intense

[say_anything18]

tonight was the second night of Romeo and Juliet rehearsal and i was left kinda dazed. I have to admit, last night, i was getting bored and wasn't looking forward to tonight, but it was really amazing. tonight the cast broke into groups and did some "droping in" at first i was told merely to observe how the process was done because groups were already formed, so i was bummed, but it actually worked out well. When the group i was watching was done we switched things arounf in the group, and i was able to drop juliet in. i was working with juliet, lord capulet and lady capulet... the intense scene where juliet tells her mother and father that she won't marry paris. the girls got so emotional, crying uncontrollably and i felt like shit. my job as the "drop in-er" was to take certain words or phrases the actor says and asks quetions to invoke imagery so that it gives the dialogue more meaning. in a scene like that one where lord capulet beats juliet and tells her he'll hang her before she disobeys him... shit got intense and i felt horrible making juliet cry asking her questions like "would you rather die than be without romeo, do you feel unloved, do you think your parents hate you?" shit like that and when you take the questions in relation to the script, it was painful to watch, and lady capulet was the first to go into tears, that poor girl, she didn't even want to say her last lines to juliet by the end because she was conflicted, so into the emotions. it was crazy.

the weirdest part though, was that if i kept watching these girls cry, my initial reaction was to laugh, but i have no idea why. i got over it and didn't ever laugh out loud, but still... i don't know why that was the initial reaction. hmmm. overall though, it was a good night.