Why Not Just Memorize the Entire Script
When Jenna was seven years old I had signed her up for an acting class. The show to be preformed was “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”. A few hours before taking her to the “audition” she painted red dots all over her face and told me she couldn’t possibly go because she had the measles. I don’t know what she had against Charlie Brown at the time, but I know the entire “Peanuts” gang were not high on her list of shows to watch. Pretending she was one of them seemed against her nature. That first night of class the script was passed out. Three boys and four girls read the script according to how the instructor had assigned them before she changed what parts to read for. Lucy and Linus were cast that night but she was still getting a feel for who the other children would play and who would be double cast (as there are just six characters). ...