For Geoffrey and Jack

As an actress, you rarely had any control over your director or their choices. Especially if, like Kate, you were really only starting out. She has experienced directors who would do anything to get the performance they wanted, and the more inexperienced or unwilling to lose your job, the more likely that someone is going to seriously screw with you. Kate knows that Geoffrey is a great director, but she's never been quite so thankful for him and his treatment of his actors. For all Geoffrey's negative rantings about himself, he is one of the few people that Kate trusts to find the balance between director and friend. As they move towards the stage, talking about the play and casting the million things that need to do be done Kate leans into Jack, one arm wrapped around his waist and a tattered copy of Much Ado About Nothing clutched in her hand.

Maybe Jack's right and the scene won't bother him, but Kate knows herself well enough to admit defeat. She needs help. Ophelia was draining, but the hurt here is more direct and coming from Jack with some bad memories funneling through from other places..well, she wants Geoffrey there the first time through. Besides, they still have to figure out how to stage Hero with a peg leg.

She peers up and gives Geoffrey a small smile as they near the stage, reveling in the quiet that will soon be stomped out by the chaos of the second go round.

[ooc - posting order Kate, Geoffrey, Jack]