All play -- help needed

Several times thoughout the show, the stage is filled with the street scenes. Every chorus member, at some point, is part of this. Let's brainstorm business for these bits, and I need your help.

Some ideas include:

rag picker/seller: person with wicker basket selling rags (1-2 more people sorting through rags, identifying the better ones, and haggling/purchasing).

pieceworker: indicated by script, but some who is sewing collars together in a nook or corner of the street.

jacks: "younger" actors playing jacks on the ground

We also have three vendor carts. . . .

Your ideas?

General Update

Do your parents sew? Ms. Laude needs help. . .

Act 1 small is blocked (oh, about 7 minutes), and so is act 2 small (about 4-5 minutes). Hooray! On Thursday we'll all meet, with the primary goal of slogging through the entire show (twice) without any acting or blocking, but just figuring out the rhythm of the show and when each person needs to pop on stage and subsequently disappear.

Remember, singing this Friday, 3-5:30

The Odd Couple (female version) by Neil Simon this weekend in Lanesboro, with the beautiful Sara Decker as Olive Madison!! It'll be sold out, so get yer tix soon!

Cast Break-down

Here are the parts/scenes/characters for the show. What a ginormous production -- chorus members in 5-8 scenes!?!?! Uh, Monday's rehearsal may be dedicated to understanding how this all fits together. . .

NAME	ROLE	NOTE
Kirsten Casella	Rebecca
Madeline Allen	Rebecca
Sara Suginaka	Rachel	Street 1,3	Street 1,6
Rachel Schlingmann	Bella
Emily Dieter	Rosa, Chorus	Sweat 1,4	Woman 1,9	Crowd 2,4	Mourner 2,6
Alyssa Mueller	David/Ruth
Jacklyn Peterson	Ophelia Chorus	Street 1,3	Street 1,6	Street 1,7	Ophelia 1,9	Crowd 2,3	Immigrant 2, 10
Katie Eberhart	Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Pieceworker 1,6	Pieceworker 1,10	Crowd 2,4	Mourner 2,6	Greeter 2, 10
Katrinna Koehler	Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 2 1,2	Klezmer Musician 1,6	Audience 1,9	Democrat 2,5	Greeter 2, 10
Janelle Jorgensen	Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Dancer 1,6	Poor 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Greeter 2, 10
Kristen Pickett	Maid (actor), Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Sweat 1,4	Actor 1,9	Rich 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Immigrant 2, 10
Elizabeth Shea	Klezmer Musician), Chorus	Thief 1,2	Klezmer singer 1,6	Street 1,10	Crowd 2,3	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2, 10
Linh Bui	Esther (sweatshop), Chorus	Greeter 1,2	Street1,3	Sweat 1,4	Poor 1,12	Crowd 2,3	Immigrant 2, 10
Olivia Allen	Sam (sweatshop), Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Sweat 1,4	Ragpicker 1 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2, 10
Alyssa Edlund	Peddlar Woman Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1 1,2	Dancer 1,3	Peddler woman singer 1,6	Rich 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Immigrant 2, 10
Elizabeth Sullivan	Morris’ Mother Recruiter, Chorus	Recruiter 1 1,2	Customer 1 1,6	Rich 1,12	Mother 2,3	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2, 10
Elizabeth Merrill	Morris Chorus	Greeter 1,2	Sweat 1,4	Ragpicker 2, 1,12	Morris 2,3	Immigrant 2, 10
Emily Gresbrink	Mrs. Sullivan Chorus	Lady Recruiter 1,2	Street1,3	Pieceworker 1 1,6	Poor 1,12	Crowd 2,3	Mourner 2,6	Recruiter 2, 10
Arij Mikati	Maria (sweatshop), Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 3 1,2	Sweat 1,4	Audience 1,9	Couple 1,10	Crowd 2,4	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2, 10
Siri Brobst	Landlady, Chorus	Greeter 1,2	Landlady 1,3	Dancer 1,6	Street 1,7	Poor 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Immigrant 2, 10
Eric Bisbey	Irish Girl, Queen (actor), Chorus	Recruiter 4 1,2	Dancer 1,3	Shopper 1 1,6	Actor 1,9	Couple 1,10	Irish 2,3	Immigrant 2, 10

