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- jm

Sunny's Sing-Thru Vibes

(Quick note, this is general vibes on how you guys were feeling. Just because I said it needs work DOESN’T MEAN IT WAS BAD!!!! You all sounded amazing, I promise.)

Road to Hell - Good for most, Hermes mid.

Any Way the Wind Blows - Good

Come Home With Me - Mostly good, some mid in chorus

Wedding Song - Great!

Epic I - Good

Livin’ It Up on Top - GREAT

All I’ve Ever Known - Good

Way Down Hadestown - Fates–Mister Hermes passage neets work. Otherwise good.

A Gathering Storm - Good when we weren’t giggling

Epic II - Great!

Chant - Not bad, chorus iffy on notes, fates iffy on notes, everyone figure out from “the gods have forgotten the song of their love” to end

Hey, Little Songbird - Great!

When the Chips Are Down - Fates iffy, more on cues than notes

Gone, I’m Gone - Marissa sounded great!

Wait for Me - Fates need a bit of work, otherwise mid to good.

Why We Build the Wall - Great!

Why We Build the Wall (Outro) - Hermes needs work (I think this is the one that hadn’t been done before)

Our Lady of the Underground - Persephone Work on lyrics, chorus iffy

Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) - Fates sounded great!!!

Come Home With Me (Reprise) - Good

Papers - Hot mess, as expected

Nothing Changes - Fates not bad, but not great

If It’s True - NOT GOOD. especially chorus and Orpheus need work.

How Long? - Persephone needs more work, Hades mostly good, work on lyrics though.

Chant (Reprise) - EVERYONE NEEDS TO WORK ON THIS. The counting at the end was very enthusiastic though

Epic III - Chorus melodies need a tiny bit of work, as do the notes at the end!

Promises - Orpheus work on notes

Word to the Wise - Great!!!!

His Kiss, the Riot - Work on entrances, especially Hermes

Wait for Me (Reprise) - GORGEOUS! 

Doubt Comes In - Orpheus work on notes, fates sounded great!

Road to Hell (Reprise) - GORGEOUS!!!! SO GOOD!!!

We Raise Our Cups - Everyone work on entrances

Dance Videos

 Click the link below for access to the dance video files!

LINK

- jm

Conflict Form - Please Complete (even though we supposedly already have your conflicts recorded somewhere)

 Here's a link to the Conflicts sheet we spoke about yesterday at rehearsal

HADESTOWN CONFLICTS

Yes, we know you've already given us your conflicts...but I've (Miller's) misplaced the audition forms.  Please take care of this form by Monday!

- jm

Updated Rehearsal/Production Calendar

Hey y'all -

The Production Calendar for the show is now up and posted on the Callboard, and linked HERE.

Please check and confirm the dates, times, and calls.  If you've a listed, already shared conflict, you're accounted for and excused for all dates BEFORE Sitzprobe on 11/4.  All dates with a red date header are, as y'all already agreed to, non-conflict dates, where you're committed to attendance.  Thanks for your commitment!

Let me know if there're any questions!

- jm

The Week going forward...

We are in the middle of finalizing schedules going forward taking into account the new tech day on the 10th.  For the very short term, we are on track for the following tomorrow:

10/14

Choreo - Chant (all actors called)

Music - Fates, Hermes (as time allows)

See y'all tomorrow!

- jm

Music Progress Update - End of Week 4

Greetings all! Thanks so much for your hard work these past 4 weeks getting music learned. Below is our status update of where we are in the learning process for the show. Anything in LEARNED, we will not be teaching parts again, and not promising we will review before the off-book Music Through 10/25, so PLEAAAAASEEEEE review any parts you are not confident of this three day weekend.

Music Progress

✅ LEARNED

1 Road to Hell

2 Any Way The Wind Blows

3 Come Home With Me

4 Wedding Song

5 Epic I

6 Livin’ It Up On Top

7 All I’ve Ever Known

8 Way Down Hadestown

9 A Gathering Storm

10 Epic II

11 Chant 

12 Hey, Little Songbird

13 When The Chips Are Down

14 Gone, I’m Gone

15 Wait For Me - Intro

16 Wait For Me

17 Why We Build The Wall

18 Our Lady of the Underground

20 Flowers

21 Come Home With Me (Reprise)

23 Nothing Changes

24 If It’s True *CHORUS only

26 Chant (Reprise)

27 Epic III

28 Epic III - Instrumental

29 Promises

31 He Kiss, The Riot

32 Wait for Me (Reprise) - Intro

33 Wait for Me (Reprise)

⚠️WORKING

13 When The Chips Are Down *FATES only

14 Gone, I’m Gone *FATES only

19 Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)

24 If It’s True *ORPHEUS only

25 How Long?

🛑 TO BE LEARNED

30 Word to the Wise
34 Doubt Come In

35 Road to Hell (Reprise) *All except HERMES

36 We Raise Our Cups

Onwards!

