Rehearsal Schedule for Friday, April 23

Here we, folks. Our final rehearsal. We'll have all of the Animals back AND we will be adding the orchestra.

6:00 - 7:00 - Leads report to the Gym for orchestra rehearsal/Sitzprobe. Animals report to FAC to work with Heidi and Jeff.
7:00 - 7:15 - Get into costume
7:15 - 8:15 - Run w/orchestra
8:15 - 8:30 - Get out of costume/final notes

Waves and Stephen McConnell - please report at 6:45

DEFINITE Rehearsal Schedule for Thursday, April 22

Our two big tasks tonight are to finish cleaning up musical issues AND to add sound. We will also add more of the lighting. Bring a giant bottle of patience, as you might have to share it.

Davis Burton n/a

6:00 - 7:00 - ALL PERFORMERS report to FAC to work musical problem spots. Tech crew continue work in Gym, including testing of body mikes. Leads using body mikes will be called over to Gym as necessary.
7:00 - 7:15 - get into costume (Leads, please start to use dressing area. Should be Gloucester; we will know for sure this evening)
7:15 - 8:15 - run the show
8:15 - 8:30 - notes

Rehearsal Schedule for Wednesday, April 21

PLEASE NOTICE THE CHANGES MADE TO THIS SCHEDULE SINCE THE ORIGINAL POSTING.

Everyone is sill needed 6:00 - 8:30. How we are using that time has been changed.

The first of our dress rehearsals.

Costumes will be worn. Leads please remember your footwear.
The only animals required to attend are the Youth Chorale. Optional for the rest.
We will be adding lights and possibly some of the sound equipment.

6:00 - 6:15 - Leads (including Waves)and Heidi stage curtain call in Gym
6:00 - 6:25 - Animals and Jeff warm up and review words in FAC
6:30 - 7:00 - All work musical problem spots in Gym
7:00 - 7:15 - All get into costume; stage crew needed
7:15 - 8:15 - Run show
8:15 - 8:30 - All out of costume/notes

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, April 20

This is a big day for the tech crew.
Singers/Animals - stay home, rest and review your lines. Your turn is coming!

3:00 - Jim Beitmann and Brian Garber to begin hanging lights in gym
4:30 - Heidi to join them
tba - Dianne Heard arrives
David Bravo, Katie Merin and Jeff Wilbur are also possible attendees.

We will hang lights and prepare sound equipment, then run through the technical elements of the show.

We hope to be finished by 9:00 pm.

Rehearsal Schedule for Sunday, April 18

Peggy Gregg n/a
Jenny Wilbur n/a

12:30 - 2:30 Costume Run
God, Noye, Mrs. Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Mrs. Sem, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Jaffett, Gossips, Waves/Wind, Raven, Dove, Animal Groups (attendance for Animals STRONGLY encouraged)

We're in the final week, folks! Everybody take your vitamins, go to bed early and get ready for a couple of great performances.

Animals - please report to the Fine Arts Center
Leads - please report to the Gym

We Could Use Some Help With The Set

Anyone with a willing pair of hands and some time on Wednesday evening, April 14?

Jeff Wilbur and I (Heidi Hayes) will be working on the set in the gym. We could use a few extra hands.

We'll probably start around 6:30 and end by 9:00.

We'd love to see you there.

Thanks!

Rehearsal for Wednesday, April 14

4:15 - 5:15 - Animal Groups Runthrough
Carol Choir, Alleluia Choir and Youth Chorale
We will run, in order, all of the scenes that have the Animal Groups onstage. This will be the first time the Animals will experience how long they are in the ark. It might feel like 40 days, but it won't be!

Leads are welcome to join us, but are not required to be there.

We'll be in the Gym.

Don't be late!

Everything You Need To Know If You Are An Animal

Here are all of the basic stage movements for all of the animal groups. I've also included who is assigned to which group, just in case you've forgotten which group you are in.

Remember, there's one very important movement that everyone makes together, except for Group 5 (the Cats, Rats and Mice) and that is the move out of the aisles and into the ark. When do you make that move?

AFTER THE CATS, RATS AND MICE MAKE THEIR ENTRANCE DOWN THE CENTER AISLE AND HEAD RIGHT INTO THE ARK!


Group 1
Thomas Bressi Leopard
Olivia Chase Leopard
Sophia Kontra Horse
Katy McCullough Cow
Gavin McKendrick Lion (male)
Lindsay McKendrick Lion (female)
Anna Meyer Horse
Julia Udicious Dove

Entrance - House Right back doors using House Center Aisle.
Ark Position - Top of ark or back stairs of ark.
Tableau Position and Move - Stage Left of ramp. 5th group to move.
Exit - 7th (last group to leave) with Mrs. Noye (Sharon Babcock).


