The Stuff of Dreams: Behind the Scenes of an American Community Theater

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Summary: this is everywhere
Review: This is a beautiful book about the process of community theatre. It will remind anyone of thir own expirences, and is a great explination for anyone that is curious about the process but hasn't yet participated themselves. It is pretty dense in places and I found some of the historical information of this theatre tedious and unnessary to the overall piece. But I did enjoy a lot of the authors own theatrical memories that are interspursed throughout the book, since she is invisible through the shows happenings. There were things that were touched on that I wanted answers on but was left hanging. This was mostly dealing with the actor Patrick. She makes a statement about him in the book, and never follows it up or supports it so I was left wondering "Why?". Also, near the beginning there is a jumping forward and backward in time that was confusing but works itself out eventually. Otherwise, I loved the book and it is like a love letter to the thousands of community theatres across the country.