During our post-show discussions for The School for Lies, actors Ben Carlson, Deborah Hay, Heidi Kettenring, Samuel Taylor, and Greg Vinkler field questions from our audience members. Listen to some of their answers by clicking on the player beneath each question below.

January 10, 2013

The incredibly gorgeous costumes were somewhat traditional but seemed to also borrow from contemporary design. What that intentional on designer Susan Mickey’s part?

Greg Vinkler and Heidi Kettenring respond.

Were there points during the play when the audience reaction surprised you or was different than you were anticipating?

Samuel Taylor, Heidi Kettenring, and Greg Vinkler respond.

With all of the rhyming in the play, it seems important that the words be delivered exactly as they are written. But what happens when you forget a line?

Ben Carlson responds.

Do the specific words that David Ives chose to use in this adaptation align with the words that Moliere used in the original French?

Ben Carlson responds.

From an acting standpoint, does the verse make it more difficult to learn the lines?

Heidi Kettenring and Greg Vinkler respond.

December 19, 2012

As actors, do you have any leeway to change the words in the script? How much of the stage business is written into the script?

Heidi Kettenring responds.