Well, I have some work ahead of me. I will play Deputy-Governor Danforth in The Crucible for RCP next January-February. Danforth is the presiding judge in the trial and jail scenes in the second half of the play. So we don't see him at all in the first half, but once he's on, he never seems to stop talking.

Andy (The Laramie Project) is directing with the assistance of Lee. Eileen and Laura B. are producing and stage-managing. We've got a lot of strong people in the cast, among them Josh (John Proctor), Vivien (Elizabeth Proctor), Heather (Abigail) (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead), Justin (Hale), Bob (Parris), Pam (Mary Warren) and David B., Jim, Robin, Earle, Steve, Sarah, Linda, Greg, Emily, Chris (whom I haven't seen since Beyond Therapy in 1990!), Malka, June, and MaryAnne. I think we're still looking for a Hathorne.

Andy's design concept for the show is spookily reminiscent of Book of Days. There's a prologue that emphasizes the theme of "everybody knows everybody's business," in Salem, Mass. as in Dublin., Mo. And Laura B. brought in her copy of the Norton Critical Edition of the text. In a section on parallels to other plays is an entry for Saint Joan. Coincidence?

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