needs to be to Cassie
- Nice “Christian house”
Bryce:
- Quicker entrance
- More tactics needed
- Variance on your lines
- Why ask things!
- Word endowment was better in the second half
Kirby:
- Good reaction
- Diction
Jordan:
- Good reactions when you first come in
- Start your line as soon as Kylan dismisses Kirby “Leave me Francis leave me”
- Diction
Lucas:
- Clarify “Man are you blind” with Struiks
Emilee:
- Nice strength and fade with your body movements
- Good reactions
Everyone:
- Have honesty with double lines
- PROJECTION
- Beats are nice in the first half
Act 2 Scene 1
Michaelann:
- Come further in before you start
- Thank you for grabbing the lantern before leaving
- You have to BITE your words when you go high
- Good connection to Kylan
- Have more tension
- DICTION
Kylan:
- Good pushing her away
- Have more tension
- DICTION
Act 2 Scene 2
Jordan:
- Cheat out/diction
Bryce:
- Good pacing in the first part
Nate:
- Don’t anticipate people cutting you off
- “Pray you sir” nice (:
- Anytime you ask a question, you have to leave a beat for others to react
- Know your cutoffs
Lucas:
- Don’t sway
Jaren:
- Good job slowing down your lines!(:
Emilee:
- Good reactions
- Good change with “No sir”s they were nice
- When you say “Mr. Proctor” to Abagail, you need to have more nervousness in your voice for that to make sense.
- Genuinely add pauses
- When Kylan grabs you don’t be too distracting
- Go over the lines when the girls repeat you
Noah:
- Stand with convection and purpose
Hayden:
- Keep reacting, but don’t be to shifty when you’re sitting on the bench
- Know your cutoffs
- More denying when you say you “didn’t see anyone naked”
Michaelann:
- Don’t be so bouncy when you walk in
- Great walk away when accused of being wrong
- Don’t squeak when you go high
Kylan:
- Posture when you’re sitting
- Have reactions when you’re sitting to “Goody Proctor always kept poppets”
- Don’t be distracting when grabbing Emilee in the courtroom
- Don’t yell so much
Townsgirls:
- Need much more reaction when Danforth says “Her neck will break for it”
- Practice repeating with Emilee and Nate
- Repeat EXACTLY WHAT MARY SAYS
- Better screaming picture thank you!!! (:
Abram:
- Good grabbing Emilee
Cassie
- Don’t use “cry voice”
Everyone:
- I LITERALLY CANNOT WRITE DICTION ENOUGH TIMES!!!!!
- Projection
- Dovetail
- Pacing – repeating section
- KNOW YOUR CUTOFFS (DON’T ANTICIPATE THEM)
- Pacing = SPEED UP NOT SLOW DOWN
- More reactions to “God is dead” (Especially the Reverends)
Act 2 Scene 3
Lucas:
- Projection
Jezory:
- Projection and Diction
- Let Abram grab your arms don’t put them out for him
Nate:
- Watch your body language
- If you’re going to talk to the window do it confidently
- If you stand on “No more” (to cut off Bryce and Jaren) make it purposeful and don’t awkwardly walk back to the stool
- Good grabbing Cassie “Are you stone?”
- Good tension with Bryce “Andover” section
Cassie:
- Cheat out
- Vary tactics (tender, loving)
- Pacing when you’re on the bench with Kylan
- “I have no learning for it” (:
Bryce:
- Good tension with Nate “Andover” section
- Good counter
Kylan:
- Pacing with Cassie when you’re on the bench
- Don’t awkwardly walk slowly to the bench just sit down
- More tactics throughout the “this is my name” section
- Exit quicker
Emma:
- Good slow lines
Zach:
- Good staying engaged
Hayden:
- You have to rush after Proctor (don’t run)
- “Proctor Proctor” needs to be different
Everyone:
- Make Tituba and Sara’s exit bigger
- KNOW YOUR ENTRANCES
- If someone is supposed to cut you off just keep talking until they cut you off
- Watch your body language when your arms are by your side (make sure you have tension in your body)
- Guide Proctor to the bench to sign the paper
- CUTOFF’S MUST BE REAL
- When Kylan tears the paper everyone needs to react more it was too casual
- Pacing
- Abram and Emma, good timing with exit
- Proctor needs to exit quicker
- Listen to people
Things that need to be clarified
- Fix MA and Heather “beat Betty” moment
- Fix Betty’s screaming moment
- Fix right before Tituba enters and up to when she is sitting
- Abrams entrance in the courtroom scene
- “Chill and shadow” section right before girls start repeating Mary
- Pick line when Kylan and MA look at each other when Elizabeth is in the courtroom
- Cassie’s exit
- Entrance with Cassie and Abram in the jail
