Rehearsal: February 19 with Celeste, Dana, Sharon and Nicole at the Beam. We improvised talking/dancing for about an hour. Somethings that came up:

if the Annunciation is an announcement - maybe its a classified ad that Gabriel places. "Looking for someone with enough faith in the impossible...". We jammed on other kinds of announcements - evites. Does Mary, and the others, get an Evite to be the mother of god?

Maybe she didn't say "no". She just wanted to think about it for a little while...On her own. Without being rushed. What is the skill set needed to make such a decision?

What is the weight/burden of stepping into the impossible (having the courage to), doing it, and then others follow behind in your footsteps?

Mary, virgin, perfect. Dana played Mary in second (?) grade. We need to hear this story.

Nicole was kicked out of Sunday School in kindergarten, for calling out what she felt was an unfair request of her brother.

We started talking/dancing at one point about the "microwave minute" culture we are in. Someone asked: "What is fast and good?" We came up with: water when you are thirsty.... but not cold water.

At the end, Sharon got into this beautiful, big, in the floor out of the floor movement jam. The rest of us slipped into the sides Witnessing. As Sharon pushed the dancing, her breathing became fuller and fuller. Nicole began to pick up on the breathing, and accompanying it with additional breathing. I liked the image/impact.

Sharon: "I wonder if what I am saying is blasphemous?" "Oh, it is" the rest of us said. Sharon said it felt judgemental. An image of us all holding signs: Blasphemy. ANother image: See no/Hear no/Say no evil monkeys calling out "blasphemy".

Structurally I am thinking the narrative moves forward but there are thought bubble (thanks Nicole) moments. THese take place spatially to let us know that they are thought bubbles on the narrative line.

We all seem to like the idea of cell phone text message instructions coming at us.