"They Are One"

I was busy getting a set piece painted early this Sunday morning when Rod Oden, the Director for "How I Learned To Drive" walked in to deliver some more set pieces. We chatted, checked in with each other about the production, when he said an interesting thing. Basically he said, "It is so great, they are one! The cast of this show is so in-sync with each other and have progressed so far already, that they are behaving as a unit." He went on to describe instances where he had seen how they have fine tuned their scenes into a well meshed volley of lines. The performances are all interconnected, the actors have developed the play to the point where you can't easily separate out individual performances. Think about that. This is very cool, because these actors still have two weeks to work this play into the thing they want it to be. So heads up. This is going to be an amazingly strong work, and that's good because the playwright, Paula Vogel, writes so well her work deserves that kind of cherishing. Better get your tickets!