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Actress Maria Rodriguez-Saguar:
PA: You are a performer in this play. What’s the name of your character?
Maria: Jen
PA: What aspect of this play excites you the most?
Maria: It’s the experience of human relationships. Friendships and everybody striving to connect with each other, and when things fall apart we still figure out a way to reconnect….to mend & move forward as a collective group of friends.
PA: When you auditioned for the play what do you think made you standout versus the other people who tried out for your character?
Maria: I have no idea. I know some of the people who auditioned for my character (Jen) and they are very talented, funny actors in town. Who’s to say why I was cast. It’s a combination of so many different things. The directors are looking at the cast…. (asking questions like) do they look like a group of friends from the beginning (before we even say a word). Our looks, to a certain extent (play a factor)…honestly, I don’t know.
PA: When you were auditioning did you feel that you’d nailed it? That you gave did the best you could do?
Maria: I felt deeply connected to Jen and I had a fun audition. I felt like it was a really great audition and I left my audition feeling really good about it. You know once you leave an audition you just kinda have to forget about it, because when you get the call (back) you say “Oh WOW! That’s awesome!”
PA: Last Question, in 3 words or less describe The Book Club.
Maria: Book Club is a story about love, friendship, and connection.
Co-Artistic/Producing Director Lisa Adler & Co-Artistic /Technical Director Jeff Adler:
PA: How happy are you to have The Book Club Play at the Horizon Theatre?
Lisa: The mission of the theatre is to connect people, inspire hope, and promote positive change through stories of our time. We’ve sort of gotten a reputation for these assemble comedies that are funny, have some positive hope to them, and they also have something to say (it’s not completely stupid comedy). That’s what we look for in a play. We did one of Karen’s (the Book Club Play writer) plays a couple of years ago. She’s got such a very accessible style of writing with all these different characters there.
PA: This is opening weekend – congratulations. On a scale of 1-10 how do you think the play is doing so far?
Jeff: Good question. I’d say…. an 8.5. I’ve got a real strong cast and they’ve figured out the play. However, that’s a cautious (number) not going to a 10. There’s always someway to make it better, getting it secured in their heads and bodies, and they need a few more performances (I think) to really connect that all together.
Lisa: We’re working with the actors right up until opening so they have only a few runs before they’re in front of an audience. It takes a while for them to feel completely in easy mode. If they think something should be funny and they’re not getting the response they want (from the audience), they’re going to try different ways to figure out what works.
Jeff: With the audience. That’s the final player in the cast and the actors learn from the audience.
PA: What is the last day people can come see the play?
Lisa: June 23, 2013
PA: When casting for this particular play did you already know that you wanted? Or did you have an open mind and based your opinion on the actual audition?
Jeff: We didn’t. Sometime you do have someone in mind. Maybe if it’s the kind of play where there’s a certain role and it’s hard to find a person for it. So you don’t really produce it unless you know he or she is available. This casting wasn’t like that. However, we did know that we needed enough men (of a certain age group) and we knew which ones to call to take part in the audition.
Lisa: You call people in that you know are in the age range & type who can accomplish the role. Yet, there are lots of different types in an audition in every role. We did all those castings and went through call backs, and very different kinds of people were up for each part. Some of it was chemistry, age match, and comedic ability.
Jeff: It can be hard for the actors auditioning because they give a valid audition and could be just as easily cast, but we have to think of the chemistry and how they match up together with the other actors. So we try to make all of the actors feel, especially those called back, that they really are deserving.
Lisa: Young people need to know often times decisions are made about casting they could have done a terrific job, you have to do your best every time, but the decisions are often way beyond who can play the role.
Jeff: We’re in the continuum, so we’re always thinking about actors. If they’re auditioning for us they’re auditioning for whatever else is coming (that we know about and beyond). You can never do bad if you do well. Even if you’re not cast in the production.