Anticipate!

The rehearsals.

Oh it's tough, isn't it?
Read between the lines of your character to fully understand what's going on. You have by now tried different methods, different actions to reach the same objectives and probably have a good mental view of the character already. Now is when rehearsals start and you pick a different way to play every night for the first week, usually but don't force it, first week's always for fun. It usually will come down to what the director tells you to do and what you feel comfortable with performing.

We have also already seen a set design for our stage. We have an excellent theatre, great sound and...amazing set though it sadly changes very little as always in Shakespeare. This means it's up to the actors alone to entertain and create a forest, castle or whatever so the audience can visualize it.

Yes, it is a challenge but all it really means is that actions must speak louder than words to keep the attention of the audience. Let's face it: Who'd want to just sit there watching two blokes standing stiff as surf boards talking in 3 minute monologues droning?
Not me, that's for sure.

So because this is a melo-drama which already means it needs to be BIG it needs to be even BIGGER to hit this AZ audience because they don't understand the difference between sarcastically exaggerating and bad acting, and I'll admit the line is thin....but not too thin, it's still walkable! :)