Wow, it's great to read such introspective blogs from the cast. I'm definitely enjoying working with each of you. I wanted to comment to everyone's blogs but for lack of time, I'll try to combine my thoughts into one blog.

I completely agree with Tara in regards to the ending of the play. It is the great flaw in this piece that Lysistrata is essentially a tool and when she serves her purpose, it's almost as if he forgets she were ever there. We will continue to work on ways to bring her to the forefront and I am definitely open to suggestions here folks. I did like the idea Cassie had of the women letting the men think they solved the war. That's a way of turning this flaw in on itself.

Nice comparison to The Producers Derek. Absolutely. And that's the tricky thing with this play. We don't want the audience to think we condone sex as a weapon or think men are idiots or women manipulative, and by doing it in this cartoonish style, we are essentially adding a wink at the end of everything.

I look forward to these next couple of weeks and our first runthrough on Tuesday!