Monday's Run Notes

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Act 1
All	Overture	Review your cue for the "la la"s and "Josephs" in the overture to sing into Mic 11
All	Any Dream Will Do	Split at the front to get up on stage faster
Chism	Any Dream Will Do	Wear the purple scarf as part of your character here (and to hide te gold)
Kasey	Jacob and Sons	Come to center and x DS over the brassy horns at the top of this song
Narrators	Jacob and Sons	Wait until Joseph exits to start moving Center/DS
Braden	Jacob and Sons	Hide your brown hair
ALL	Jacob and Sons	If you're hiding, come around the sides ("Dad!")
Shaely	Jacob and Sons	Just the names of the sons (not the verses between)
Brothers	Jacob and Sons	Welcome the chorus! Let them in! Slide to the left if you need to
Brothers	Jacob and Sons	Much better characters in your costumes!
Chris	Joseph's Coat	Rubic's Cube (colorful one, not a black one)
Narrators	Joseph's Coat	Cross to USC when Joe's group goes UR
Braden	Joseph's Coat	Cross to USC when Joe's group goes UR
Carosel	Joseph's Coat	Let the Narrators go under the ribbons before you lower them (after applause)
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Yay for the gloves and hats!
Narrators	Joseph's Dreams	Let's have you off stage for the jazzy part so the focus is on the brothers
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Great faces and attitudes!
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Throw your fedoras up stage onto the platforms. Baseball hats too.
Techies	Poor, Poor Joseph	Lights up as soon as music starts
Ishmaelites	Poor, Poor Joseph	Freeze after you hit your marks (end of your entrance)
Jonah	Poor, Poor Joseph	Nice "drag" off on speak Egyptian line
Brothers	One More Angel	Quicker on the hat change here, also let the music shift moticate your costume change
Techies	One More Angel	Take off or cover up the Hawaiian bands on the cowboy hats
ALL	One More Angel	Much better hat roll off!
Michael	One More Angel	Really nice on this song!
Michael	One More Angel	Yee-Haw to cue the hoedown
All	One More Angel	Use the dance (or the crying?) to get hats up onto the platforms
ALL	QUICK CHANGES
Maggie	Journey to Egypt	Just stay on stage to sing (visible) your solos
Kristen	Journey to Egypt	Just stay on stage visible to sing your solos, review your part
Jonah	Potiphar	Kneel or bow to your new master when you're presented to him?
Kylen	Potiphar	Red tank?
Chism	Potiphar	Dress belt
Chirms	Potiphar	Deep voice for "Come and lie with me love"
Chism	Potiphar	"Oooh!" when Jonah bumps your bum
Jackie	Potiphar	Set out the coins for me to stack-glue
Jackie	Potiphar	Let's give you a moustache for this
All	Potiphar/Close	Quiet on the set change! I know it's tricky, but it's a super-quiet moment
Jonah	Close	Hold the candle a little higher up to light your face when you're downstage
ALL	Close	Plan on being on stage for curtain open (late), candles on already
Jonah	Close	The way you said "Just give me a number" made me almost cry (which I NEVER do!)
Narrators	Butler/Baker Dreams	Cross and circle Joseph with candles of your own during this narrative to be more dynamic
ALL	Butler/Baker Dreams	How to handle singing off stage?
Kasey	Butler/Baker Dreams	That's a candle you just grabbed and stuffed under your arm! Just treat it like a candle instead of tying to sneak it off
Techies	Butler/Baker Dreams	Later on the blacklights (they're really showing during this song, so on at the top of Go Go instead)
