Ghetto Rehearsals Week 3

This week has been extremely full on in terms of the emotionally draining scenes tacked. The insulin play was blocked and it is still proving to be quite confusing as to the extent to which the 'actors' are 'acting.' The character I play is a judge and I show that I am this through using strong body language, my chin tilted up, and a sort of hoity toity yet very morally superior attitude. On Wednesday when we tried to do a run through of the scenes we had already blocked, it became apparent how much work we are yet to do. Scenes feel jarred and weird because we are trying to combine a deeply emotional and gut retching story with script holding and trying to remember lines. The show is slowly progressing but it is quite a tiring process. On Thursday we blocked the children's selection scene which was one of the first scenes to hit me with sadness. I feel that the stylistic devise used at the end of this scene with the four 'actors' surrounding Gens and taking off their costumes in protest, is very powerful and effective. It shows how Gens is treated in the Ghetto but follows Kruik's narration about his innocence.