In this rehearsal, we focused more on setting and characters so that we get a better vision of what may or may not be a scene for the performance. We initially brainstormed different ideas of what we thought the characters would be and then decided to think of more government-level people. People who tend to have power and manipulate others to something for them. This sounded great yet difficult to perhaps portray on stage so I then thought about levels and proximity between the characters. We tried to get both characters and say the words to each other close up around a meter apart. However, that looked very basic and not interesting for the audience to look at. So we decided to put a chair on stage to see if that made any difference. I sat on the chair as Lia investigated me. It still did not look intimidating in the slightest, so we decided to add another prop and bring a table on stage. We started with the table in the middle and look opposite each other, which worked well, and then we changed the table to it is placed in a diagonal so it is easier for the audience to see. Lia started by sitting down and saying the lines although it did not look right so we got Lia to stand and say her lines as I sat down and said mine. You can see the proximity between us and the levels did make Lia seem like she had more power over me. This workshop was helpful as it shows us how adding a few props on stage and knowing what your character is like can change the whole dynamic.

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