So…. another night of rehearsals as we inch closer to March’s performance!
Tonight we spent time on several scenes from Act 1 of Cosi, and also started to
dabble with some of the costumes for the play’s final scenes.

All of us are trying very hard to move off of script so that we can have our hands free to wave about as we see fit. What many people don’t realise is that as an ensemble cast, we each have to learn virtually all lines of the play, not just our own, so we know exactly when to speak and when to move. Lewis is one of the main characters in Cosi, and though he has very few long passages of text to deliver at a time, he speaks very frequently throughout the play and is on stage for almost every moment of Cosi. This means I have to really concentrate on what the other actors are saying and be sure to keep in the moment with them.

It’s tricky but I enjoy the challenge.