Mother Antonia: Phone call with Anya to hear her thoughts & questions. A foray into the CSJ’s digital archive to try to get a better handle on the limits on where and when the Sisters could leave the house; the Sister at the reading last night pointed out that the community tended to be pretty practical-minded when it came to getting women the education they needed. Got sidetracked into reading oral history interviews, re-reading others that strike me differently now that I have some familiarity with the (so to speak) cast of characters. One more rewrite, & then sent the rehearsal draft to the team.
It’s All Good: Emailing potential stage managers. Gathering plausible seventh-grade vocabulary words from Lord of the Flies (some of my favorites are today’s post title). Brainstorming potential titles.