Yesterday's rehearsal was interesting for me because it's the first time (since we've started working on Pig) that I've gotten really frustrated with myself. So far, I've been pretty proud of how patient and focused I've been, but I finally reached that part of the process where I want to rip my hair out.
First off, I started out the run poorly by going up on a lot of my lines, which really ticked me off. I was able to let it go after it happened, but the rest of the run wasn't much better. I'm trying to make Jeanann unique and specific, but I don't think I am executing her that way. I don't think I vocalized or physicalized her properly: In order to develop her physicality, I gave her my mandrill walk and she always slumps over when she sit; however, I feel like I do that half the time and the other half the time I fall into "Taylor" physicality. I don't think either of these work for Jeanann and I'm not really sure what I can do to transform my body in the way I want to. I think I'm going to add a lot of "Ree's" physicality from Winter's Bone at the points where she isn't acting like a Mandrill. I also need to give her more small habits (like the way she scratches herself, or if she's a nail biter, ect). I'm not really sure how to vocalize Jeanann either; her personality suggests that she speaks at a low part of her register, but the fact that she is young implies that her voice should be a bit higher. I think what I will try to do is keep her voice low for the majority of the play and raise it when she gets more emotional. I also need to add in vocal gestures (the way she laughs, whether she "umm's" or "uhhh's" ect)
Another thing that is frustrating is that I don't think I've developed her arch in the way I should have. This going to require a lot of last minute text work this weekend. I'm not really sure how I should approach fixing this, but I'm really unhappy with the way she's been developing.
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