3/16

I met with Alex last Wednesday twice in the morning.  We met at 11, then he had class at 12 and then we met again at 1 until I had class at 2.  Rehearsal went really well though.  We met again in the basement of Swem, it has come to be our little spot where we close the doors and nobody seems to walk by or hear us which is good.  Since we knew all our lines for the first 5 pages we really worked on the actions.  When we rehearsed in front of the class the week before I remember one part where he asked if I was coming back to bed and I said I don't know but I was already sitting in bed with him so I had to get up and walk away and say I don't know again.  By then I was laughing because clearly I had not cued that right.  Anyways, we worked on when I would get up and go to the bathroom, when I would turn on the light, when I would be brushing my hair or changing.  We needed to get some other actions going on so that it wasn't just us sitting in bed.  The second time we met I practiced more of my lines that came later on in the play where I had more to say.  Believe it or not I actually remembered the lines!  It was the part that I've had the most to say where it's more than just one or two sentences.  Alex and I are getting a lot more comfortable with each other and getting together to rehearse has become fun rather than just working.
     Later on that day when we had class we rehearsed our part in front of the class.  The first scene where we have to be having sex was a little uncomfortable...we had to practice that at least five times, discussing with the class different positions and then trying them out.  Then me having to work on my screaming from orgasming.  Definitely a little weird and I started getting really uncomfortable by the third time I had to be screaming and thrusting... Besides that scene I think Alex and I did pretty well.  I had all my lines down and walked away from the bed on cue so it definitely flowed a lot better than the first time.  The only thing we didn't do was know what we were actually talking about in the scene.  We hadn't done any research on some of the conversation that Frankie and Johnny were having so we didn't really know how we should be acting or sounding when talking.  Like I don't know what fifty-third and tenth in Brooklyn is or what Prizzi's Honor is....we need to do a little researching.