Last night was the first of the Modern Classics readings for the new year, O'Neil's Mourning Becomes Electra.

Part One only, for those of you who thought that we did a six hour reading, God forbid. I am not familiar with the play at all, and decided not to read it beforehand, as I wanted to have the joy of having it read to me for the first time. The problem with that is that the show ends on such a cliff-hanger that I'm dying to know what happens next!

The performances were excellent, Jackie and Jon were making their reading debut in the show, and both were excellent. Omar read the role of the captain, since he was having difficulty casting it and Le told him just to do it himself, and he was amazing--he and Jackie's big scene together just kicked all kinds of ass.

The only problem was the stage directions. Not the person reading them, that was Lissette and she was fine, it was just the fucking length of them. O'Neil is not known for brevity in his stage directions, he is more than a little bit controlling in how he wants the show to be produced exactly, which means that they just go on and on for pages and pages.

I told Omar that when we do my O'Neil reading (Moon For the Misbegotten for those not paying attention), we damn well aren't reading every stage direction that that man managed to scribble down (especially since Fran says that when he's having trouble sleeping, he reads them and they put him right out) and he said that if I wanted to cut them down, I'd be welcome.

Today's horoscope:
Sometimes it pays to be pragmatic. 'Discretion is the better part of valor' isn't just a cliche, you know. Don't worry about getting your defenses up -- you've got plenty to spare.

One year ago today:
Where is my box of meat? I want my box of meat! Mom sent me a box of meat ten days ago, and yet there is no box of meat. I am very sad!

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