What a difference a week makes. Last week I was running around with my
nose in the book, helping actors with lines, reading parts from missing
actors, and trying to direct. This week I had an assistant. Wow. She was
able to do all the former and allow me to direct. It also helped that
most of the actors finally have their lines memorized, too. I was
actually able to work on characters’ emotions and motivation.
It was so encouraging to see a scene or portion of a scene improve over
the 20 minutes we worked on it.