The Play's the Thing

We. the cast that is, of the play that I will be in in July had a first read through of the play this evening.  This play, called "My Dead Clown" won second place in a local competition and has had some national notice.  This will be the first production of the play and it's fun to be part of an original performance.  Naturally this first read through was pretty rough in spots but there were lots of funny lines (even some of mine) that got laughs from the cast.  I hope that translates into laughs from the audience in two months. It was also interesting to have the author sitting in on the reading.  Since the majority of the plays I have been in over the years were written by Shakespeare, I haven't had that experience before.  All in all rehearsing should be a fun time.