Last night at rehearsal we were getting quite involved in a table reading of the Mark, Brian and Beverly scene. The scene revolves around the challenges of a man and woman who are no longer able to call themselves middle-aged. We talked about the power of history in a relationship. We talked about dreams differed. We spoke about the value of grace and forgiveness in relationship. We spoke on how one enters a relationship one way and comes out another. We spoke of how you marry one person but divorce another. We spoke of addiction and its value in numbing feelings and filling boredom – and obviously the immense price you pay for addiction and the loss of years you will never get back. We talked of how intimacy evolves from the giddiness of infatuation to the ripeness and fullness of maturity and the potential for that fruit to go to waste while still hanging from the tree. Deep stuff, huh? Read more