Hello, ActorTips readers, old and new. It is lovely to chat with you again. Thank you to the many many readers who wrote Chad or myself those wonderful "We miss you" emails.

As a belated memorial to my husband Jeff, my best fan, cheerleader, promoter of the "glass half-full" philosophy, counselor, and indefatigable Kleenex carrier (this is a tear-creating profession), I decided to produce and perform in one of his favorite plays. The role was splendid, the greatest in my opinion for an actress of "an uncertain age" since Medea.

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