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Act I: Start Time: 734p/Stop Time: 818p
Nina - Watch for Sophie’s signal to cue fire
Tay: Correct Maria on ‘The Cat always dies’ as if your next lines would be ‘not the mouse’
All: Watch overplaying the Hitler mustache joke…once or twice is plenty
Will: Good timing on the exit and return
Crew: Much better on paging curtains
JP: Nice job with the bottles
Sound: Nice job with judiciously using the animal cues

Act II: Start Time: 830p/Stop Time: 912p
-Crew: We need to wait to set the chairs until just before we drop lights
-All: **General note: Great job integrating notes…very professional**
-Some really great through energy and timing…you’re seeming much more comfortable
-Kieran: The litany of beverages is almost there…build the energy/intensity as you go through the list
-Kieran: Nice change to the Shiraz offer
-Tay: Good job connecting tonight
-Will: Keep working the ‘nobody knows’ crosses…they’re just slightly off
-Props: I’ll find some chalk for the erasers
-Tay: remember how upset she was about the nuke plants in act I…you’ve gotten away from that a bit
-JP: Some very nice interchanges after shutting down the meltdown
-Will: Make sure and connect with Quincy a bit more as a couple…it seems like Susannah is more your romantic partner on occasion
-Tay: Muskogee is pronounced ‘Muss-KOH-gee’
-Zoe: Take a half beat to realize things are a mess before you fix Chart Hits
-Kieran: Don’t jump right into fearing the folks at the door…build into their hostile intent (also, don’t come so far downstage)

Act III: Start Time: 921p/Stop Time: 1003p (with the stoppage)
-Wait to assume your iconic pose until you see Cassidy start
-Tay: Continue to push the raps to match Cassidy’s vocal level
-Great crisp style movement on the handclaps
-Cass: Pull out the notebook to start the litany of the names…read from the book at the top
-All: Much better backstage tonight…room to grow, but a significant improvement
-Liliana: Make sure to leave a gap for Edna as you back up
-Nico: Turn and leave right on the thunderclap
-Will: Some very nice moments with Bart in I Stand on the Deck
-Hyacinth: Watch rushing out onstage at the top of Cape Fear…take your time and sync with the others
-Will/Lucy: How do you feel about your kids confronting Burns?
-Makeup: Much better on hand tattoos
-Kieran: Mind your voice…started getting gravelly under Love/Hate
-Ensemble/Edna: Can you bring your lanterns with you on And Now The Sky
-Milo: Can you grab the rope bond after you cut it off Bart, rather than having Kieran toss it?
-Nathaniel: Infinitely better dynamic level under later underscores
-Zoe: Keep that chin up! 
-Shades: Sing Clouds of Parted TO Bart…focus your energy there




The show keeps getting better and better!  These are the last formal notes you'll get from me on the show.  There may be some little stuff along the way, but as of now, the show is fully yours.  Actively make it just a little better each time out!  You have a great show...drive it home!


j.