Matthew	Butler/Baker Dreams	React bigger to hearing that you'll be saved. Maybe kneeling in gratitude? Wiping a brow?
Techies	Butler/Baker Dreams	Nice humor on the puppets
ALL	Go GO	Run on!
Narrators	Go Go	Take the opening of the dance to change
Kylen	Go Go	Your leggings are just fine!
Act 2
Techies	A Pharaoh Story	Blues open when chorus starts to sing (“When Pharaoh’s around”)
Narrators	A Pharaoh Story	New light position means being more in front of the wall
Gillian	A Pharaoh Story	Sit opposite Sarah (further back on throne platform)
All	A Pharaoh Story	Be happy for this number!
Jonah	A Pharaoh Story	Listen to what they're telling you and react accordingly (new information)
Matthew	Poor, Poor Pharaoh	Be next to Narrators for your part here (in the light)
ALL	Song of King	Your face is always to the audience for this (like Egypt figures)
Robert	Song of King	Do you have a class ring or something like that for some bling?
Robert	Song of King	Hold out the mic to Jo for the "Om Ba's" as if you're expecting him to answer your question and he says the bass line instead
All	Song of the King	Arms should end in a diagonal split
Kylen	Song Reprise	Take the stairs down when KatieLyn enters
Boys	Song Reprise	Arms for Bop-so-Wops
Robert	Song Reprise	Review lines (keep biffing)
Girls	Song Reprise	New fainter?
All	Dream Interp	Curious, happy-ish faces!
All	Who This Man Could Be	when you sing, when you don't//also arms
Showgirls	Stone the Crows	Take the exit to de-head and then reenter for fawning
Jonah	Stone the Crows	Give me the belt and I'll add Velcro
Chism	Canaan Days	Throw lines to Sarah (since she's responding)
Brothers	Canaan Days	Review cues and exaggerate moustache reveals
Jacob	Canaan Days	Stand when you sing (drunkenly), then pass out again, RUN WEEPS from drunk
Cameron V.	Canaan Days	If Chism's in front of you, counter to the left and dry a mug with your scarf
Brothers	Canaan Days	Who starts the solos? They were pretty bad today.
Brothers	Canaan Days	You totally missed the ending of the song again.
Devin	Grovel Grovel	Tuck in your white shirt
Narrators	Grovel	Tell the Brothers what they should do (grovel!)
Johnny	Grovel Grovel	Brother Costume?
Brothers	Grovel Grovel	Face the audience until the last second
Guards	Grovel Grovel	Long sleeves push up for the Guards (others have short)
Guards	Who's the Thief	Don't smile when you arrest them
Kristen/Jonah	Who's the Thief	Stay by Joe and take the bucket with you instead of toss
Brothers	Calypso	Tell Joseph the "Oh No's"
Brothers	Ben. Calypso	You can acknowledge the person who gives you the hat instead of ignoring the hat's sudden appearance while you're dancing.
Kylen	Ben. Calypso	Hold off on Joe's hat until after the Brothers cross so you're visable
Guards	Ben. Calypso	Have some kind of Island wear for this song besides just the hat
Robert/Sarah	Ben. Calypso	Can you be SL? There's more room.
Brothers	joseph is it really you	TIMING (sitting for first round, slow walk for second, coming around for Joseph, Hug AFTER the end)
Braden	Jacob Came to Egypt	New stuff! You good with it?
Jonah	Dream Reprise	Don't expect the bros to give you the coat - be surprised.
Narrators	Dream Reprise	Make sure you're visible BEFORE your line
Narr, Joe, Braden Robert	Dream Reprise	When others come DS, step onto apron
ALL	ALL	Review the soundtrack. Listen only to it and sing only your parts. Make sure you know when to come in, etc.
Brothers	Bows	Don't worry about your order - just go to an empty space

