Discussions

I had a discussion with John Trevellini today about the script. We quickly talked about characters, story, but most importantly, revisions. John feels like the script needs quite a few touch ups, and I agree. While the main story will stay the same, and the characters will remain unchanged, the dialog and format of it will be reworked. Ald's monologues are a prime target for rewrites, amoung other things.
John will be occasionally sending me updates of revisions, and we'll be looking over everything together in true collaboration fashion. The final script will be completed no later than Sept. 15th. While that date seems slightly intimidating, since the process will be open before this, I feel little fear. Especially since we are on the exact same page about character and story.
My plans for Auditions on August 31st, and Callbacks afterwards, will not have to change at all. John has reassured me that all characters, their motives and their feelings, will remain the same.

In addition to this discussion, I have sent in short character descriptions for people to review before auditions. They are as follows:

Hangman - He is a guy with a very gruff exterior. He has the presence of a grizzly, hard man, when in actuality he is a big teddy bear. The only people who know of his true disposition are his wife, and those that are close enough to see them together. He has a pretty dark sense of humor, and very little gets to him.
Wife - She is a woman who puts love and family before all. She's always looking for new ways to add a spark to her marriage with the hangman, and always finds great joy in being a mother. She has a playful streak in her, but above all, she is quite innocent in nature.
Ald - He is a storyteller, looking to be adored and admired for his work. He is quite mischievous, and impish in his ways and has a tendency to treat everything as a game. He is also very naive in realizing the trouble he can cause; and trouble is something that he purposefully and unintentionally causes a lot of.

That's the latest for now. More updates to follow.