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A moment of intense deja vu today! With a Dallas-centric cast of professionals and students, rehearsal conflicts have been a fact of life in the "Midsummer" process, although they have not been a burden thanks to the heroic efforts of stage manager extraordinaire Melissa Daroff. But, it does mean that I am falling frequently prey to that ultimate assistant director hazard: substituting for the missing actor in rehearsal and then catching them up afterwards with what they've missed. So far, I have essayed the parts of Duke Theseus, Amazon Hippolyta, wronged mother Egeus, knavish Puck and lover Lysander. But most often, I've been playing the spunky Hermia, which is a role I once played (as part of an all-male company I belonged to in my teens)! The lines and memories have been coming back in a flood, and I am once again reminded that you can never know what might come in useful at a later date!

Above, myself as Hermia, with Associate Artist Lee Trull's Lysander.

(posted by Ed)