I had the nice hot shower, got into a little casting discussion with one of our authors, whose mind is far too tunnel-visioned for me. This is a brand new production and I'm bringing brand new energy to this show, and I'm casting it the way I see fit, which is to occasionally veer off from the way they've done it before. One of the authors understands and appreciates that, the other is stubborn. I've tried nicely to explain that stubbornness doesn't work. One of the things I wanted to do was have one character be much younger than written - I wanted that energy in the show instead of six women who are all basically the same age. So, that's the way we're casting that role. But there's another role and I had an idea for it that I thought was very intriguing for various reasons. One of our authors doesn't think her voice is right for this particular role - my point is, really? How do you know WHAT she'd sound like. Understand, this girl is absolutely terrific - and she probably won't want to do Waiver theater so I'm sure it's a moot point. But I will not put blinders on visually or aurally for any role because then you're just stuck with what's been done before and you all know I am NOT about that.
