During play rehearsal two weeks ago, lead actor Sharron Drake was trying to perfect the emotional turn from despondency to delusion. Her fiancé has abandoned her, but she suddenly rationalized that he could have fallen terribly ill.
“If he were ill, of course he couldn’t come!” said Ms. Drake, dressed in a makeshift period dress of pink plaid. Her eyes lit up and demeanor turned on a dime as she started pacing across the…