Wow- once you get going on a play, you sure don't have a lot of time to chat. But I thought that i must keep you updated! So let me tell you a little bit about blocking scenes... Most of you have experienced the wonders and so i am sure you don't need my amature account of it, BUT i'll give it to you anyway.

So, downstage, upstage, left stage, right stage, cross, counter-cross- and whatever you do- DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK TO THE AUDIENCE- except in act 2 scene 3 in which scene you must! I went to the theater for the first day of blocking (which for those of us who have no clue what the word means outside of basketball, that is what they call it when you find out where you are supposed to stand, walk, or sit during each scene of the play : ) and realized i had completely forgotten all the terms since my high school drama class. AND of course the director would be speaking in what is equal to a foreign language the minute i get a little comfortable in the room full of seasoned and trained practically professional actors in the world of amatuer community theater... as the director was explaining something that was probably important, I was trying to rack my brain..."Left stage is left when i am on the stage but right from in the crowd, right?... or is it the opposite...hmmm and then there is upstage, now is that the front or the back...how did they name these things?! and how will i ever know how to write it all down when i am on the spot and moving from place to place?? AND what is a counter-cross anyway?"  So you can imagine my intense gratitude when one of the ladies in the play came and sat down next to me and drew out a little picture to help me and my brain understand. Which helped me to look like i knew what i was doing out there. Thank you barb!

It was quite the evening- and it took forever!! I have loved almost every minute of the play, but blocking... well its just not my favorite- BUT maybe now that i have had hours and hours of concentrated focus on the terms it'll be easier the next go- around : )