Caste Away Arts

What a great day - QUALITY! I can still feel the love two days later! And by that I mean, the way that the whole cast and crew became friends (even I managed to put my whip away and crack a smile!), the emotions coming out during the scene workshops, and the way the community that use the Mandir interacted with us the whole day.

They showed us enough love - pakoray and tea in the morning, prashad at lunch, offering to make us langar for every rehearsal, and generally being really excited and supportive about The Fifth Cup. In one of the doors to the rehearsal room there was a hole in one of the panes of glass (how glam, NOT - we’re tryin to keep it real!) and loads of kids were peeping through so Reena promised to let them meet the actors later, she’s really good with kids, and they got really excited about it. Then my mom’s Masi barged in halfway through demanding to say hello to me. Lol! But it was all good.

We got loads done. The younger actors are developing loads and learning so much. They’re so enthusiastic and I love their energy. Reena Combo impressed me too, she only had the script for a couple of days but did really well. I love the way that everyone got into their characters, especially Dhar who did a lot of sitting on his own in corners with his script and looked like he was meditating at some points!
The only hitch in the rehearsal was the Teacher not turning up. She did let us know she couldn’t make it but Reena and I talked it through and decided that, for various reasons, we’re getting a new actress to play the Teacher. Harv has someone in mind so I’m sure it will all turn out ok.

The aim for the next rehearsal is to get everybody off-script. We tried to imagine how the set would look and made them move around the stage but it doesn’t really work with scripts in hand. And we need to move onto working on body language too.

One thing that made me really happy was that the changes made to the script worked really well. - Those late nights were worth it, who cares if I’m losing my looks?!?!

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