Sorry for the gap. I moved into a new apartment and then left town for the first weekend of May. Actually I was in rural Oregon, where the ground shook with electricity.

That was the view outside our rehearsal space. (more about it here)

It was a beautiful place — but very strange to leave oph3lia for a few days. Working on this play is like working on three different plays — it’s kind of crazy that way. We’re at a difficult point now where everything must converge.

From a recent rehearsal, in the school girls’ section, the internal plot points (school girls’ frustration and desire to escape/Mr. Pratt drilling Cissy/Ms. Warren & Principal Geary’s love affair) swirl out into a physical sequence.

Jy gets some air there.

Stacey the stage manager has been so remarkably cool throughout. Here she is, writing down blocking!!!

At least, I think it’s blocking! Honestly I don’t know how she is able to describe what the actors are doing as stage directions. Then again, only she can read her handwriting so it may be some kind of secret advanced code.