No gong needed. No shepherd's crook, no mask-of-gelid-politeness dismissals. This is yet another great thing about working in Chicago—we saw a dozen talented performers read for roles in Hatboxes in the first set of auditions a couple of evenings ago, and every one had talent. Sure, some were stronger than others, some were more in their groove, some connected better with the emotional nuances in the script, some took direction particularly well, but not one called to mind Jennifer Tilly as Blanche "Monica" Moran...
But, in very modest surroundings, some interesting performances happen.
And it's helpful for me as writer and director. The auditions were energizing and clarifying. I saw ways to tighten the Hatboxes script and heard variations in rhythm and timbre that will help tell the story better. I look forward to the next round.
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