Well, I'm a big believer in accomplishing a lot in rehearsals, and also in highly-detailed time management. That said, I love it when you hit a rhythm in rehearsal and have a great time. Today was one of those days: MAYA and I rehearsed The Green Lama for four hours this afternoon, and we had a blast. John Hadfield (percussionist) had worked with me earlier to set up our electronics, and today was the rehearsal where we put the "soundtrack" together, playing all the musical snippets and various electronica elements in order, along with a reading of the script from the Green Lama comic book. I'm not sure what it was about this piece - perhaps it's just such a crazy mish-mash of styles, times, and places - but we were, ahem, ROFL the whole time. MAYA plays brilliantly, and it's incredibly rewarding to be able to work with them on such an intimate level.
The actors are WQXR’s Elliott Forrest as narrator, with Law and Order's Linus Roache as the voice of the Green Lama, and Brian Cox—who opens in "Coriolanus" this week opposite Ralph Fiennes—as master crook Willie the Sleeper. Darrell Larson will also be joining us.
Tomorrow we put together the entire Green Lama multimedia project. We'll do a tech run-through with the video projection element (devised by Elliott Forrest), and then the actors will join us for a full-cast rehearsal and then run-through. Should be a great day!
Then Sunday's the big day. Dress rehearsal at 2:30, and the performance at 4pm. Get your tickets here.
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