Group 2
Molly Cordray Sheep
Echo Gaugush Goat
Jamie Getty Sheep
Jonathan Jones Donkey
Maddie Jones Goat
Isabella Maloney Doe
Karl Meyer Buck
John Munroe Ox
Luke Preston Ox

Entrance - Stage Left room using House Right Aisle.
Ark Position - Stage Left near tree.
Tableau Position and Move - Down Stage Right; can be on steps. 3rd group to move.
Exit - 6th group to leave with Mrs. Jaffett (Jenny Wilbur).


Group 3
Grace Heard Dog
Nell Jones Fox
Callie Page Fox
Jessica Shields Otter
Gram Small Dog

Entrance - House Left back stairs using House Left Aisle. Remember, you must move to Center Aisle to get to the stage. There will not be enough room for you to move down the House Left Aisle.
Ark Position - Top of ark or back stairs of ark.
Tableau Position and Move - Stage Left of ramp. 4th group to move.
Exit - 5th group to leave with Jaffett (Andrew Burgmayer).


Group 4
Evelyn Bravo Giraffe
Davis Burton Raven
Randy Cheloha Bear
Sarah Cheloha Panda
Julia Getty Tiger
Grace Haupt Zebra
Gabrelle Kontra Elephant
Sophia Maloney Zebra
Cameron McKendrick Tiger
Jamie McKendrick Monkey
Teddy Rogers Bear

Entrance - House Right front doors using House Center Aisle.
Ark Position - Top of ark.
Tableau Position and Move - Stage Right of ramp. 6th (last) group to move.
Exit - 4th group to leave with Mrs. Ham (Virginia Small).


Group 5
All Carol Choir members Cats, Rats, & Mice

Entrance - House Right back doors using House Center Aisle. Run immediately into ark.
Ark Position - Stage Right inside of ark.
Tableau Position and Move - Stage Left stairs. 2nd group to move.
Exit - 3rd group to leave with Ham (Ben Williams).


Group 6&7
Emily Adams Wood Duck
Madeline Briddell Goldfinch
Annie Erb Pink Headed Parrot
Jill Getty Blue Cockatoo
Amelia Korfmann Hummingbird
Emily Pinsk Cardinal
Sophia Udicious Yellow Headed Parrot
Katerina Zisman Toucan

Entrance - House Left back stairs using House Center and House Right aisles. Since you are the last group, GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE ARK.
Ark Position - Inside Center of ark.
Tableau Position and Move - Down Stage Right stairs. 1st group to move.
Exit - 3 of you are the first to leave with Sem (Craig Meyer). The rest of you are the 2nd group to leave with Mrs. Sem (Lauren Meyer).

And Who Says Teenagers Don't Work?

Youth Chorale hard at work during a recent Fludde rehearsal. Wait until you seem them in the final production. They have been amazing at rehearsal!

Rehearsal Schedule for Sunday, April 11

DeAnn Clancy n/a
Peggy Gregg late
Davis Burton excused at 2:15
Julia Udicious excused at 2:30
Ben Williams excused at 2:45
Sharon and Charlie Babcock excused at 3:00

NOTICE SCHEDULE CHANGE.

11:30 - 12:30 - Gossips work music and staging
12:30 - 3:30 - Work Show in Order; Work with Sets, Costumes and Props as they are available. ALL CAST OFF BOOK

God, Noye, Mrs. Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Mrs. Sem, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Jaffett, Gossips, Waves, Raven Dove, Animal Groups**

Gossips - costumes will be fitted at this rehearsal.

**It would be great to have any animals join us for any portion of the rehearsal, but it is not necessary.

You Mean They Sing?

Our fearless music director, Jim Batt, making sure that the right notes are being sung.

That's DeAnn Clancy (one of the Gossips), Sharon Babcock (Mrs. Noye) and Jeff Wilbur (Noye).

He Did It, No - HE Did It

That's right, point the finger at the other guy!

Ben Williams (who is singing the role of Ham) and Jeff Wilbur (who is singing the role of Noye), once again proving that rehearsals can be fun.

Rehearsals are FUN

So...I'm not a great photographer, but here's one of our BIG Waves, John Heard, taking a break before we staged the Storm scene last Sunday.

