Looking into the script, what role if any, deeply affected you personally, or changed you in in a permanent manner?
"The relationship between Kate Miller and Tood. Within the fact that I, as Kate Miller, inspire Tood and represent something special for her," Cook says.
"Playing the role Tood has helped me appreciate my strength and honesty as a woman and just generally allowed me to experience self-worth," Carillo says.
"I think I may be biased when I say Sybil. The way she puts on a brave face and is so unwilling to let anyone see her at her weakest moments is heartbreaking to me, and it reminds me why close personal relationships are so important," Callahan explains.
"Honestly, all of these characters touch me. It's sort of hard to choose just one when all of these women affect each other so consistently and fully. And the juxtaposition of each of their choices and beliefs is really what makes each of them come to life for me. So, it really is difficult to pick one without the others. As a young woman, a feminist, and an artist, I am just in awe of all of their potential and convictions, even if I, personally, do not agree with some of their beliefs. There is always room for progress, and I like to think that there is the hope for self-purpose even for those who are still lost in the Mer Rouge at the end of the play," Milnor-Sweetser explains.
"It's inspiring to identify with the women who stayed strong and independent, and heartbreaking to see the characters who allowed themselves to be destroyed by men," Losi says.
"The unseen character of Uncle Tom through the references made about him -- he's dying and he was somewhat of a womanizer, leaving his family without any food and left them to struggle with their daily life and how to make it through with no help at all. Yet something about him makes me want to love him. The role of Sybil has a profound impact on me as a woman, within the character she is not as strong as she believes herself, she is flirtatious and modern and is left with the feeling with the fear that maybe dying would be easier then moving forward. She believes that, she is 'as hot as a Saturday night, but as safe as a Sunday morning,' she wants to have a child, but finds that she is unable to do so. She is very troubled by her life choices, trying to be the modern woman in a world that does not allow this to happen. Her stability is in question for sure. The role of Aunt Ola is honest and always to the point," Nero explains.
"The characters in The Cover of Life are so well developed and written, it's so hard to choose, but if I had to choose one over the other, it would be the characters of Sybil and Tood, they are just so well written... It's just impossible to choose a single character in this script because of how well it's written," Kalnas says.
