This was something people could enjoy and not have to spend a lot of money on.

We still won't have had the whole cast practice together up until three weeks before production.

Usually I order six to eight books and pick out something. Some years it's hard and other years something just jumps out. I put a little time in casting. I try to get the personality to fit an actor. Sometimes I read a play and know who belongs to a role right away. And, I've done a lot of begging in the last 20 years.

When I asked for participants, their first response was 'yes.' It was awesome.

We're so small, everyone has to be involved in everything. These are all volunteers. No one gets a dime and they're spending their own money on gas and babysitters as well as other donations to the play.

It is an open house for people to see the facilities, meet the staff and get an idea of the state of the art facilities and quality of people that are there.