It's day two of rehearsal, things are getting interesting. As mentioned in the last post, Bob Clyman's Secret Order is a play about cancer research, but it ain't exactly a science-y snoozefest (on a side note, "Science-y Snoozefest" was the name of quickly-cancelled game-show on CBS. Frankly, I don't know how it even got green-lit).
The play is written more in the style of The West Wing or Law & Order; intelligent, witty professionals at the top of their game taking care of business in fast-paced, efficient dialogue. I must have read it at least six times before yesterday, but hearing it aloud is a horse of an entirely different color. See a play grow from a script, to spoken words, to staged action, and finally a full performance is the single best part of doing theater. That, and getting free concessions.
However, there is a good deal of technical dialogue in the script, and in the weeks before rehearsal it fell upon me as assistant director to "elucidate" the techno-babel for the actors. My job was to create a packet that defined and explained every reference in the play that may be foreign to anyone without a brain full of science, as well as answer questions about said science that come up during rehearsal.
(pictured: Science)
I'm surprised how much of this I actually retained, as well. If anybody wants to know the difference between mass spectrometry and flow cytometry, I'm your guy. Just don't wait too long to ask me, it's sure to get pushed out of my brain sooner or later.
In other news, having my own apartment rocks. This place is huge.
Damn, I wish I had some pot...
Play me off, Germans.
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