The Waves are a special feature of this production of Noye's Fludde. I'm not sure how I got the inspiration for this, but I thought it would be cool to have people represent the water. Our four Waves, Pinkie Adee, Peggy Gregg, Rick Bannon and John Heard, are doing a super job!

For The Waves

Okay, here goes Waves! This post should contain all of your stage movements.

Peggy and Pinkie will start the show in the pond. You will be sitting on a small platform just in front of the SR steps. The water fabric will be there as well; you will be sitting in/on the fabric. You will need to make sure you have the small pebbles and shells with you. You'll need them in a later scene.

The two of you can make small gentle movements throughout the entire time you are in the pond. Think a gentle breeze over a lake. It does not have to be constant.

Rick and John will start the show in the hall outside of the HR doors.

Scene 3 (the building of the ark) is the first active scene for Peggy and Pinkie. The Gossips and Mrs. Noye will come sit next to you. They will pretend to drink water, wash their hands, dip their toes, etc. You can use the fabric to cover their feet, you can lift the fabric up (as if to offer them a drink), you can even splash them! You will also hand them the shells and pebbles, as if the water is giving them presents.

This can continue through much of Scene 4 (Noye and Mrs. Noye's spat).

All 4 of you, be prepared to move at the end of Scene 4. Near the end of this scene, you will hear a long speech from God ("...40 days and 40 nights...I think thee to destroye."). Rick and John, that is your cue to enter, quickly running down the Center Aisle, shaking your wrist waves. You run to the Pond. All 4 of you quickly scare the Gossips and then quickly exit through the House Right front doors. I'll warn you that the Animals are about to enter, so leaving will be a little tricky, as the children will probably be in your way.

Scene 5 (the entrance of the animals) is next. You are not in that scene. Coffee break, but not for long!

Scene 6 is the scene where you torment the Gossips. Rick and John will enter from the HR back doors; Peggy and Pinkie will enter from the HR front doors. Your cue to enter is when Sem sings to his mother "look up and see the wind". You enter and stand in the aisles, gently swaying in place. When Sem runs into the ark and Mrs. Noye turns to sing to her Gossips, you take 1 or 2 steps toward the stage. Mrs. Noye's short solo ends "and I may save their life". The Gossips look out and you shake your wrist waves at them, making them scream.

Here, you move very slowly, one step per measure towards the Gossips. When Noye starts to sing, you stop where you are. You basically stay in this place (you can take a few steps forward) until AFTER the 3 sons have sung to their mother. When they start to move to grab her, you also slowly start to move in. Right after the Sons grab Mrs. Noye, you rush in, scaring the Gossips, grab the fabric (one of you can take it) and chase the Gossips down the Center Aisle. You exit through the HR back doors. You have time to catch your breath, but the storm is next.

Scene 7 is the storm. Everyone gets in the ark, the Humans all sing, then Noye sings. Shortly after he finishes singing, you enter - your cue is the sound of the wind in the orchestra. You'll hear a trilling in the recorders. As soon as that melody ends (it is only 4 measures long), the 4 of you enter with the fabric and come down the Center Aisle, waving the fabric. Take your time. This is a long storm.

THIS NEXT MOVE IS A CHANGE AND WE'LL HAVE TO TRY IT OUT TO SEE IF IT WILL WORK. You walk up on stage and walk in a circle in front of the ark. You all hold the fabric in front of you and do a more rhythmic movement of the fabric (I'm thinking 2 little shakes in front of you and 1 big one with arms outstretched). This continues until the Animals scream. You then exit the stage, using the SR steps. Drop the fabric at the Pond and exit down the Center Aisle.

You get a break now. Scene 8 is the Raven and the Dove. Scene 9 is God telling everyone to leave the ark.

Scene 10 is the final scene, your Rainbow scene. Listen for everyone on stage singing numerous "Alleluias". You should have the Rainbow and be ready to enter. Remember that there will be one Bell Ringer in front of you, probably Sandy Martin.

Your cue to enter this time is God saying "such vengeance shall cease". Walk slowly down the House Right aisle. John should carry the Rainbow and it should be rolled up. When you reach the front of the house, the other three start to unfurl the Rainbow. Stay there through one verse of the singing. Your cue to move is "The unwearied sun from day to day". Walk into the SL room. Gather up the Rainbow and enter the stage through the back door. Go to the top level of the ark and display the rainbow over the top railing. Stay there until the end of the opera (we might change this).

Except for your curtain call, which we will stage later, that is it! Any questions, please don't hesitate to post a comment or email me at HeidiLHayes@gmail.com. Thanks again, Waves!

