Monologue *final rehearsal*

What progress have you made in your final week of rehearsal? In what areas have you made the most improvement? In what areas do you think you still need to make growth before your performance on Monday?

Now that I am at the final week of rehearsals I am feeling really good about where the monologue is at; considering the better use of props and stronger memorization. I am feeling very strong and feel great improvement on my use of make up while performing, along with understanding the material in the script. However of course there are still areas I could use a lot of work, mostly on the presentation of the script - I feel it could be stronger or even clear to what my character feels.

In regards to my improvements I really like where I am now. I was thinking too much when I was acting with the props but now I feel I am really using the props as I would if I were actually using them. I am taking my time and really just enjoying the moment of being annoyed while touching up my make up. Also being clear about what certain lines mean was very helpful thanks to Angie. It is quite embarrassing not knowing what "Can I get a hit off that number?" actually stood for; yet now that I do know it completely changed how I said the line and how it was presented.

Although I am very happy and proud of the improvements what really needs to be looked at is the way I present the script as Nealla. I am nervous that although I know what my character is feeling and why she is doing what she is doing/ saying what she is saying I am not sure I am giving off the vibe I get from my character. That scares me; because that is my job, it is to express to my audience the characters nature and mood, but if I can't even get the state of my character out of myself how will the audience feel it?

My Monologue

How are your rehearsals for your monologue going? What have you done to memorize? How much progress have you made? How well have you incorporated action and blocking into your monologue to date?

Rehearsals for my monologue are fantastic! I love my monologue - Alana and I have the same one so we are working on it together.
Very interesting because I like the way Alana acts and Angie said at the end these monologues will be different but I am a tad worried they are going to be similar. *NOTE: Make sure that does not happen*

I have been reading my lines over and over again and that is working very well. I am also going over my lines randomly in my head and out loud and that seems to be working also. I think memorizing lines are easier for monologues than scenes with other people because you can rehearse by yourself and not have to count on anyone else.

I have been a bit slow when in comes to using the props (action) and blocking how I am going to do the scene. I have a general idea, such as looking into a compact mirror and using make up, but I have yet to practice with it and when the props will be used during the scene. However, I have lots of ideas and once I start playing with them I have a good feeling about the scene.