Notes from Run Two

Hi, all!

Below are all of Ms. Mason and my notes from the second run on Saturday.  It's in show-order, but I listed the person/people each note pertains to in the column on the left for easier scanning.

If you'd rather see it in spreadsheet form so you can sort it by name, the link for that is here.

Please remember to leave a comment (or email me if you have issues with commenting) that proves you read and remember your notes!

See you tomorrow!
Waterhouse

Act 1
All	Overture	Review your cue for the "la la"s and "Josephs" in the overture to sing into Mic 11
Narrators	PROLOGUE	Better emotions/and gestures!
All	Any Dream Will Do	Good note of change of entrance to the house, everyone.  It looked much more dynamic
Jonah	Any Dream Will Do	Jonah – let’s slow you down and hop up on stage at “And in the east”
Brothers		Girls playing boys – let's butch you up with makeup - thicker eyebrows, maybe some stubble on jawline
Narrators	Jacob and Sons	Come to center and x DS over the brassy horns at the top of this song
ALL	Jacob and Sons	Shout the Brother's names along with them
Chorus	Jacob and Sons	Instead of awkwardly poking through, make it natural.
Jonah	Joseph's Coat	Pet the sheep, make friends with it
Jonah	Joseph's Coat	Nice use of the block and good call kneeling next to it.  Looks good!
Braden	Joseph's Coat	Cross to the Narrators to admire the coat from a distance when the girls crowd around Joe.
Brothers	Joseph's Coat	Great volume!
Narrators	Joseph's Coat	Cross to USC when Joe's group goes UR
Braden	Joseph's Coat	Cross to USC when Joe's group goes UR
Narrators	Joseph's Coat	Late ribbon entrance?
Emma	Joseph's Coat	Nice adjustment with your empty hand - you were right not to fake it with a missing wand
Narrators	Joseph's Dreams	Thought Bubble needs to come on sooner.  Can you do it?
Techies	Joseph's Dreams	Corn should bow to the audience
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Much better cheating to the audience to grumble!  Looks and sounds great!
Techies	Joseph's Dreams	We need a big star for Joseph
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Put on your gloves during the star puppetry and have your hats on before you stand to dance
Brothers	Joseph's Dreams	Stack your baseball hats in front of the lights to help hide them
Gillian	Joseph's Dreams	Find gloves.  We have a lot of pairs.
Brothers	Poor, Poor Joseph	Take off your gloves and fedoras during the instrumental before the rap
Ishmaelites	Poor, Poor Joseph	Freeze after you hit your marks (end of your entrance)
Cameron H.	Poor, Poor Joseph	Awesome job hamming it up! You're hilarious!
Robert	Poor, Poor Joseph	Make sure your face is covered so we don't recognize you as Pharaoh.  If your hat doesn't reach, swap hats with Maggie.
Brothers	One More Angel	Quicker on the hat change here
Brothers	One More Angel	Have the orange kerchiefs tied around your neck and tucked under your shirt to facilitate the change
Chorus	One More Angel	Wear your kerchiefs in other places besides the neck for diversity from the brothers
Johnny	One More Angel	Watch where you fight the sheep so it's not humping your face
Techies	One More Angel	Take off or cover up the Hawaiian bands on the cowboy hats
ALL	One More Angel	Be cleaner with the hat roll-off before the "Paradise" tip to the sky
ALL	One More Angel	Much better enthusiasm on the hoedown!
Hitchkickers	One More Angel	Make sure you review the video for timing your section.
Johnny	One More Angel	Your stage makeup looks really good.
Michael	One More Angel	Drop the fabric off DR at the top of the dance, not at the end.
Jacob	One More Angel	Just go back the way you came instead of crossing R after you get the coat.
Maggie	Journey to Egypt	Just stay on stage to sing your solos
Kristen	Journey to Egypt	Just stay on stage to sing your solos, review your part
Jackie	Potiphar	Much better downstairs
Kylen	Potiphar	Hold your head wiggle until the pause
Christina	Potiphar	Much better on the cross
Jackie	Potiphar	Stand up when you say "You're mine!"
Chism	Potiphar	Review the dance video for this - you missed a section
Jonah	Potiphar	Review the dance video for this - you missed a section
Kylen	Potiphar	Review the dance video for this - you missed a section
Shaely	Potiphar	Review the dance video for this - you missed a section
Chism	Potiphar	Pelvic thrusts were lost.  Bigger, hammier , and cheated to the audience (or make up something of your own to fill the music)
Narrators	Potiphar	"Below him"
Jackie	Potiphar	make sure you're not covered by Kylen when you're patting Chism's cheek.  Move L if you need to.
Jonah	Close Every	Nice coverage for the slow curtain!
Chorus	Close Every	RUN THE ENTRANCES
Kylen	Close Every	Make sure your shoulders are covered.
