After months of work on developing a script, auditioning actors, countless hours of rehearsals and working out every aspect of tech (lights, sound, sets) it has now come down to the dress rehearsal.  Following tonight’s dress, Born For This opens Dec 11.

An interesting thing happened last weekend when we were rehearsing.  Usually I am very picky about changing any lines in the script this late in the process, but one particular moment was bugging me and the 2 actors in the scene.  I was feeling compelled to revise what I wrote.  Normally this is not a huge deal, however because Born is mostly a volunteer effort, I didn’t want to be changing lines on actors who don’t have a ton of experience.  However, I had to admit to myself (the writer), that the structure of the lines and the way the scene was blocked simply wasn’t working.  So we made some tweaks, cut some lines, re-worked the blocking and now the scene has the emotion I was after.  The changes were easy, but getting there was not.  I’m glad we arrived.    

On this point, anything creative is never really finished.  I’ve been revising and rewriting screenplays of mine like Home and A Walk in the Park for years.  But at some point, you just need to let go.  George Lucas once said that films are never finished, just abandoned.  I think it’s important to put artistic endeavors in their right place and move on.  For me, re-writes of my screenplay Twig and my play Circus have been waiting in the wings.  I look forward to returning to them once Born is performed.   For now, Born For This plays Dec 11 and 12.  Hope to see you there.