After the Read Through

By Tony Vallone

So the read through went pretty well. All the actors got a chance to meet each other, we got a chance to time the script and see how it plays with our changes, and various people working on the project that hadn’t seen the script for a month got to say “wow, you’ve changed a lot!”

One awkward thing about a table read is that you never know how much of what you’re hearing is distorted by the table. In a standard read through the actors are up on a stage so we can see them all and they are free to act a little more. At a table read they have to stay seated and try to balance the amount of acting they actually do. Since they are not on a stage, the people in the audience can’t really see the actors all the time which makes it hard to put the story together. As a result, the read through was a little disorienting at times - but maybe it was just in our heads. A proper read through requires a stage.

Anyways it was good fun and I think everyone is excited about the project. There are pictures from this even in the gallery.