Thomas Arachtingi	Nathan		Street1,3	Rich 1,12	Recruiter 2, 10
Paul Moore	Saul		Street1,3	Poor 1,12
Joey Haddock	Avram
Al Gresbrink	Big Tim	Street 1,6	Recruiter 2, 10
Aaron Savage	Ben	Street 1,6	Street 1,7
Nick Podvin	Italian Tenor Guard, Chorus	Guard 1.2	Dancer 1,3	Street 1,6	Street 1,7	Poor 1,12	Italtian 2,3	Kaddish 2, 6	Guard 2, 10
Michael Lantana	Mr. Bronstein	Recruiter 2 1,2	Sweat 1,4	Rich 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Recruiter 2,10
Bobby Croghan	Hamlet Immigrant 1, Chorus	Immigrant 1 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Dancer 1,6	Hamlet 1,9	Couple 1, 10	Democrat 2,5	Recruiter 2, 10
Nicholas Anderson	Guard, Chorus	Guard 1.2	Street 1,6	Audience 1,9	Crowd 2,3	Kaddish 2, 6	Guard 2, 10
Jared Shuster	Immigrant, Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 4 1,2	Street 1,6	Poor 1,12	Democrat 2,5	Guard 2,8	Greeter 2,10
John Richardson	Greeter, Chorus	Greeter 1,2	Street1,3	Audience 1,9	Crowd 2,3	Kaddish 2,6	Immigrant 2, 10
Nate Ahrensfeld	Guard, Editor, Chorus	Guard 1.2	Editor 1,3	Man in audience 1,9	Couple 1,10	Democrat 2,5	Guard 2,8	Guard 2, 10
Erik Edlund	Rosencrantz, Chorus	Immigrant 2 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Dancer 1,6	Actor 1,9	Crowd 2,4	Kaddish 2, 6	Immigrant 2,10
Michael Mansala	Greeter, Chorus	Greeter 1,2	Dancer 1,3	Audience 1,9	Crowd 2,3	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2,10
Krishna Pundi	Shopper, Chorus	Immigrant 1,1	Immigrant 1,2	Street1,3	Audience 1,9	Poor 1,12	Crowd 2,4	Kaddish 2,6	Greeter 2,10
David Anthony Samb	Recruiter, Guildenstern, Chorus	Recruiter 3 1,2	Street1,3	Actor 1,9	Rich 1,12	Crowd 2,4	Mourner 2,6	Immigrant 2,10
Andy Phillips	Guard, chorus	Guard 1.2	Klezmer musician 1,6	Street 1,7	Street 1,10	Crowd 2,3	Democrat 2,5	Guard 2,8	Guard 2, 10

ACT ONE

SCENE TWO HOLD OF A SHIP

Ruth, Rebecca, Bella, Avram, Ben AND (SINGERS) Olivia Allen, Katie Eberhard, Janelle Jorgenson, Kristin Picket and Immigrant 1 (Bobby Croghan), and Immigrant 2 (Erik Edlund) and Jared Shuster, Krishna Pundi, Katrinna Koehler, Arij Mikati, Alyssa Edlund

SCENE 2 UNLOADING SHIP

GUARD 1 Nate Ahrensfeld, GUARD 2 Nicholas Anderson, GUARD 3 Nick Podvin, GUARD 4 Andy Phillips

IMMIGRANT 1 Alyssa Edlund, IMMIGRANT 2 Katrinna Koehler, IMMIGRANT 3 Arij Mikati, IMMIGRANT 4 Jared Shuster, and Olivia Allen, Katie Eberhard, Janelle Jorgenson, Kristin Picket, Bobby Croghan, Erik Edlund, Krishna Pundi. GREETER 1 Linh Bui, GREETER 2 Elizabeth Merrill, GREETER 3 John Richardson, GREETER 4 Siri Brobst, GREETER 5 Michael Mansala (HUCKSTER IS SAME AS RECRUITER) RECRUITER 1 Elizabeth Sullivan, RECRUITER 2 Michael Lantana, RECRUITER 3 David Anthony Samb, RECRUITER 4 Eric Bisbey, and Thief Elizabeth Shea, and Lady Recruiter Emily Gresbrink

MUSIC 5A ENTERING CITY, GOING TO APARTMENT

?????????

SCENE 3 COHEN APARTMENT

Bella, Rebecca, Avram, Ruth,

MID-SCENE 3 STREET SCENE

Landlady Siri Brobst, Editor Nate Ahrensfeld, Street Scene Dancers (Allysa Edlund, Erica Bisbey, Michael Mansala, Nick Podvin) and Suginaka, Arachtingi, Moore, Pundi, Richardson, Samb, Gresbrink, Bui, Peterson

SCENE 4 Bronstein’s Sweatshop

Bronstein, Saul, Rebecca, sweatshop girls (Deiter, Picket, Merrill, Bui, Mikati, Allen)

