July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009

Jesse came with me on the bus to RAPP so I can do it on my own tomorrow. I go to the farthese exit of the roundabout and look for either the Remera or the Kimironko bus, which I’ll take to the Chez Lando stop. (Lando is a man who housed Tutsi refugees in his hotel during the genocide. I believe they all lived, but I’ll research it better and find out.)

However, we’re not rehearsing in Remera, we’re rehearsing in a little classroom at St. Francois. Jesse drove me and Philippe there, because Rose had a meeting, and he also played a few games with up, including: Zip, Zap, Zop (which I haven’t played since musical theatre with Bob and Suzette) and pass the squeeze.

I met Charles, who is a part of the directing staff, and who kind of took over the project since Rose couldn’t be there. We had a short break before miming kitchen scenes, playing sculpt & clay, point & go, and another called, ‘heavy ball.’ There were five actors there when I arrived, and one girl, Jackie, came late. Apparently, they’re all getting paid 5,000 rwf a day ($10) to be in the show, and anytime they’re late, 500 ($1) is deducted from their pay.

It was truly just so much fun. I really haven’t played that many theatre games in ages, and it was great to kind of relive my childhood with HJT through them.

Now, Philippe is explaining the play to everyone, but I can’t understand, because he’s speaking in Kinyarwanda (in my DREAMS, I can speak Kinyarwanda). But I’ve heard the plot from Philippe, Rose, and Matthew already. It’s excellent, I think. I’ll summarize later.