Becoming Jeanie

Hi everyone...

Tonight I tried on the infamous preggo belly. Here is a photograph from my phone:

The belly is too high, I know. We have some kinks to work out. And the gentleman who surprised me right before the photo was taken (notice the surprised eyebrow, eh?) is playing Berger, one of our main dudes. He was rehearsing music, hence why the pianist's mouth is slightly open (awkward). Anyways this is my dress and belly that now comes with being Yochana "Jeanie" Marie Lerner. Ta dah!

We had a good rehearsal tonight. It ended with a character-building exercise with the group. We paired up and faced our partner, then were told to see them with a certain intent. For example Adam (above photo) also happened to be my first partner, and as the group found partners our Assistant Director would give prompts like "In this partner, see all of his/her joy." So then you just look and explore and learn about that person's joy without using words. Then we moved, and also found partners to share sorrow, appreciation, teacher, enemy, and soulmate with.

Funny that my soulmate ended on the kid who is playing Claude - Jeanie's unrequited love interest! :)

Lots of good things will happen with this show. I'm excited about how the process is going so far. We have a run-through of Act I this coming Sunday!

Peace.

AV