"My Seventh Show"

We always start rehearsal with warm ups and stretches. It’s a chance for all of us to get focused and get ready for what we are going to do that day. During warm ups, we also learn helpful skills that will help us with staging, like tempo and our shapes. Learning shape and tempo during warm ups helps us discover how our characters would move. Warm ups give us a chance to forget the rest of our problems from outside and just focus on rehearsal. What happens during warm ups sets the stage for the rest of the rehearsal. After we’re done, we start on the agenda for the rehearsal.

This is my seventh show with STC, and I’ve loved each one of them. Every show I’ve been in has been a learning opportunity. I’ve learned all the basics of staging; downstage, upstage, plains, and levels. All the information that I’ve learned carries from one show to the next. Story Theater Company has always focused on learning about acting as well as putting on the show. This show is no different. During this staging process we will be learning about musical theatre; it's history and terms. So far we’ve learned about the three different types of musicals. There’s jukebox, book, and concept musicals. Honk is a book musical, which is the most story-centric. I’m really excited to be able to learn more about it as we embark on our own musical theatre journey throughout Honk.    

Kendra Caufield

(Ensemble)