Because 20 players are needed, including four musicians, the process is unusually long in this case. We're just going to audition over and over again. Actors, who have responded to informal and formal casting calls, come into the theater and play and re-play scene after scene, sometimes switching roles or replaying the scene with different actors, in different combinations. Then he moves on to the next one, pacing the theater aisles frequently while waiting for the new group to replace the preceding one. The sessions take place inside one of the three theaters in the Theatre Building.
Actors waiting for their turn sit patiently in the lobby.
Auditioning is a thrill, like climbing a mountain. At least, you don't break your bones. The company crowds into the room and MacLean stands in front, like a teacher. If you're in the wrong classroom, recheck your schedules. Tonight, costume designer Dan Wilhelm presents books with images of Nazi regalia and ghetto life.