Estragon

Today I graduate and perform my recital piece.

Hurrah!

I had a panic attack on Monday. Well, my weekend was Chinese Proverb Interesting with ridiculous highs and lows. After Monday, though, I’m retreating somewhere. The piece I’m working on is harder than I could have imagined to work on. I look and feel like a wreck.

I have slightly less than a month of this to go before performance.

Rehearsal routine for Hungry Ghosts:

1) Listen to some music. Stretch and warm up physically. Vocal warm ups, including y-buzz and call.

2) Read through at regular speed for comprehension.

3) Practice briezen for 5+ minutes, but no more than 20.

4) Explore physicality.

5) Run through with blocking (such as it is right now) and monologues. Concentrate on breathing and sharing voice with the audience. Explore transitions.

6) Read through, italiano speed.

7) Listen to some more music, do some constructive rest. Wind down.

That’s about two or more hours right there; keep in mind that the piece itself is about a half an hour in length. At this point, all I want to do is go home, have a good cry, and sleep.