Was our reading…
And it was really fantastic! We had a great group together for an intimate reading of the script, with our fantastic team of actors… and you could just feel that the script has taken on a new life. It was totally exhilarating. The only hard part about doing these readings is that I get to live in the world of the play for one night, and it’s so satisfying, and then I don’t know when it will happen next… I wish we were doing it every night. Can’t wait for that.
The actors were all fantastic… and the story was able to really stand on its own. One of the funniest moments of the night came when Lillian, who was doing a fantastic job reading stage directions, mis-read a direction “Minnie enters. Monroe enters, chasing her”, and instead she said “Minnie enters. Monroe enters her”. Everyone lost their shit… including Tim and I. It was quite a moment.
Afterwards, we sat around drinking wine and cold beer (the room was so hot)… and everyone was so eager to discuss what they had just seen. It was great. Four of us ended up staying for hours, cleaning up and then just finishing off the wine… discussing the play in depth (along with many other topics).
Huge thanks need to go out to all of the people who helped make the night happen: DT, Liza, Julie, David, and all of the fantastic actors (Tim, Christina, Deb, Jon and Lilly).
Whew! On to the next….