Rehearsal+and+Acting+Notes

Acting and line notes from rehearsals will be posted here, as well as other documents relating to the performance aspect of the show. If there are any questions, don't hesitate to contact Stage Management at 816.590.4190 or tyleramullen@gmail.com. Thank you!

[|Birds Character Plot.xlsx] [|Link to the Script] (via old website) [|The Birds of The Birds.pptx] (Dramaturgy on Birds) [|Birds Script Cuts and Changes (10-11-10).docx] [|Link to Sound Design Presentation] [|Birds supplies.docx] (Costume pieces that actors need to supply) [|Line Notes (10-25 and 10-26).docx] [|Notes from Doc J (11-1-10).docx]

Examples of Persuasive Speakers for Katie -Albert Petersen in //Bye Bye Birdie// (see "Healthy, Normal American Boy") -White Witch in //The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe// (see scene with her rallying the troops) -Maureen's "Over the Moon" from //RENT// -Winnifred from //Once Upon a Mattress// -Ty Pennington from //Extreme Makeover: Home Edition// -//Erin Brockovich// Costume Sketches for the Birds: [|vulture.jpg]--little stiff through the neck, no movement issues [|Trochilus.jpg]--cannot land or sit on rear--mini-blinds will cover your buttocks; can sit on a swing or a bar [|quail.jpg]--no landing on rear, skirt out of magazines [|Owl.jpg]--no movement issues [|Leader_of_the_Chorus.jpg]--cannot land on chest/rear, due to styrofoam [|flamingo.jpg]--no movement issues [|Epops.jpg]-- no movement issues, tails out of rubber hoses [|Cardinal.jpg]--cannot land on rear [|Nightingale.jpg]--no movement issues [|hummingbird.jpg]--cannot land on rear [|Captain_Bird.jpg]--no movement issues

Humans will have no issues with movement. Hercules and Neptune will be wearing Greek-style man skirts. No squatting or Capt. Morgan poses. Iris will have a long train and Neptune will have a long cape. The Barbarian Goddess will have a floor length skirt.

Here are some of the dance moves you learned the other night in rehearsal. []

Here are the videos from Sunday's (25th) workshop with Matt and Angie. They have been uploaded to youtube.com All you have to do is search your first name and then tarzan swing or zipline. i.e. Betsy - tarzan swing or Betsy - zipline If this doesn't work, my youtube name is butsy09 and the videos are under a group called UCM 'The Birds'