Assuming it was a rhetorical question, I looked across the room at most of the White Dog Army lined up, then quietly reading a line from "Hamlet" which was open on the table before walking away mumbling as they rehearsed. White Dog was determined that involving the entire pack in performing at least Act One from the play (the scene where she earned her on-stage "chops" in LA) would be the salvation from Summer Doldrums that threatened to engulf us all.
Yesterday, I read the synopsis aloud and outlined each of the characters. White Dog and the team read and bartered but it was not until breakfast this morning that the casting was nearly complete.
Roman, it was agreed, had the madness required for the driven Dane, Hamlet.
Opal, who has a real life crush on Roman, would be his Ophelia.
Bailey has already mastered the wise penetrating look of Polonius.
Zsofia was giving Laertes a Siberian twist.
Tizenegy claimed the role of loyal Horatio.
Pearl looked forward to strutting with a sword as Marcellus
Steve was asked to play Claudius, "not that there was any hidden symbolism," it was stressed.
And Bella will be his lovely Queen Gertrude.
White Dog put out a call for help, an open casting call for Rosencrantz, Guildenstern as well as the guard Bernardo. If any of our friends feel the pull of the footlights and classic theater please let WD know.
"Very special voices" are needed to open the play as Cornelius and to read the final lines of the play as Fortinbras, Crown Prince of Norway.
In keeping with the Shakespeare in the Park that made White Dog's name in theater, she has decided on staging the play on our deck with a minimalist approach to sets. Costuming will be eclectic.
Rehearsals begin on Friday.
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