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2007 Flashback: Remember who you are

September 14, 2007 - Friday The Most Amazing Experience! Current mood: triumphant I went on as Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Theatre tonight!!! Charlayne was injured in last night's show. She is a trooper and she finished the show anyway WITH an injury. I had no question in my mind that she'd go on the next day. We hadn't had understudy rehearsals yet and I wasn't off book. But her work ethic suggested to me that even if she was headless, she'd perform. So naturally, foolishly, I didn't look at Kate's lines. What happens next? Her doctors tell her she shouldn't/can't perform. Oh boy. I was hoping that it wouldn't be until after Opening Night that I'd have to REALLY know Kate's lines. I didn't have that much text left to memorize, but I was taking my sweet time. Mistake, yes, but I was more prepared than I thought. The play is about her but she surprisingly doesn't say too much. Petruchio talks