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course, the perpetually sanguine Baby Tommy (Walsh) as the Changeling Child in “Midsummer’s Night Dream”.
But careful, Director, leave space for the new talents who will join the classes in March and will audition for these roles. And, of course, make your current actors “earn” their roles. But from the training and discipline they had already experienced I sensed that, though the competition might be fierce, they would each, the existing ensemble and the newcomers, give it their best shot. But more about “auditions” and the need to demonstrate what it takes to do a professional job, later.
Yes, actors as young as these characters might have been in Elizabethan days, was the way to go! But before they could even start to learn lines or develop characters I had to give them a clear, concise script with contemporary, understandable summaries of the plots. And so, I leave you now to begin typing, in 16 point, easy to read for young eyes, the possible scenes for the Production. First to type the scene between the Fairy, (Amanda and Hannah perhaps) and Puck for Connor, or perhaps it will be Shane.)
Tidbit # 2: Always make life as easy for actors as you can. They have so much to contend with in their profession. As I had said over and over in rehearsals: “Actors are Good (Discipline), Smart (Observant) and Kind (Generous to other actors). They have the right to expect a director who is Clear (Explain what she wants), Considerate (Treat them with respect), and Decisive, (Make a decision and stick with it).
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