Cindy T. Dixon

     I'm sitting and reading articles from the New York Times' article archive and after reading a few and comparing dates I realised that Lucy Thompson's daughter - Russell Henderson's mother - Cindy T. Dixon froze to death exactly three months before her son's trial.
     Conclusion: Lucy Thompson did not have an easy winter/spring that year.
     Oh My Goodness... I really don't know what to say more than that. The plea she makes to the judge during the trial becomes in some ways more powerful. Her daughter has just been taken from her and now she might lose Russell as well. The difference is that Russell committed that horrible crime and would be taken away from her by law, whilst her daughter froze to death.
     No, Lucy Thompson was not having a good time.

Lucy Thompson

     A picture of Russell Henderson with his grandmother Lucy Thompson:

 

Blocking of act 3 and first run

     Last Wednesday we continued blocking act three and did a run of the whole show. The run went okay even though it was very slow and people didn't always know their cues (I can't say that I knew all of my cues, but I'm learning!), but I'm starting to get a better picture of what the show is going to be like, and I'm looking forward to when we've tighten it up and made it all run more smoothly. It's going to be quite an experience, both to watch and perform!

     I really need to work on my subtext and what I want with each line for each person. I wasn't very alert last Wednesday (as I had had a very emotionally draining audition the day before) so acting out lines with a vague subtext didn't exactly work. I need to make it strong and clear so I can perform it even when I feel less alert.

     I found a whole archive of articles from the New York Times from when Matthew Shepard was killed and it's such a good source for information! For example I found out that Russell Henderson's mother, Lucy Thompson's daughter, froze to death whilst drunk.

Uniting

This is just some evidence that I've done units on my lines.
Some of them are quite blurry, do you need better pictures, JC?