I have rewritten the script because I realize that people aren't familiar with geography or history. Now that it's more clear, maybe I will be able to make the opening more dramatic -- if I need to!
My friend Deborah, who heads Theater Ariel, may be able to help me prepare. I realize that I have to create a schematic of the script with sections, so I know the internal logic. Then I will be able to memorize it. It's shocking how much worse my memory is now but since I am the writer, and with enough time as well as feeling calmer about the whole thing, I hope I can do it.
On another note, yesterday I took the afternoon off and went to the beach. It's really too bad that it takes 1 1/2 hours to drive there, but a good part of it is through the Pinelands, so it's very soothing. I like to go to Island Beach State Park since it costs only $6 to get in and the ladies rooms are near the beach. It was hot and windy but worth it just the same. I didn't have the right equipment to put up my beach umbrella (a heavy mallet) but I will the next time!
I started a poem while I was there and plan to continue it now that I am home. I can still smell the salt of the ocean. One day I would love to have a place near the beach. But that's for the future!
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