Today is Friday. The chief activity today has been a long day of callbacks. Dani is again running things for the day, but I am joined by my friend the playwright, Jason Williamson. He is eager to hear the text and to meet the actors we're interested in. At the top of the day, we have our first celebrity meeting with an accomplished Broadway and television actress who had expressed an interest in the play. The actress in question came in immaculately prepared. She had clearly spent a great deal of time with the play already, and engaged us immediately in a structural and character analysis of the play. We talked fairly informally, and it became obvious that this was a mutual meeting of minds. It was an incredible little moment for both Jason and myself, and we are very excited to see how this relationship will develop. Then on to callbacks, in which we saw actors in groups of three reading various sides from the play together. The differences in interpretation from actor to actor were great fun to observe. The process of hearing the scenes over and over again really helped open up the world of the play for us both. No play for me tonight - I realized I had spent the entire day watching my own play in motion, and I had no desire to prolong that engagement in the evening! Back to Astoria for a restorative evening with friends.
(posted by Ed)
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