Jonah	Close Every	Really nice emotional journey on this song.  You do a great job of balancing the emotions with excellent singing
Chorus	Close Every	Hold the turn around until the start of the next song so the candles stay "lit" through the applause
Narrators	Butler/Baker Dreams	Should we have you cross and circle Joseph with candles of your own during this narrative to be more dynamic?
Matthew	Butler/Baker Dreams	Enter UC through the curtains
Emma	Butler/Baker Dreams	Enter UC through the curtains
Matthew	Butler/Baker Dreams	Better job telling us the story!
Matthew	Butler/Baker Dreams	Microphone issues?
Emma	Butler/Baker Dreams	Microphone issues?
Matthew	Butler/Baker Dreams	React bigger to hearing that you'll be saved.  Maybe kneeling in gratitude?  Wiping a brow?
Sarah	Go Go	Awesome outfit!
Jonah	Go Go	Awesome Sha-La's with shackles!
ALL	Go Go	Make sure you remember the new ending to Go Go
Act 2
Techies	A Pharaoh Story	Blues open when chorus starts to sing (“When Pharaoh’s around”)
Emily		A clip-on bowtie would nerd you up!  So would emphazing the highwater pants with rolled cuffs
All		The bigger Egypt makeup looks great, but EVERYONE needs to have it, not just part of the group
All	Poor, Poor Pharaoh	Group enters at “Poor, Poor pharaoh, what you gonna do?” and stands in neutral until the dance starts
Robert	Poor, Poor Pharaoh	Enter later and in character - we can see you under the red lights
Narrators	Poor, Poor Pharaoh	Stay against the wall in the Narrator spot with Joseph
Jonah	Poor, Poor Pharaoh	Stay against the wall in the Narrator spot with Narrators
All	Song of the King	Better job on the dance!
All	Song of the King	Arms should end in a diagonal split
Girls	King Reprise	Stay diagonal and wide for the kickline!
Cameron H.	King Reprise	Stand near Cameron V. to help the showgirls down the stairs
Jonah	King Reprise	Let's chat about how to use the showgirls to illustrate
Sierra	Stone the Crows	Nice job being excited about Joe's promotion!
Robert	Stone the Crows	Let's thicken and blacken your eyebrows to match the eyeliner now (which looks goo!)
Robert	Stone the Crows	Nice reactions to the girls!
Narrators	Stone the Crows	Cross DS earlier so you're at the base of the stairs while the girls are fawning
All	Canaan Days	RUN SET CHANGE!!!
Brothers	Canaan Days	Review cues and exaggerate moustache reveals
Jacob	Canaan Days	Be sad after you cry, not just during the cry
Brothers	Canaan Days	HHHMMMSSS???
Brothers	Canaan Days	Stand when you sing the chorus (drunkenly), then slump back when Chism sings
Jacob	Canaan Days	Stay passed out on the table unless you are singing
Chism	Canaan Days	Nice "fix your moustache before we get the women-fruit"
Chism	Canaan Days	Run the tango a lot.  Do it in the hallway between classes
Michael	Canaan Days	Run the tango a lot.  Do it in the hallway between classes
Kasey	Canaan Days	Run the tango a lot.  Do it in the hallway between classes
Christina	Canaan Days	Run the tango a lot.  Do it in the hallway between classes
Brothers	Canaan Days	You totally missed the ending of the song again.
Narrators	Canaan Days	Kasey – nice expression as they sing.  Christina – be more confused about what they’re doing.
Brothers	Canaan Days	Add chair twirl over end instrumental before slumping down to sing to the audience
Emily	Back in Canaan	Much better volume on solo!
Brothers	Brothers Go to Egypt	It's now a curtain scene!
Guards	Grovel Grovel	Look at the brothers over the bowing part at the top of the song
Sarah	Grovel Grovel	Not bad for a sneaky entrance!
Narrators	Grovel Grovel	Just take this song off.  You two hang out backstage for it.
Brothers	Grovel Grovel	Face the audience until the last possible second when you go to get the food.  Your backs should be to us only for 2 seconds or less.
Brothers	Grovel Grovel	Someone left a purple scarf bundle on stage near the stairs in full view
Guards	Grovel Grovel	Face forward instead of watching Joe plant the cup.
Alex	Who's the Thief	Nice guard face
Kylen	Who's the Thief	Nice guard face
Emma	Who's the Thief	Nice guard face
Guards	Who's the Thief	You have a ton of time to cross back upstage to the cubes over the slow music.  Take your time walking and don't rush.
Brothers	Ben. Calypso	You can acknowledge the person who gives you the hat instead of ignoring the hat's sudden appearance while you're dancing.
Narrators	Ben. Calypso	There will be applause after the Calypso - hold your next line for that
Guards	Ben. Calypso	Have some kind of Island wear for this song besides just the hat
Brothers	Any Dream Reprise	Nice improv with the swaying.  Let's keep it just until "May I return"
Chism	Any Dream Reprise	Good instinct to balance the space by crossing right
Sierra	Any Dream Reprise	Don't hide behind Jonah
All		Thanks for the hard work today!  The show is getting better and better and I love and appreciate every single one of you!