I think you can do the following cuts without hurting this play. I haven’t written this essay yet … we are on sentence #3 … but! I bet that by the end I am going to decide that She Loves Me with fewer characters, cast members and costumes is a better show. I often prove myself wrong by the time I get to the bottom, though. We shall see!
If you are very familiar with She Loves Me, or you are going to produce it, this essay gets us started thinking through staging and casting. For any theater-maker, I hope this essay eases budget pain by giving a small survey of the elegant ways directors I work with economize a show with cuts before we even enter the rehearsal room. For folks excited to put these ideas into play using a great 20th century “modern” aesthetic, this essay gets us closer to the pleasure of a productive rehearsal room with instruction and inspiration from André Kertész’s photos.
For everyone else, pretty pictures! and fine print!
