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Hundreds of hours later, the play—an act of love from the director (Charlene James-Duguid), the actors—and their families, and the production crew, is polished and ready for show time.
The genesis of the play lies with an idea and proposal by Ms. JamesDuguid—an accomplished director from Washington, D.C. who moved to Amissville last year—to give aspiring young Rappahannock actors an opportunity to study “ensemble acting.”
This technique requires actors to learn multiple roles within a play and work together to help each other. With this approach, there are no “stars,” just actors playing parts — often several roles. In most cases, there are three actors for each speaking role in the play’s three performances.
As the idea turned into a plan, James-Duguid began holding acting classes in October and November for three days a week in the Rappahannock County Library. Children from all local schools, including home schools and smaller private schools, flocked to her classes to learn acting techniques.
These classes afforded her the opportunity to get to know the children, discover hidden talent, and audition actors for the Christmas play.
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