Plays are for Playing…
During Friday night’s rehearsal, I got to see the real reason why a play is called a play, and why actors were once called players…
One of my hallmarks as a playwright is writing strong female leads. Another is writing at least one very physical action scene that is mostly devoid, or at least less so than a normal scene, of dialogue. More often than not, the female lead gets this scene… it’s an awakening/transition/spiral… usually the last stop before hitting rock bottom.
Due to some of our restrictions with the upcoming festival, the physical scene in “Disillusioned” is being altered from what I had originally written and intended… It’s a little softer in this production, but it still gets the point across loud and clear.
The fun part this past Friday was watching our actress play a bit… Inhabit where this girl is in her life… what it really is to be alone, her only friend in the world a blind, stray cat. And at this point, she’s already blind herself…
We got to watch our actress make a series of choices beyond the page… We had the chance to wonder about what she would do next.
The fact that at this point (after having lived with this script for the last 4 years) I can still wonder, is a beautiful thing.
–Sue
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