- PRESTON Stay open to the audience in your first exchange with Arthur instead of turning profile to face him, we want to make sure we don’t lose your face.
- PRESTON Remember to hold the ax lower down on the handle, so it doesn’t hide your face– we can look at this today.
- PRESTON Instead of slamming the ax down on “SO STRIKE,” let’s try thrusting it towards him, without it touching the ground– we can look at this too.
- ABBIE When you go back up to the thrones with the holly, you can hand it to your handmaidens. We would like them to reach out to you to make sure you are okay in that moment.
- JOSH When you sit in the throne for LoD, can you sit with your legs off SL.
- MORGAN Following Abbott’s Bromley, your first line is “Through icy lands, Sir Gawain GOES” rather than “…Sir Gawain WENT.”
- JOSH Let’s look at the end of your fight with the ogres, we want to make a slight change to your choreography.
- ABBIE You can come out a little later following Gawain’s journey, then begin your line “That Christmas Eve, Sir Gawain prayed”
- JOSH When the men’s verse of Conditor begins, you can move your hands into a prayer position.
- JOSH During your first interaction with Lady Bercilak, remember to slide away as she moves toward you
- EMMA and JOSH In your scenes, even if a line is missed, we want the physicality and movement to remain the same— your physical language is the most important element of these scenes.
- EMMA On Day 3, after you take the sash from Morgan le Fay and turn towards Gawain, make sure you don’t turn too far towards SR – we don’t want to lose your face.
- PRESTON In Shortest Day, the line “And dearly love their friends” can be spoken out to the audience, rather than to the people onstage with you. Remember every statement is gentle and sincere.
- PRESTON You can be a tiiiiny bit quicker on “Listen”
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