We were holding auditions tonight, as it happens. Afterwards, I went out with my fellow production staff members. Naturally, I suppose, we fell to talking about our auditionees.
Here's one exchange I noted.
Person A: Do we really want her on the program? I.e., is she really cut of the right cloth?
Person B: We need her, though. Our program is only half-full. Without her, we're in the soup.
Person A: But why audition with a Portuguese song for an English operetta? Only someone with the ears of a donkey could have enjoyed that.
Person B: Birdbrain! Do *you* want to have to do double duty and play her part while you direct?
By that point I was about to fall asleep and headed home, so I'm not sure what they decided to do about her audition...
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