SCENE 5 COHEN APARTMENT

Avram, Bella

SCENE 6 STREET and SWEATSHOP

Rachel, Arvam, Ruth, Customer 1 Sullivan, KLEZMER MUSICIANS (Koehler and Phillips)AND SHEA, dancers (Brobst, Croghan, Edlund, Jorgenson) Shopper 1 Bisbey, Pieceworker 1 Gresbrink, pieceworker 2 Eberhardt, Bronstein, Rebecca, sweatshop girls (Deiter, Picket, Merril, Bui, Mikati Allen), Ben making cigars (handing finished stack to boss?), and Suginaka, Peterson, AL GRESBRINK, Podvin, Anderson, Shuster, Savage. They gradually shift off, leaving 5 on (Peterson, Podvin, Phillips, Brobst, Savage)

SCENE 7 Bronstein’s Sweatshop

Bronstein, Saul, Rebecca, sweatshop girls (Deiter, Picket, Merrill, Bui, Mikati, Allen)

MID-SCENE 7 Shift from shop to street (night)

5 subdued street people (Peterson, Podvin, Phillips, Brobst, Savage), remaining from scene 6

SCENE 8 **CHANGE: INTO COHEN APARTMENT, NOT FRONT – NEED TRANSITION AS TIME PASSED

Rebecca, Saul, Ruth, Bella --- this eliminates another street scene

SCENE 9 YIDDISH THEATRE (need transition in)***

4 actors Pickett, Bisbey, Erik Edlund, Samb, Hamlet Croghan, Ophelia Peterson, Ruth, Saul, Bella, Rebecca, Man in Audience Ahrensfeld, Woman Dieter, AND audience Mansala, Richardson, Anderson, Mikati, Koehler, Pundi

SCENE 10 STREET

Ruth, Saul, Rebecca, Bella, trickle exits from theatre folk still, 2 couples (Bisbey & Croghan, Mikati & Ahrensfeld) , KLEZMER CLARINET (Phillips), drowsy KLEZMER SINGER (Shea), Eberhard Pieceworker

SCENE 11 COHEN APARTMENT

Bella, Rebecca, Ben, (Irish Tenor on Grammyphone), Avram

SCENE 12 ***Transition to STREET at peak activity

Transition to FANCY STREET

Bella, Rebecca, Avram, Rachel, Rag Picker 1 Allen, Rag Picker 2 Merrill, 8 poor (Bui, Jorgenson, E. Gresbrink, Brobst, Moore, Pundi, Shuster, Podvin 6 affluent Sullivan, Pickett, A. Edlund, Lantana, Arachtingi,

ACT TWO

SCENE 1 COHEN APARTMENT

Ruth, Rebecca, Bella, Nathan, Avram

SCENE 2 ROOF OF APARTMENT*** front stoop??

Nathan, Rebecca, Saul

SCENE 3 ORCHARD STREET???? (Nathan’s house)

Ruth, Rebecca, Ben, Man, Morris, Morris’ Mother, Italian Tenor Podvin, Irish Woman Bisbey), Bella, Crowd of 8 (Peterson, Shea, Bui, E. Gresbrink, Anderson, Richardson, Mansala, Phillips)

SCENE 4 STREET Lower East Side

Rachel, Avram, Crowd in street (Samb, E. Edlund, Pundi, Eberhard, Mikati, Deiter

SCENE 5 Democratic Club

Big Tim, Mrs. Sullivan, Nathan, Rebecca, Democrats (Koehler, Pickett Jorgenson, Allen, Brobst, A. Edlund, Shuster, Ahrensfeld, Lantana, Phillips, Croghan Ruth

SCENE 6 Sweatshop

3 girls (Deiter, Mikati, Allen), Bella, crowd (E. Gresbrink, Everhard, Shea, Sullivan, Mansala, Samb)

MID-SCENE 6 Ben w. Grammyphone, Rebecca w. Ruth at Cohen’s stoop, Avram and other men in Cohen’s apartment wi. Kaddish (Richardson, Edlund, Pundi, Anderson, Podvin

SCENE 7 Sweatshop

Bronstein, Rebecca, sweatshop girls (Deiter, Picket, Merrill, Bui, Mikati, Allen)

SCENE 8 transition to STREET PROTEST

All from 7, Saul, and guards (Ahrensfeld, Phillips, Shuster

SCENE 9 Cohen Apartment

Ruth (intro), Rachel, Ben, Avram, Rebecca, transition to STREET as

SCENE 10 Dock

Ruth, Rebecca, GUARD 1 Nate Ahrensfeld, GUARD 2 Nicholas Anderson, GUARD 3 Nick Podvin, GUARD 4 Andy Phillips Recruiters Lantana, A Gresbrink, E. Gresbrink, Croghan, Arachtingi 5 greeters Pundi, Eberhard, Koehler, Jorgenson, Shuster , 11 Immigrants (Edlund, Mansala, Samb, Bisbey, Merrill, Bui, Peterson, Sullivan, Richardson, Brobst, Mikati, A. Edlund, Allen, Shea, Pickett