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LITTLE CHANGES/BIG DIFFERENCE

It blows me away how little changes both in the dialogue and in how we are playing certain moments is making a big difference. The relationship between my daughter and me is way stronger and clearer a...

LOSING SARGENT SHRIVER

He was a great, generous, full- of- life man. I knew him when he was the U.S. Ambassador to France and I was living there and then, later, during some of the Special Olympic Games that his wife, Eunic...

SECOND WEEK OF REHEARSALS

It has been a madhouse! Rehearsals for the play, award shows, rehearsals for awards shows, parties for nominees, family stuff. Whew! But all’s going well. Part of the reason may perhaps be because I h...

FIFTH DAY

We had a short but productive day rehearsing today. David Binder, who produced the show in New York, stopped by for awhile en route to Australia. But today, my heart and mind is full of the horriffic ...

DAY FOUR

Our three final cast members, Don Amendolia, Michael Winther and Diane Walsh, have arrived! The family is complete! Don plays Diabelli, the famous music publisher in Vienna in the mid 1800s, who wrote...

DAY THREE OF REHEARSAL

It was a good day. Some breakthroughs. During a walk with Tulea I couldn’t resist photographing some roots. I love interesting roots. And I just had to take another picture of the Gehry building, from...

2ND DAY

It is nice having 2 new cast members–adds unexpected relish. We got onto our feet today. I remember the blocking (where we are supposed to go within the scenes) but I am surprised by the extent ...

FIRST DAY OF REHEARSAL—AGAIN!!!

We did a full read through. As our writer/director said, “it was like visiting an old friend.” Our very fun challenge is to make it a new friend, to discover shades and details and depths we didn’t se...

NEW YEARS IN BERKELEY

Richard, and I went to Berkeley Jan 31st with my long-time friend, Jodie Evans to celebrate New Year’s Eve and Jan 1st at the great restaurant, Chez Panisse. I had the honor, some months ago, of intro...

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