Notes for Sunday Jan 31 + Casting for HBA

Hi everyone,

Great work on Sunday! We hope your memorizing and choreography rehearsing is going well at home :) Make sure to check out the previous blog post for a link to Claire's choreography guide for Miserere to help you make links between the text and the blocking!

Here's the plan for this Sunday:

1:15 Read-Through - speaking roles only

2:00 Physical Warm Up - FULL COMPANY ARRIVES
2:10 Vocal Warm Up
2:20 Run Miserere with choreo
2:35 Block A1S1
2:55 Kyrie Music
3:05 Kyrie Blocking
4:00 Break
4:15 Block A1S2
4:30 O Frondens Virga Music
4:40 O Frondens Virga Blocking

5:00 Other Music - La luna asoma & Virita Criosa Pt 1.

Reminder that for this week, Kyrie & O Frondens Virga music needs to be memorized. Also - alto 2s are on snack duty!

As you can see we have a lot to accomplish, but by the end of this rehearsal we will have the first three songs memorized & choreographed + the first two scenes blocked! #progress

We will also have some special guests with us this Sunday in rehearsal - Martha Irving, who will be playing the voice of Bernarda, Morgan Melnyk who will be playing the physical presence of Bernarda through shadow, Matthew Downey, our lighting designer, and Dan Bray, our costume designer for this show.

Casting

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for roles and vocal solos in the show. You made our work very difficult because there were so many talented people to choose from! We had to take lots of things into consideration including availability for the touring shows, but here is the list:

Angustias - Hayley
Martirio - Jenny
Magdalena - Jessica
Amelia - Katelyn
Adela - Kassandra
Poncia - Colleen
Servant - Paige (Halifax shows) / Tenille (touring shows)
First Woman - Nikki
Second Woman - Sydney
Third Woman - Mackenzie
Fourth Woman - Carolyn

La luna asoma Soprano Solo - Rachael
Cancion de jinete Alto Solo - Sara
Cancion de jinete Soprano Duet - Kallie/Leah