A LESSON LEARNED FROM JOAN

I spent thirty-five years working at the Venice Little Theatre in an assortment of capacities: actor, seamstress, props. The costume Mistress, Joan Dillon, was one of the most gifted people I ever met. No, let me change that to the absolutely most gifted.  She was a great designer and outfitted actors down to their pantaloons to keep things accurate.

There were several things she taught me. The one that became the most important in my life was the difference between making clothing and making costumes.

She provided life’s words of wisdom. Not one to use three words if two would do, she was brief. I didn’t come without acting experience, but she could coach me by asking, “What sort of childhood did your character have?”

The fact that the script had no clues didn’t matter. Joan knew that giving a character a whole life in your mind instead of only two hours on the stage made you a better actor.

Some of the most precious words of wisdom came from her one night after a show when the cast was going to the restaurant next door for something to eat. Joan had been working on her feet all day. We flowed out of the theatre into the parking lot and when she headed for her car, someone asked her, “Aren’t you coming with us?”

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“Why not?” came a whiny, insistent reply.

Joan tilted her head, looked down her nose at the actor and said, “Because I don’t want to.”

That was a gift. It’s so difficult to say no to someone when they try to coax you into doing something that’s really against your will…especially for women.  I’m not often as good at it as she was that night, but the older I get the easier it is to say, “Because I don’t want to.”

Thank you, Joan