Josh Hauser

**REHEARSAL CHANGE: 10/9 AND 10/10**

 Hey y'all -

Gotta make some adjustments to rehearsal today and tomorrow...Clara had an emergency come up and wasn't able to come in today.

1) Today - Music Only...All Called...ALL RELEASED AT 530PM
2) Tomorrow - Principals Table Work/Workers Music 400pm-530pm...Choreo for All Actors 530p-645p...NO EARLY RELEASE

Sorry for the last minute info...

- jm

Cast Rehearsal - 10/7 thru 10/11 and Beyond!

Linked to the right is the updated Production Calendar.  There are a few vague calls still, but you should now have a good idea of the remainder of the process.

More specifically, here's a look at next week's calendar...see you then!

- jm

10/7 - 

400p-630p All Called - Choreo/Movement

10/8

400p-545p Full Cast - Choreo 545-630p Dinner Break 630-830p Chorus/Fates - Music Principals - Choreo/ Staging

10/9

400p-515p Full Cast - Music 515p-630p Full Cast - Choreo

10/10

400p-515p Principals/Fates -    Table Work Chorus - Music 515p-615p Chorus - Table Work All Others Released

10/11

No Rehearsal - Teacher Inservice

No Choreo Wednesday (10/2), more music instead!

As we feared, Clara is still getting over illness and is unable to join us today. With that, we will continue working through music by adding Epic III and finishing up our work on both Wait for Me (Reprise) and Way Down Hadestown (Reprise). If we get extra time today, we may get some runs in of some of the larger group numbers, just to keep cementing those in our bones.

Here is the updated rehearsal schedule for this week:

DATE	TIME	SCENE/SONG	CALLED	TYPE	CONFLICTS
Wednesday 10/2	4-5:30pm	Epic III (m. 41-77) Wait for Me (Reprise) Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)	FULL CAST	Music
Thursday 10/3	4-5pm	Come Home With Me (Reprise) Promises Doubt Comes In	ORPHEUS, EURYDICE	Music
	5-5:30	If Its True Epic III	ORPHEUS	Music
	5:30-6:30pm	Wait for Me Epic I Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) Road to Hell (Reprise)	HERMES	Music
Friday 10/4	4-6:30pm	Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) Nothing Changes Word to the Wise Doubt Comes In	FATES	Music

Thank you again for your flexibility,

- J. Hauser, J. Miller, C. Hillier

UPDATED Cast Rehearsal Schedule 10/1-10/2

Greetings, residents of Hadestown!

Due to Clara, our Choreographer, falling ill, we’ll be making slight modifications to the rehearsal schedule for today (Tuesday) and tomorrow. The chorus will be released today during dinner break (5:45) and tomorrow will commence the movement exploration, assuming Clara’s condition improves.

Below is the updated rehearsal schedule for the rest of this week:

DATE	TIME	SCENE/SONG	CALLED	TYPE	CONFLICTS
Tuesday 10/1	4-5:45pm	Chant (Reprise) Wait for Me (Reprise)	FULL CAST	Music	Oliver @ 4:30 Daphne @ 6:30
	5:45-6:30pm	DINNER BREAK	—	—
	6:30pm-8:30pm	Table Work	HERMES, ORPHEUS, EURYDICE, PERSEPHONE, HADES	Table Work
	6:30pm-8:30pm	Wait for Me A Gathering Storm  When the Chips are Down Gone, I’m Gone	FATES	Music
Wednesday 10/2	4-5:30pm	Movement exploration/workshop/dance intro	FULL CAST	Choreo
Thursday 10/3	4-5pm	Come Home With Me (Reprise) Promises Doubt Comes In	ORPHEUS, EURYDICE	Music
	5-5:30	If Its True Epic III	ORPHEUS	Music
	5:30-6:30pm	Wait for Me Epic I Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) Road to Hell (Reprise)	HERMES	Music
Friday 10/4	4-6:30pm	Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) Nothing Changes Word to the Wise Doubt Comes In	FATES	Music

Thank you all for your flexibility!

Josh