bravo and brava!

Did any of you happen to go to the reading of the 1st act in Dayton, Oh the other night? You must have seen the satellite feeds on you-tube or heard thru comcast downloaded; it was the actors' first run-through, never before picking up the script, and it was phenomenal! Wiltonian Marquis and Nastassia Tangie were eloquent, bizarre when warranted, sublime with expression and unforced. Then a surprise! The Dayton Community Theater hosted the cold read, and guested 35 attendees AND also none other but the elusive and captivating Ray Fiennes himself!( being a recent alumnus it was no surprise as he went to the Dayton Community Theater to re-hone his skills recently instead of hopping back across the pond for a refresher course) Anyway, he strolled Nastassia off the stage after the read, and bragged about how real her partaking in her snuff was. He then mimicked how effectively she wadded it up in her fingers and threw it in her mouth by pulling Skoal out of his pocket and wadded it in his mouth! He offered some to the entire cast! Then he ran up to the stage and fell down at Mr. Marquis' feet and began to do push-ups to convey how much strength and conviction his portrayal of Treplieff was! Mr. Marquis fell on the floor and matched him, push-up for push-up but went 32 push-ups more to display his physical prowess! Such the commotion and the cacophony in the room after Mr. Marquis and Mr. Fiennes then challenged each other to a swordfight backstage. Nastassia and the director stepped in when they saw that Mr. Fiennes couldn't catch his breath because Wiltonian was making him read lines in between push-ups. You must all see it-it is irreverently fantastic.:thumbs_up