Sometimes the choice for who should be part of your productions comes so clearly and easily as you sit there watching all audition. The right person has the right partner and all of the doors of the play begin to open – and you can rest knowing the momentum is there. Sometimes this is not so easy. You are squinting and squinting and doing all you can to see the roles fill in. Sometimes it seems as if you are looking through funhouse mirrors. Sometimes it feels like looking through a dense covered in vaseline to see if anyone sparks with the text. It makes for a long night or two or three. Read more