Set Construction Has Begun

There's quite a bit of work getting done on Noye's Fludde on Wednesday evenings. Last Wednesday (March 3), Jeff Wilbur, David Bravo and Eli Bravo got the main set pieces onto the stage. This week the three of them started putting the pieces together.

What you are looking at is the foundation for our two-level ark. I'm not going to give you too many details, so you will keep coming back to check out the progress from week to week.

Behind the Scenes During Set Construction

You can get already get a sense of our two-level ark from this photo. Both David and Jeff are inside the ark. The level above them will be the top level (or deck) of the ark.

By the way, this is a "green" set. Most of the ark made its debut as the set for BMPC's original production of 10th & Luke a few years ago. With Jeff Wilbur's excellent design and construction work, we have been able to reconfigure and reuse the pieces to have a fantastic ark.

Rehearsal Schedule for Wednesday, April 7

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

4:15 - 6:00 - Work Scenes 5, 7, 9 and 10.
All Animals - Carol Choir, Alleluia Choir, Youth Chorale and Sunday School participants. All Leads invited.

ALL REHEARSALS ARE IN THE GYM

Rehearsal Schedule for Sunday, March 14

NOTE: We need to try costumes on all of the leads this Sunday. If at all possible, please come to the gym starting at 12:00, so we can get that accomplished before our 12:30 rehearsal. Thank you!


Staging Scenes 5 & 6

12:30 - 2:00 - Scene 6
Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Gossips, Waves (Mrs. Noye and John Heard n/a)

2:00 - 2:30 - Scene 5
Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Mrs. Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Jaffett, Animal Groups**, Noye*, Gossips* (Mrs. Noye n/a)

**Animals are welcome.
* Characters are on stage, but do not sing. Best if they are at rehearsal, but not vital.

See you Sunday!

Scene 10 Staging

Scene 10, pp. 64 - 76, m. 111 - end

God tells Noye there will never be such a flood again and that the Rainbow will be the sign of this promise. The Sun, Moon and Stars appear. Everyone sings a hymn of gratitude and leaves to begin their new lives. Noye is left alone to receive God's blessing. He exits. The stage is empty. The story is told. The end.

All Humans and Animals are in the tableau from the end of Scene 9. After singing their last alleluia, each turns and hugs or acknowledges the person next to them. EVERYONE hears God's voice. This is important. Every other time God has spoken, only Noye has been able to hear him.

As God speaks, the Waves enter through the HL back doors with the Rainbow rolled up. They are led by one Bell Ringer. They walk down the HL aisle, stopping when they are at the front. They then slowly unroll the Rainbow, staying in the Left aisle. Everyone on stage sees and responds to the beauty and wonder of the Rainbow through the singing at m. 113.

THIS IS A CHANGE - The Rainbow stays in the aisle until m. 114.

At m. 114 (the words are "The unwearied sun from day to day"), the Sun is revealed above and off of SR. Everyone on stage turns to look, again with wonder and awe. The Waves then move with the Rainbow to the top level of the ark via the SL room.

At m. 115, the Moon is revealed above and off of SL. As with the Sun, all turn to look at it.

Stand or kneel and sing as beautifully and as joyfully as you possibly can through m. 118.

At m. 119, all begin to leave the stage using the Center Aisle as directed in the score (and listed below). As each group begins to sing, the human assigned to the specific Animal Group will move to the group to cue them to leave. Walk slowly down the aisle and out the HR back doors into the hallway. Don't go anywhere! You have to come back for your curtain call!

Here's the order:
Sem and Group 7
Mrs. Sem and Group 6
Ham and Group 5
Mrs. Ham and Group 4
Jaffett and Group 3
Mrs. Jaffett and Group 2
Mrs. Noye and Group 1

Noye is left on stage with the Dove. The Dove bows gracefully to Noye and runs to join the rest of the Animals.

Noye is left alone. He returns to his tree and hears God's final words. He exits using the Center Aisle, pausing to look back at the ark.

The end.

Rehearsal Schedule for Sunday, March 21

Jenny Wilbur n/a

12:30 - 1:15 Scene 7 (pp. 40 - 50, m. 67-93)
Noye, Mrs. Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Mrs. Sem, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Jaffett, Waves, Animal Groups**

1:15 - 2:00 Scene 10 (pp. 64-76, m. 111 - end)
God, Noye, Mrs. Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffett, Mrs. Sem, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Jaffett, Animal Groups**

2:00 - 2:30 - Scene 8 (pp. 50-58, m. 93-107)
Noye, Raven, Dove

**It would be great to have one leader/representative from each animal group, but it is not necessary.