This week was another point when we needed to take a step back and re-evaluate our progress. I've felt like we keep circling around our ideas to a certain extent, without zeroing in and just going with some of them, so I know one of my goals in the next week is to bring some more clarity of purpose to the moments we have. I know that the actors being able to sit down and really develop their character's backstory was helpful in informing the motivations of various scenes. We also tried out a couple improv exercises, like Expert and speaking in unison. These became a little silly, but they prompted an interesting discussion on the role of humor in our production, and we have since attempted to run moments from a couple of different perspectives to really focus in on the important elements. Finally, we worked on identifying containers for our piece, which are listed below:
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