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Greetings Steppenwolf blogosphere. It’s been a busy couple of weeks here in First Look Land and our rehearsal room for Fair Use has been no exception. On the fourth of July, we had our first stumble through (theater term referring to the first time the actors run through the play off book…no actual stumbling) after which Meredith (our rockstar director) and I had a lengthy chat. I had thought, previous to the stumble through, that all the scenes in the play were written. But we both realized something was missing in the second act. I had neglected one of the sides of the love triangle. So the play sounded like it was skipping a beat.

So this week I started working on what we affectionately referred to as “The Mystery Scene.” On Friday, the mystery was over; I brought in ten new pages, (copied on grassy green, the draft color du jour) and the actors read through them. Yesterday, Meredith and the actors put the new scene on its feet. We’ll have another run through of the play this week; I can’t wait to see what the new addition does to the play.

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